Business Columns
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Why don’t Apple laptops have touch screens?Mar 09, 2013 6:53 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Like many kids, my 2-year-old son can run circles around you on an iPad. He learned to unlock the screen before he learned to conjugate verbs, and no...
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Kane County entrepreneur helps needy get dental helpMar 07, 2013 9:00 am - Joe Brennan launched Smiles for the People LLC, an online company that sells biodegradable bamboo toothbrushes to individuals and dentists and then donates to people in ...
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Bar Louie to open Sunday in GenevaMar 04, 2013 11:07 am - It might be part of a chain, but when Bar Louie opens in Geneva this weekend, patrons may feel like they’ve stepped into their own local bar and restaurant. General Mana...
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Innovative financing helps theater owners meet digital needsMar 04, 2013 6:00 am - Faced with a need for substantial financing to purchase new digital projection equipment or likely close the doors, two iconic hometown movie theaters took very differen...
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Algonquin dentist all smiles with book, activitiesMar 04, 2013 5:30 am - Audrey Sim of Algonquin has been marking off items from her so-called bucket list. Learning to play the piano, check. Play with brother on PlayStation 3, check. Visit Ja...
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Work Advice: Let’s talk about stress, babyMar 03, 2013 6:39 am - Q: I work for a small nonprofit. Our human resources manager eats lunch fairly often with a regular group of employees — to the point where other people entering the lun...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s misstepMar 02, 2013 6:37 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — It was nearly a decade ago that I stopped going into the office every day. I worked at a competing Web magazine at the time, and my bosses didn’t rea...
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One woman’s escape from a hacked email accountFeb 28, 2013 9:52 am - Will the real Kelly Brown please email us back? Kelly Brown, owner of Four Seasons Redesign in Sleepy Hollow, awoke Monday to find her Yahoo account for her business had...
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Own a business? Got an idea? Why not blog?Feb 25, 2013 6:45 am - Of course you have an opinion. And ideas. And by golly other people ought to know what you’re thinking! So why not blog? A regular blog most likely will boost your busin...
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Work advice: The politics of giving at the officeFeb 24, 2013 6:08 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: Our company di...