Business Columns
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Factory-style training caters to youth athletesAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Joe Giustino's gym designed for student athletes doesn't have mirrors, TVs, fancy weightlifting machines or air conditioning cranked low. The St. Charles facility, much ...
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Want a good raise? RetireAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Senior citizens can look forward to a major increase in Social Security benefits next year. Unless there is a sudden rush of deflation in the current quarter, the increa...
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Services can help send big videoAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: I need some help sending videos to others. It seems that every video I try to send in various ways is always too large. I've tried to use a program that works wit...
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Parents subtract from back-to-school budgetAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Students heading back to school in a few weeks may sport the same clothes as last year and carry lighter backpacks. Back-to-school supplies and styles aren't ranking as ...
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Laws proposed to fight e-fencingAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Organized retail theft has become so widespread that state and federal governments are seeking to pass legislation against e-fencing, where stolen goods are sold on Inte...
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Polish restaurant serves all meals in Arlington HeightsJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Agnes Zietek is bringing a little piece of Poland to Arlington Heights. Zietek, who immigrated here six years ago, launched a Polish restaurant at 6 S. Dunton Ave., jus...
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The rush for safety has reduced yieldsJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: Would you give us retirees your view as to the safest place for our hard-earned savings while we are having bank failures? - H.V., by e-mail (one of many asking the s...
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Maybe living as though we're in a recession isn't such a bad ideaJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- When John McCain's campaign co-chairman and top economic adviser, Phil Gramm, said that Americans were suffering from a "mental recession," I got hopping m...
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Coming soon? Tax inflationJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - It has been a long time - decades - since we suffered from tax inflation. In the late '70s a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly showed that taxes, not...
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Millennium Park to host 'world class gallery of the future'Jul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago's Millennium Park will offer a look into tomorrow's technology. But you'll have to wait until September. Wired Magazine is hosting NextFest (www.wirednextfest.co...