Business Columns
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As credit squeeze tightens, creditors' collection practices scrutinizedJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The reports just keep coming that consumers are still having difficulty paying their debts. One of the latest is from the Consumer Credit Delinquency Bullet...
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Pizza patriarch still active in the family business at 91Jul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Fred Rosati, who recently turned 91, still plays an active role in the pizza empire he sliced in the market more than four decades ago. The Hinsdale man makes his way i...
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Frozen yogurt company expanding in local mallsJul 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Yogen Fruz, which features healthy, tart-tasting frozen yogurt, is expanding to area malls. The Canadian company opened at Yorktown Center last week after making its U....
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How to make your hard drive clean againJul 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Do you know of a free or inexpensive program that will overwrite hard drives? My husband and I have updated to new computers, leaving us with two hard drives tha...
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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...