Business Columns
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Making surfing even fasterJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. may be in the midst of turmoil with eroding worldwide market share, stock price and profits while it works on splitting up the company. B...
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Internet-a-Gogo: Airlines to Offer In-Flight AccessJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Attention, laptop-toting U.S. airline passengers! You are either about to become much more productive and happy, or to lose one of your last refuges from the digital de...
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Children's sports gear has firm footing in family budgetJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The family calendar at Joyce Masciopinto's Arlington Heights home resembles a complex score card filled with times and locations for games and practices for her four chi...
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Coaches help train mid-career execs to strike out on their ownJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Jeff Williams primarily works with baby boomers over the age of 50 who have lived - and may be responsible for developing - the "workaholic" lifestyle. Williams, a star...
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Mind-set shift helps 'solopreneurs' find successJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Linette George walks into a room of strangers and sees the people gathered there as different countries. She's at a networking event - and ready to go. George, "passiona...
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Fixed income an essential part of retirement portfolioJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I have around $1.2 million, mostly in equities. My house is paid for. There will be around $300,000 in company profit-sharing when I retire, and that has been my ace ...
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Paying off mortgage before retirement still a good ideaJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - It would have shaken my dear, deceased grandmother to her financial core. The headline read: "Mortgages No Longer a Stigma in Retirement." That was the find...
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New business focuses on creative gifts for new parentsJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The focus of a new business in its infancy is creating fun gifts for new parents. Melissa Hopkins and Laura Raia recently launched My Few Favorite Things, a venture that...
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Medicare premiums and your retirement standard of livingJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Medicare premiums may soon start crushing retiree spending power. I estimate that many a long-lived couple may need to reduce their retirement spending on non-medical c...
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Dad's gift may be a wee bit less luxe this yearJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Dads, don't be upset, but your kids and wife may be spending a little less on your Father's Day gift this year, according to a recent survey. Higher prices at the gas pu...