Business Columns
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Mortgages, retirees make poor combinationJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My parents are looking for a house in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. They are retired. They are trying to decide if they should pay cash for the house. They have close t...
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Pricing strategy involves six integrated elementsJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - What competitors charge for their version of the widgets you manufacture or advice you sell shouldn't matter very much: Basing your price on competitors' prices comes pe...
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Business turns around custom doors - quicklyJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - When approaching a home, the front door often gives the first impression. Entrepreneur Greg Wozniak, who founded a real estate development company five years ago, reali...
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Is it time to junk the SUV?Jul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I have a confession to make. Do you remember the parsimonious Prius I've written about, the one that gets 45 mpg? Well, it isn't the only car in the Burns family. Our o...
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Hawthorn Woods doctor offers products for young-looking skinJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A Hawthorn Woods doctor recently launched his first product line designed to make skin look younger. Dr. Stephen Apple, a medical director at an International medical de...
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Getting the most from home warrantyJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove-based Home Warranty of America (www.hwaHomeWarranty.com) revamped its Web site and plans to add more features, including a consumer video this week, to hel...
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Beanbag game hot summer activityJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The simple concept of tossing bags filled with beans into a hole is hitting the target as the summer's most popular backyard barbecue game. The beanbag game, also known ...
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Trifecto aims to make home automation easyJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Two suburban men who formerly worked for the electronics retailer Tweeter, where they installed entertainment and environmental systems in homes, have launched their own...
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Advisers key to successful sale of a businessJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - You've weighed the what-will-I-do-with-my-spare-time and how-long-will-I-need-money issues of selling your company, and it's still time to go. Now what? Get the people, ...
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Steps for getting a guaranteed lifetime incomeJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I am 73 and have investigated buying back the Social Security benefits I took at age 62. The buyback number is $158,529. My current monthly benefit is $1,231. A total...