Business Columns
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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...
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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 ...