Business Columns
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Specialty toy stores unwrap successful seasonDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Amid the blizzard of treacherous economic news, it appears toys are a sweet spot heading into the holidays. Owners of some suburban specialty toy stores say that parents...
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Do some reading to weather the downturnDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - By now you've either read or heard that we are officially in a recession. In fact, we've been in one since last December, according to the National Bureau o...
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Pro's advice: look at reinventing your businessDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Tony Massaro has some suggestions about how we should spend the rest of the year: Review your business' processes, he says. Be willing to reinvent the business. Be aware...
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Sonic looking toward boom in the suburbsDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Sonic, a burger eatery with a nostalgic 1950's-style system of ordering, is skating into the suburbs. The Oklahoma chain, which opened it's 3,500th drive-in restaurant ...
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Bread & Butter restaurant opens in ItascaDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The philosophy of the new Bread & Butter Restaurant in Itasca is "getting back to basics." The owners of the establishment at 933 W. Irving Park Road are using more than...
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Airplane lands at mall to promote flying lesson giftsDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Skip Goss, president of Skill Aviation, went outside the box when brainstorming ways to promote his business. He strategically placed one of his airplanes inside Northbr...
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Starting up? Don't miss opportunity to get adviceDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Thinking twice - or more - may be advisable, but by hanging back too far potential startups could miss opportunities for valuable one-on-one, let's-kick-some-ideas-aroun...
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Leather retailer smooths business plan in weak economyDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Jacqueline Berger, president of an online leather retailer, realized that if she was going to make it through a frail economy, she'd have to change her business plan. Ab...
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Reduce risk: Make new retirement contributions to fixed-income fundsDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Q: I participate in the federal Thrift Savings Plan. I have my money distributed in these funds: 60 percent in large stocks, 20 percent in small stocks and 20 percen...
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Snack shop feeds mom's entrepreneurial needsDec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - When two of Tracey Kreiling's three daughters went to college, she was ready to enter the next phase of her life. The Glen Ellyn mom said she wanted to do more than sho...