Business Columns
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Bus tours focus on foreclosed homesApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - While foreclosures soar nationwide, a Naperville Realtor and a Glendale Heights mortgage broker decided to team up to help suburban buyers match up with emptied homes he...
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Battle of the bulgeApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - At the cash register, you're informed of the cost of your purchase -- and then often asked to join the retailer's customer loyalty program. Originating years ago at groc...
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Buffalo Grove business has the sporting lifeApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - If you're in the market for an autographed jersey or baseball card, you may score at a Buffalo Grove retailer. Chicagoland Sports Cards & Memorabilia opened about four ...
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Old-line model kit company rebuilds with market changesApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Revell is in the same business today as it was 60-plus years ago -- only different. That makes the Elk Grove Village model kit maker's adjustment to a marketplace where ...
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Housing costs can be traded for securityApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My wife and I are 52 years old. We're slogging through a lot of expenses, and we're nervous about the market. Here are the basics: Our two children in private school ...
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One more reason you should saveApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For years I've been telling my kids they better take care of me in my old age. "Mommy, can we go to McDonald's?" one of them might ask. "Do you promise to ...
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Tony's Butcher Shop expands with purchase of second locationApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Chuck Hyatt, a veteran in the meat industry, is expanding his old-fashioned Grayslake butcher shop. Tony's Butcher Shop, in its 11th year at 209 Route 83, has opened a s...
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In Mexico, the building boom ragesApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico -- Standing on our 10th-floor balcony at the Westin, my wife hands me her binoculars. "I think they added the verticals for another three floors ...
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Veterinarian returns to set up practice in her hometownApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - When Lisa Mikol-Doering was about 8 years old, she remembers clearing out a spot in the garage to build a dog house for her pet collie. She pampered her puppy and bought...
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Laptops now outsell desktopsApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - For years, I have focused my twice-a-year computer buyer's guides on desktop PCs, with less-frequent columns focusing on laptops. Now that the latter are outselling the ...