Business Columns
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Color your own fun at ceramics studioJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A paint-it-yourself ceramics studio expanding in the area provides an avenue for all ages to be creative. "Color Me Mine is a place to gather and spend quality time wit...
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Invest for your future, not for the financial services industryJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Securities attorney and investment adviser Daniel R. Solin has saved our bacon once again, just as he did at this time last year. That's when he offered a short book on ...
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Time to sell? Plan for lifestyle, longevity issuesJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Maybe this is a good time to get out: * The economic clouds continue to darken. * Too many customers are taking longer to pay than you think they should. * A key supplie...
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Turns out, laughter is good economic medicine as wellJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Should companies use levity to boost their bottom line? Could laughter help firms keep workers? Authors Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher say absolutely....
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Entrepreneur brings art background into new framing businessJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Todd Rowland is incorporating his art background in launching his new business in downtown Grayslake. Rowland and co-owner Christy Kubiak are holding a grand opening We...
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In struggling economy, reinvention continually trumps lossJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - BELFAST, Maine - It's hard to believe, sitting here at a cottage window, that the world is having its daily crisis, that billions are being lost, that oil prices are yet...
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Sports apparel scores big in mallsJul 05, 2008 11:00 pm - FansEdge founder Kevin Bates admits he's not one of those over-the-top sports fans. Yet, the Highland Park resident operates one of the fastest-growing licensed sports ...
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New Molex business will help your devices get smallerJul 05, 2008 11:00 pm - When Lisle-based Molex Inc. (www.molex.com) completed its acquisition of a Taiwan equipment maker, it thought smaller. Smaller hand-held devices. Smaller laptops. Smalle...
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Spray away mosquitoes with new control systemJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Two men from the McHenry area have launched a business designed to free your yard of pesky mosquitoes. Tim Johannes and Ryan Lasky operate Bullfrogg Pest Control, a bus...
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Reinvention trumps loss in picturesque Maine townJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - BELFAST, Maine -It's hard to believe, sitting here at a cottage window, that the world is having its daily crisis, that billions are being lost, that oil prices are yet ...