Business Columns
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Couple coaches personal and professionalAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Husband and wife team Tom and Evie Caprel joke that they're just "a couple-a-coaches." Both have their own coaching businesses, which they operate from their Wheaton hom...
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Mentoring program aids women-owned businessesAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Nancy Roach "needed people to brainstorm with." She found them when her business, Westmont-based Strada Real Estate Services, Inc., was accepted into the ATHENAPowerLink...
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Meet the alternative minimum tax for the retiredAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: What triggers taxation of Social Security benefits and what does not? Can the tax be avoided? - L.M., by e-mail A: The only proven way to avoid the tax is to have l...
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Don't count on new law to save youAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - A little-known provision in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, signed into law by President Bush recently, is supposed to help homebuyers understand how...
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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...