Business Columns
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Local biker with disability joins cross-country TV journeyApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - As soon as she sees her fellow participants in a TV adventure series featuring people with disabilities riding a bicycle across the United States, Dianne Jones can’t hel...
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Rolling Meadows company honored for helping cancer patientsApr 22, 2011 2:00 am - McMaid Home Services, based in Rolling Meadows, has been honored as 2010 “Maid Service of the Year” for donating more than 150 home cleanings for people undergoing cance...
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Marketing is not a do-it-yourself projectApr 20, 2011 12:00 am - You might be a wizard when it comes to producing widgets, but that doesn't mean your widget skills will translate to marketing. Marketing is not a do-it-yourself project...
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Sub shop raises funds for Crystal Lake South girl with heart conditionApr 18, 2011 12:00 am - Roamin' Randall A Randall Road business is trying to rally the community to help a local girl get the heart transplant she needs. Galloway's Chicago Subs, 1295 Randall R...
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Opa! 15 years of Passover Seder at Greek-owned eateryApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - You call your customers “family,” and they'll eventually ask you to host the big holiday dinner at your place — even when you are a Greek Orthodox Christian restaurateur...
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Be upfront with your banker about both the good and the badApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - If you and your business have a story to tell, you should be telling it to your banker — especially if you want that banker to OK a business loan. “Businesses must be ve...
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Lines blurring between work, play with smartphonesApr 07, 2011 12:00 am - Ever feel like the lines are blurring on what's work and what's play when using your smartphone? You're not alone. A survey released this week by Libertyville-based Moto...
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Sellers return to small-business marketApr 06, 2011 12:00 am - It’s becoming easier to buy a business. Why? More sellers. “Sellers are coming in,” says Bill Wentz, a transaction attorney and senior attorney at Huck Bouma, PC, a Whea...
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Wireless companies beef up coverage around ballparksMar 31, 2011 12:00 am - Some of the wireless providers have beefed up their network coverage around Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field in anticipation of the baseball season. So fans heading...
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CFO service helps owners grasp financial dataMar 30, 2011 12:00 am - It's understandable to John Lafferty that “the typical business owner is mostly interested in what he (or she) does. That may be selling. Or production. Or consulting. I...