Business Columns
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New limit on savings bonds irks readerDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- At a time when the nation's savings rate is abysmal, the Treasury Department's Bureau of the Public Debt has decided to lower the annual amount of U.S. sav...
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A national yard sale is comingDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Every cloud has a silver lining. So it may be time to see who gets the cloud and who gets the lining. We know who gets the cloud. It's anyone who has been making a livin...
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Online language services are spottyDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - As the need for global communication increases, online translation services are in greater demand. Users are attracted to the breakneck speed at which online translation...
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Platterpus Records finds fondness for vinyl onlineDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - When a photographer and musician met five years ago, they didn't expect something as common as vinyl would lead them into a business partnership. Peter Kuehl, 40, of Sch...
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Bella Mia showcases woman's flair for home decorDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - When Mia Robin was a little girl, she remembers driving with her parents looking at the big homes along the North Shore's Sheridan Road. She'd beg her parents to let her...
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Posh medical spa specializes in popular anti-aging treatmentsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Jennifer Cunningham enjoys watching her customers when they leave. Some sneak a peek in the mirror and smile. Others just smile. Their reason for those smiles? Chances a...
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Non-compete agreements must be crafted carefully to be legitDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Think that non-compete agreement you had your sales manager sign is going to keep her from taking customers with her when she leaves? Better think again, especially if y...
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Diversity requires foreign investmentsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. It has been suggested that since the U.S. market is a smaller portion of the total world financial market -- and because the U.S. dollar is falling -- it would be bet...
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Tax time is easier when you start earlyDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Here are two words that can get a person so riled up you would think you'd insulted their mama: tax time. Yes folks, no use grousing about it. Before you r...
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Musical pair expand partnership with Heavenly Piano showroomDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Two musicians, who in the past worked by appointment only, recently expanded their piano business in Arlington Heights. Dan Kastenmeier and Mark Stanielun launched an 8,...