Business Columns
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Sports complex is mostly training, but entirely funDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - While summer sports seasons are months away, a new Lake Zurich training facility provides an outlet to improve your game. Golf, baseball and softball are the focus of a ...
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Credit tightening, higher rates unlikely to impede small businessesDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Small businesses don't directly compete for money in the world markets, but we are affected by interest rates: In the business-to-business sector, for example, many of o...
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Book can help you change bad habitsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- As any therapist will tell you, conflicts about money are usually not about money. They're about you -- or rather "your issues." So for my final Color of M...
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Dolce Day Spa owner knew career path at a young ageDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - When Kimberly Frits was a teenager, five or six of her girlfriends could often be found in her family's Jack-and-Jill bathroom doing their hair and makeup. Frits usually...
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Interior designer brings expertise to new Itasca home decor shopDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Picking the color to paint a room is tough. And matching the window treatments and finding texture can be overwhelming for a homeowner. Designer Tara Gruber understands ...
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Gift fund embraces index investingDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Some ideas succeed because they are simply wonderful. One of my favorites is charitable gift funds. The first was launched 15 years ago by Fidelity Investments. It was q...
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Red Cottage owners collaborate to create cozy salon and spaDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Before launching a new Long Grove salon, the owners worked together in the industry for about 15 years. Kelley Morse of Palatine, Katie Luczak of Arlington Heights and E...
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Amazon's Kindle is hampered by flawsDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Companies have failed for many years to produce a successful electronic reader, a dedicated device that would do for books what Apple's iPod has done for music -- allow ...
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Naperville company's elf site gains worldwide followingDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - You can Elf Yourself. Again. Office Max returns this year with the free Web site, www.ElfYourself.com, where you can scan in your photo, attach it to a dancing elf and s...
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A perfect change of paceNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - After spending nearly 30 years assisting in her family business, Kathy Godlewski felt it was time to stop and smell the coffee. Godlewski and longtime friend Terry Malon...