Business Columns
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FoodMafia offers new app for on-the-go foodiesAug 23, 2012 5:15 pm - Stacy Johnson wanted to go to a reliable resource that provides a realistic view about local restaurants. “I was obsessed with food and always wanted to try some new est...
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Financing options include crowdfunding, new angel groupAug 20, 2012 6:00 am - There are some decidedly nontraditional but potentially fruitful solutions to the perpetual small business financing issue. For example, Rosette Marturana is hoping tha...
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Work advice: How an overweight worker can deal with a workplace bullyAug 19, 2012 7:29 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: I am a big guy...
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The thrilling (and welcome?) demise of GrouponAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - A year ago, Rakesh Agrawal, an analyst and journalist who spent many years working in the local advertising business, wrote a series of devastating articles about Groupo...
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What the next iPhone will look likeAug 18, 2012 7:49 am - The new iPhone looks pretty much like the old iPhone. Sure, it’s a bit taller, allowing for a display that has one extra row of icons on the Home screen. And instead of ...
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Former Chicago Bear, wife start luxury spa in Vernon HillsAug 13, 2012 6:00 am - Ranee McGowanand her husband, former Chicago Bears safety Brandon McGowan, know there’s life after NFL football. And they proved that by opening businesses, including a ...
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Adapting advice makes Wheeling firm ‘better off’Aug 13, 2012 6:00 am - I was hooked as soon as I read Bruce Gillilan’s email. President of Simmons Engineering Corp., Wheeling, Gillilan wrote in June that he had “encountered one of your old ...
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Work advice: Is her career being mommy-tracked?Aug 11, 2012 11:00 pm - 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: I have been an...
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4 steps you should take to avoid getting hackedAug 11, 2012 7:46 am - Last Friday evening, a hacker got into Mat Honan’s Apple account, remotely erased the data on his iPhone, iPad and MacBook, deleted his Google account, commandeered his ...
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A new version an old-school news siteAug 11, 2012 7:18 am - The new Digg looks nothing like the old Digg. For one thing, it lacks people. In the old days, the pioneering site attracted a raucous crowd of loyalists who would post ...