Business Columns
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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 ...
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Here's help for small businesses to find government buyersJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Bensenville's Liberty Fastener Co. gets 10 percent of its sales from the federal government - a "very valuable chunk of our business," says Shari Nickens, sales and purc...
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Can either presidential candidate fathom depth of credit crisis?Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Far too many people are buckling under the strain of trying to run their households as consumer prices rise, home values decline and banks get tougher on le...
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Business keeps kids hopping in St. CharlesJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - An Algonquin couple recently opened a business that keeps children jumping for hours. Kathy and Scott Soeder launched Jump Zone at 731 N. 17th St. in St. Charles. This ...
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Three easy levers on retirement spendingJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Allow me to introduce the Power of Non-Financial Thinking. This is the kind of thinking that actual people can do. It involves none of the magical thinking preferred by ...
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Tourism bureau has great things planned with redesignJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau, which has about 350 member towns and companies, has redesigned its tourism Web site, www.chicagonorthwest...
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Galatea now open at Deer ParkJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A grand opening took place Saturday at the new Galatea store at Deer Park Town Center. The shop recently relocated from Randhurst Shopping Center in Mount Prospect to t...
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Red Geranium grows new roots in BataviaJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Kelly Tiberi has replanted The Red Geranium, an interior and exterior design shop, in Batavia. After operating the business in Naperville at 19 W. Benton Ave. for nearly...
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CPAs: number-crunchers, business advisers or both?Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Just how much should your accountant do for you, especially if, like many business owners, you look at the columns of numbers your CPA provides and see just columns of n...
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A clever way to keep insulin safeJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Renee Tobias' concern for her mother's health and safety prompted her to create a product and a business she now runs in Wheeling. Tobias grew concerned several years ag...