Business Columns
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We read more e-books, but indie bookstores prosperApr 23, 2012 6:00 am - Of course Kindles and Nooks have changed book retailing, but maybe not as much as doomsayers once predicted. According to Pew Internet, part of the Washington, D.C.-base...
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Geneva entrepreneur aims to help here, abroadApr 22, 2012 11:00 pm - YouTube Petersen saw a notice for a mission at his First Baptist Church of Geneva about a mission to Tsyurupinsk Orphanage in Ukraine. The orphanage has about 170 kids a...
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Work Advice: NIMBY at the OfficeApr 22, 2012 9:33 am - Q: I work in a building shared by a number of offices, with shared bathrooms located on each floor. I like, when nature calls, to take the stairs to a different floor to...
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Poll Vault: How many years have you been at your job?Apr 20, 2012 12:48 am - This week we celebrated the 10th service anniversary of my co-worker Sean Stangland. His longevity at the Daily Herald far surpasses the national average of 4.4 years wi...
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Businesses gauging whether they need an appApr 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Wheeling-based Lund Industries Inc. wanted to explore whether a mobile application would attract customers and boost sales, or at least help market the maker of public s...
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Former CEO to help establish dairies in third-world countriesApr 17, 2012 10:51 am - After retiring as CEO of Carpentersville-based Milk Specialties Global earlier this year, Trevor Tomkins didn’t just play golf or move to Florida. He went to Rwanda, Nic...
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'Bill' paid the rent with Northbrook siteApr 12, 2012 5:00 pm - Northbrook-based WilliamPaid.com is looking to move into larger offices this spring and add more employees as it offers consumers a chance to pay their rent online. The...
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New stores, restaurants coming to Algonquin CommonsApr 10, 2012 10:49 am - This spring, Algonquin Commons will be sprouting with many new businesses opening along the Randall Road corridor. Some are chains you’ll find just to the south along Ra...
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Ignore the shouting, ‘hold tight’ on health plansApr 09, 2012 6:00 am - The Supremes took their vote on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare, if you prefer) March 30. The rest of us — including the apparently endless par...
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College Hunks find buried treasure in homes, businessesApr 09, 2012 6:00 am - Sheri and Matt Johnson of Libertyville raised their family here and now started a new business that helps people during major transitions in their lives or maybe those w...