Business Columns
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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...
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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...