Business Columns
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Financing tight but still available for acquisitionsOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - There's good news if you're looking to sell your business. "We're probably getting more buying inquiries than you'd expect," says Paul Heinze, a business adviser and ap...
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Caring Transitions sorts through emotional clutterOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Bruce Treadway remembers his grandma, who owned an estate-sale company, dragging him to sales when he was four. Treadway, who was raised by his grandparents, started wo...
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Titans of wireless technology to celebrate first networkOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The Wireless History Foundation (WirelessHistoryFoundation.org) is set to launch Monday at a gala at the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago. The sold-out fundraiser, at $2...
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Automotive business to hold grand openingOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - A Fremd High School graduate was driven to motor sports at the age of 15 when a buddy took him to a street race. "I saw all the souped up cars. It caught my attention," ...
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How survive the tough trek aheadOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Bailout and other politics aside, we're almost certainly in for an extended period of difficult slogging. With that thought in mind, here are some hopefully helpful comm...
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'Wall Street Versus America" will make you madOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- If you're mad about what's happening to our economy and need to stay mad to keep from wailing, read the October selection for the Color of Money Book Club....
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Life,death and monthly incomeOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: I'm wondering about taking my retirement pension as a lump sum. My financial planner recommends taking the lump sum instead of a monthly pension payment. I know he wi...
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Microsoft changes 'favorites' accessOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: In the new version of Microsoft Office, I cannot find a "favorites" capability in the Open dialogue box. In my older version, when I began to open a document, I had a...
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Web site knows where you can goOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Gotta go? I mean really gotta go? But you don't know where. And you want to make sure it's, uh, clean. Check out MizPee.com, which offers a free mobile service to help ...
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Dance instructor buys the studioOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Lisa Gomez, who started taking ballet classes when she was in second grade, recently bought the dance studio where she has been teaching for 18 years. Gomez changed the...