Business Columns
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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...
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Appeals court decided on transparency - and on investors' goodJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - A recent decision by a federal appellate court goes a long way to protect investors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower...
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Frustrations become growing business helping the elderlyJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - When a Lake County couple attempted to find care for their grandma, who was suffering with cancer in Florida, they grew frustrated. Shelly and JR Sun compared many of th...
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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...