Business Columns
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Think retail is difficult? E-tailing may be tougherNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Retailing is difficult enough. E-tailing, or selling on the Internet, may be even tougher. In addition to such basic retail issues as the right product and the right pr...
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Play N Trade hits in AuroraNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - A fast- growing video game franchise recently opened its first suburban store. Play N Trade, recently launched a store in Aurora at 1460 N. Orchard Road, Suite 102, nea...
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Portillo's in Elgin is still possibleNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Many of you die-hard Portillo's Hot Dogs fans have been calling and e-mailing, wondering if owner Dick Portillo still is planning to open a restaurant along Randall Road...
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Depression -- a mental one -- coming Depression-a mental one-comingNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Nearly five years ago MIT Press published "The Coming Generational Storm," a book I co-authored with economist Laurence J. Kotlikoff. We shared a deep foreboding about t...
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Cricket wireless to hire workers, start service hereOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - San Diego-based Cricket Communications Inc. plans to launch its no-strings-attached wireless service by mid-2009 and will hire about 2,150 workers in Chicago and the sub...
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Candle company specializes in handmade selectionOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A growing candle business recently moved from Wheeling to Lake Zurich. Heaventree Factory Co., specializing in handmade pillar candles, recently expanded its manufactur...
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Health Savings Accounts can slow benefit cost riseOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The increase in the cost of health care benefits is "still double digits, 10-12 percent in the insurance company pricing models," says Jim Patrician. But after employers...
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Carpentersville's Fat Cat Guitars gets a makeoverOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Since it opened in 2004, Fat Cat Guitars has been a hot spot for guitar lessons. Recently, owners Scott and Kate Bond unveiled a new, state-of-the-art lesson program tha...
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Funky, fun jewelry store expands to GenevaOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - While the deflated economy is hurting many retailers, Kellyn Machacek's whimsical jewelry business is growing. "Our price points are good. People still need to buy gifts...
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Time to check those employee benefitsOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - While you're caught up in watching the stock market ricochet or worrying about the current market value of your home, don't forget the mundane matters of yo...