Business Columns
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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...
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Itasca's IDT jumps on the cloudMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - Paul Szemplinski of St. Charles founded a tech company in 1992 in Elgin that today is Itasca-based IDT. The firm did more than provide niche services with name-brand tec...
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Open discussion leads to family business successMar 23, 2011 12:00 am - David Price nearly missed his chance to run the family business: His father, George Price, Jr., was ready to sell the high-end furniture retailer, Toms-Price Co., in 197...
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United, Continental expand mobile check-in, boardingMar 17, 2011 12:00 am - You'll be able to use your smartphone for mobile check-in and mobile boarding passes for international destinations now, thanks to an expansion of the technology used by...
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Content and list key effective e-mail marketingMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - E-mail marketing should be so simple: Ÿ Know what you want your e-messages to accomplish. Ÿ Keep the message short and relevant. Ÿ Send your e-mails to the right people....