Business Columns
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Gift company looks to provide comfort in times of griefOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The start of Renee Wood's company came out of a desire to comfort someone. She was looking for just the right sympathy gift for her sister-in-law, whose father had just ...
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Local photographer celebrates 20 years behind the cameraOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Dale Horn started his photography business from the basement of his mother's Arlington Heights home on Vail Street 20 years ago. Horn, 47, now operates his growing busin...
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Confusion abounds over 'safe' withdrawalsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. You confused me recently in a column about safe rates of withdrawal. I am 68 years old and 80 percent invested in CDs. My CDs are paying between 5 percent and 5.5 per...
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Financial advice is not going to be magicOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Giving advice to people in financial trouble is like throwing dust into the wind. You toss it out and, depending on the wind's direction, it either gets ca...
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Pet franchise comes to areaOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Kevin McCormack understands how important pets are in people's lives. He recently launched Wag N' Wash Healthy Pet Center in Naperville for pet owners who want something...
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Kitchen business remodeledOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Jeff Schreiber, who has been in the kitchen remodeling industry for 25 years, recently moved his business closer to home. Schreiber, who resides in Hawthorn Woods, reloc...
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Consignment assignmentOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - The idea for Marianne Evans' business originated years ago when she turned her garage sale into an outdoor shop. Evans, who left her career as the owner of a forklift bu...
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Housing bubble looks destined for troubleOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Lately I've been getting that deja vu feeling. If you lived in Texas through the S&L debacle of the late '80s, you probably have too. If you didn't, listen up. What happ...
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Voice mail gets a lot more funOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The days of "leave a message after the beep" could soon be a thing of the past. New Web services are giving cellphone voice mail a fresh sound with features that let use...
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Advance preparation makes disaster recovery easierOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - It took "two seconds," says Jeff Myers, for the roof to go at The Car Doctor, Inc., in Schaumburg, when storms raked the Chicago area in August. But quick work by Myers,...