Business Columns
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Area firm to test medication alert systemApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A Crystal Lake technology firm wants your smartphone to remind you when to take your medications. For the last three years, Leap of Faith Technologies (www.leapoffaith.c...
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A getaway close to homeApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - You may think you're still away on spring break when visiting Flip Flops Tiki Bar & Grill in Carol Stream. The family-operated establishment at 1022 Fountain View Drive ...
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Play cafe has dual menuApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A stay-at-home mom opened a new business designed to give young children a place to have fun and parents an outlet for conversation and relaxation. Nibbles' Play Cafe, a...
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Hospitality, sans hotelApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Need help making all those phone calls at work today? Don't have time to pick up the dry cleaning? Need help managing the house? Michelle Soesbe wants to help. Whether i...
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LinkedIn networking can be very beneficialApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Playwright John Guare, who penned "Six Degrees of Separation," likely would fit right in at LinkedIn, the Internet-based business networking tool that just might put you...
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Insightful book tackles secret topic of financesApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cyndi Lauper is right when she sings, money changes everything. The abundance or lack of it does change everything. But if money is so important why do so ...
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Two 40-somethings start T-shirt line to celebrate lifeApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Andrea Foreman-Brook and Alisa Bay, best friends for more than 20 years, have gone through blind dates, weddings, pregnancies and business together. Their most recent en...
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Arlington Park gets out of the gate fast with updated Web siteApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Arlington Park racing fans will have a new online option for buying tickets at www.arlingtonpark.com. The season opens May 2 and the Web site already is touting many new...
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Tricked out toysApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A new concept that allows kids to build their own cars is cruising into Woodfield. RideMakerz will open its seventh nationwide location April 19 when it sets up shop in ...
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SugarSync works well on multiple machinesApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - It's a real problem keeping all the files you need available and up-to-date on multiple computers in multiple locations, whether they are key business documents or just ...