Business Columns
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From suburbs to China, Linden makes the world his businessSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - China may be a long way from the suburbs, but it was the perfect connection for Brian Linden. He grew up in Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect and Algonquin, but now ope...
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Lifeless economy requires different sales thinkingSep 05, 2011 6:00 am - As business owners stare at an economy that is essentially lifeless on its good days, keeping the sales pipeline flowing may require some different thinking. To Stacia S...
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New AT&T app sends autoreply text while you're drivingSep 01, 2011 12:00 am - AT&T Inc., which has its Midwest headquarters in Hoffman Estates, has launched a new app called DriveMode. It's like an out-of-office autoreply, but instead it's for you...
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Family connections in Rosemont net $2 million in payAug 31, 2011 12:00 am - The Stephens name means a lot to residents of Rosemont. It also costs a lot. The 10 members of the Stephens family on the village's payroll received almost $1 million in...
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Barrington lawyer gets top spot at ShrinersAug 29, 2011 5:30 am - Robert O. Kuehn, 68, has been a longtime, active Shriner. But don't expect the Barrington attorney to drive one of those tiny cars in a parade. He laughs at the thou...
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Storm-fueled business surge challenges local firmsAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - Two years ago Roger Tully committed to growing his electrical service business. But the storm-fueled surge in business that has led to 16-hour days and doubling his staf...
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Tollway boycott? I-PASS hard habit to break, officials sayAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - Does a tollway hike in January mean thousands of I-PASS users flocking to alternate routes to avoid paying more at tolled ramps and plazas? Illinois State Toll Highway ...
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WOW quietly chips away at Comcast, AT&TAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - WOW, also known as Wide Open West, has been quietly expanding around the suburbs, chipping away at Comcast and AT&T with its own triple play of high-speed Internet, ...
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Siblings look to expand Waukegan vanilla companyAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Craig Nielsen of Grayslake, his brother Matt Nielsen of Lake Bluff and their sister Beth Nielsen of Mundelein are leading a 100-year-old Waukegan company to the sweeter ...
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Floods, outages reinforce need for recovery planningAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Even if your business has so far avoided this year’s storm-induced floods and power outages, there’s more to come. Count on it. That makes your recovery plan — the actio...