Business Columns
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Harnessing the new: Marketing opportunities for 2024Feb 28, 2024 10:25 am - Every new year offers a feeling of renewal and possibility. Here we are ending February and 2024 feels so full of potential. For small business owners and professional se...
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Five must-follow steps for housewares inventors to sell their dream productsFeb 26, 2024 1:38 pm - So you have a really great housewares invention. You have been through rounds of prototype development and finally have the product of your dreams. What happens next? H...
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Auto repair reform has strengthened Illinois’ economyFeb 25, 2024 5:11 am - When your car breaks down, you take it to a mechanic. Sometimes, the repairs are paid for under your manufacturer’s warranty. Sometimes they are not, and you pay for the ...
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Jim O’Donnell: If Reinsdorf’s initial $1 billion stadium gambit fails, why not a telethon?Feb 22, 2024 6:00 am - JERRY REINSDORF CELEBRATES his 88th birthday Sunday and there's still no report that his autobiography is in the works. Since Alice Cooper long ago took “Billion Doll...
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Good food vs. great food: How do you know?Feb 21, 2024 10:20 am - Last month, we talked about what makes a good restaurant vs. a great one. My focus was all about the experience in terms of service, design, lighting and music. But no m...
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Increased mandates on small businesses can be harmful to local economies, group saysFeb 18, 2024 6:00 am - Small and Main Street businesses drive our local economies. In Illinois, 88% of businesses have 19 or fewer employees and 96% have less than 100 employees. These same businesses employ more than 1.6 million workers.
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Why the suburbs need to start planning for Chicago’s ‘mansion tax’Feb 18, 2024 5:25 am - In nearby Chicago, city residents face a tax hike on their March 19 primary ballots, but there may even be implications for the suburbs. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and...
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Why more employers are embracing same-day pay for hourly workersFeb 18, 2024 5:08 am - Whenever I ask my clients if they've considered paying their employees within 24 hours after the work is performed, I always get a dubious look. But this attitude is cha...
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How to boost your professionalism at workFeb 14, 2024 10:28 am - Most workplaces have changed substantially in the last four years. Some of the more obvious changes can be attributed to the global pandemic and rise in remote work. Othe...
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Neighbors in the News: Districts 21 and 59 hire joint director of School Safety and SecurityFeb 12, 2024 3:37 pm - • Following the approval of an intergovernmental agreement with Elk Grove-based Community Consolidated School District 59, the Community Consolidated School District 21 B...