Business Columns
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'Steady Eddy' portfolio works bestDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Craig Israelsen, an associate professor at Brigham Young University, wants us to know that it pays to build "Steady Eddy" portfolios for retirement. Having lots of asset...
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Put your business cards on hard driveDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - New business-card scanners are coming onto the market, making it easier than ever to organize those cards piled high on our desks or stuffed into our wallets. The latest...
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Schaumburg firm pumped up for partiesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The owners of a new Schaumburg business have pumped a lot of energy into their venture. Joyce Meredith and Veronica Boyd and their husbands launched Pump It Up, a childr...
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Helping others budget is her businessDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Sherry Ridge assists the person wanting to eliminate debt, as well as the couple having a tough time paying their mortgage. Ridge, owner of Sherry Debt Free, teaches peo...
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Lola's perfects shabby chicDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - When Kasey Buick moved from Colorado to St. Charles last summer, she brought her business with her. As her husband dove into a new job, Buick began hunting for a locati...
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Going green is good for the environment and the bottom lineDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Green finally seems to be catching on -- in practical ways that make sense for both the environment and small business bottom lines: • When Garvey's Office Products Inc....
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Rate-freeze plan doesn't fix systemic problemsDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- How timely that just as President Bush was announcing a deal to help homeowners struggling with their mortgage payments, new data were released showing tha...
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Area companies have you covered for your high-tech holiday needsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - So Cyber Monday wasn't your thing? And night-owl and early-bird sales at the bricks-and-mortars are getting old? Yet you still need that certain something for a holiday ...
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Slacker is radio, with more controlDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - More than 100 million music fans know the joys of portable digital music players -- the ability to carry a large number of your favorite songs, arranged in playlists of ...
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Natural treatments replace antibiotics at new Brannick ClinicDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Michelle Brannick relies on less traditional means to heal her patients. Instead of writing a prescription, Brannick uses natural cures and lifestyle changes to help he...