Business Columns
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Spending habits changeApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - As gasoline prices continue to climb, household bills spike and incomes dip, families are growing more cautious in their spending. As concerns of a recession mount, shop...
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AT&T, Starbucks join in free hot spotsApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Starting Thursday, AT&T broadband subscribers will have free access to Wi-Fi in about 7,000 Starbucks nationwide, including 100 in the Chicago and suburban area. AT&T al...
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ChaCha is a fun, free and useful cell serviceApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - If you're sitting in front of a computer, it's easy to look up information on the Web. It's almost as easy if you have a sophisticated cell phone with a decent Web brows...
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Local caterer's creations a hit with White Sox fansApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Opening day for Kathy Pedersen's catering company and new cafe coincided with the Chicago White Sox home opener. Pedersen knows this fact because her pies were served ...
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Marketing can get your business rolling, even in a tough economyApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The good news is that you probably won't have to increase marketing expenditures to snare additional market share this spring, especially if your competitors have made a...
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Adjust your spending, not your investingApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I am a Couch Potato investor. From regular news stories -- and some of your columns -- one might deduce the financial end is near. Should I stay the course or trim th...
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Late filing of taxes is better than not filingApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- April 15 has passed and you didn't file your 2007 taxes. In fact, it's been several years since you've filed a return. You're scared. You're not sure if yo...
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Trade has shaped history, and (mostly) for the betterApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes while watching a particularly gruesome edition of the evening news, I think dark thoughts about the human race. You probably have them, too. Perhaps it wouldn'...
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Home entertainment and security installer opens showroomApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The radios at Sam Hamby's home always ended up in pieces when he was growing up. Hamby was the type of boy who enjoyed taking things apart to figure out how they worked....
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Adobe site works best for editing photosApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The biggest name in photo software for many years has been Adobe's Photoshop. But, as more and more photos migrated online, Adobe became concerned that people would asso...