Business Columns
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CFO advice: Watch the balance sheet, protect cashSep 03, 2012 6:00 am - Pay a little more attention to the balance sheet, a little less to the income statement. It also might be wise to protect cash — which you may need if there’s another do...
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Work advice: Out of a work rut, into a financial one?Sep 02, 2012 7:24 am - Special to The Washington Post Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions ...
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Burr Ridge businessman to preach Lincoln message nationwideSep 02, 2012 6:00 am - Two score and seven years ago is about when the seeds of an Abe Lincoln obsession were sown in the heart and soul of schoolboy Mickey Straub, whose Pennsylvania roots fe...
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The Kindle wants to be freeSep 01, 2012 7:13 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — My record on predictions about Amazon is mixed at best. Two summers ago, I guessed that “before the holidays,” Amazon would cut the price of its chea...
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Moto partners with Comcast on new IP-based set-top boxesAug 30, 2012 10:26 am - Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility is licensing the Reference Design Kit from Comcast Corp. This software platform will take the set-top box to the next generation of ...
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New businesses to open at Otter Creek Shopping Center in ElginAug 27, 2012 2:50 pm - Changes are happening at the Otter Creek Shopping Center along Randall Road in Elgin, including the addition of some new businesses. Before the year ends, at least three...
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Add microloans to small business financing optionsAug 27, 2012 7:24 am - Debi Thomas found startup money watching a TV program about The Boston Beer Co. Turns out the Massachusetts brewer, best known for its Samuel Adams craft beers, connects...
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Wheaton pharmacist recalls changes in professionAug 27, 2012 7:23 am - Wheaton resident Ray Kelly has seen his profession change radically in his nearly 40 years as a result of advances in technology and medicine. The career-long pharmacist...
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How to talk to inappropriately dressed co-workerAug 25, 2012 11:00 pm - Q: My office has a receptionist in her late 20s. Our dress code is business casual (but that isn’t documented anywhere, such as in an employee handbook). This poor girl ...
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Web designers should forget the desktopAug 25, 2012 8:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Every morning I wake up too early, reach for my iPad, and scan the morning’s tech headlines. This is a pathetic enough existence, but the websites I ...