Business Columns
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A family focus on financesMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - In opening a financial planning office in Bartlett, the advisers are looking to create an atmosphere with a small-town feel. Ron Kapraun, branch manager for the newest R...
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A coffeehouse that caresMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Chris Fisher was just looking for some office space. But all he found was expensive leases. So rather than get into a high-priced lease, Fisher decided to try his hand ...
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Chef captivated by ItalyMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - By the age of 12, Alejandro Perez was helping out at his parent's restaurant in Saltillo in northern Mexico. When he was in junior high he came to the United States, ma...
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Area business owners share their recession-beating experiencesMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Tom Walter gets ideas from his employees. Jennifer Davis saved jobs by off-shoring product development. Dave Nyc cautions to not wait too long to implement changes. Whil...
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There are alternatives to high fee managersMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. We are rolling over my wife's $160,000 lump sum retirement into a managed account with our bank. She's 55. Wells Fargo charges 1.5 percent a year and a 1.5 percent lo...
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Be smart about how you use tax refundMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For years I've been begging people not to use tax withholding as a forced savings tool. I understand the reasoning. Times are tight and people want some fi...
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Self-described 'beach bum' opens first area Tropical Smoothie CafeMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Brian Guinter is attempting to bring the tropics to Barrington and beyond. Customers will find indoor palm trees, island-inspired murals and tiki hut canopies at Tropica...
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Legacy distribution drains years of savingsMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In the late 1960s, The New York Times declared that we had entered the age of "people's capitalism." The paper cited the broad increase in mutual fund and stock ownershi...
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Don't bother to light up at Old OrchardMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Bob Jones often eats at the food court at Westfield Old Orchard and then heads outside to the common area and enjoys a cigarette. Beginning March 15, Jones will no longe...
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Apple offers new wireless hard drive backupMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - With its new Leopard operating system, Apple tried to solve one of the most nagging problems faced by home-computer users: how to regularly back up their computers compl...