Business Columns
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Local women invent way to protect your purseNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - A pair of best friends created a decorative devise designed to prevent the theft of a woman's purse. Martha Curnow of Schaumburg and Vicki Ricker of Plainfield have been...
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Wire-free way to upload photosNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - No matter how perfectly shot or emotionally meaningful your digital photos may be, if they aren't uploaded to your computer or to a Web site, no one else will ever see t...
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Talking to employees can ease pain of benefit costsNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The monthly premium for our company's health insurance coverage goes up 16 percent on January 1. Ouch. Again. But Luis Cruz says our increase "is not too bad. Twenty-...
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Ready, set, click: Cyber MondayNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Discard those shin guards. Remove the boxing gloves. After doing battle in the bricks-and-mortars on Black Friday, you can shop today for holiday deals on the Internet. ...
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How to protect against falling dollarNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Q:Due to the declining value of the U.S. dollar, I would like to look for a non-dollar investment to balance my portfolio. Would international stock and bond funds meet ...
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Senator asks ministries to detail expensesNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Is it OK for a minister to live large? A new probe by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, will certainly call int...
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U.S. uses Enron-style bookkeepingNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to financial magic, the government of the United States takes the prize. Sleights of hand and clever distractions by purveyors of line-of-credit mortgages,...
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New shop is SerendipityNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - The business name, Serendipity Floral, perfectly explains the owner's circumstances when she opened the shop early this year. The owner also hopes it will apply to her c...
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Livingston Kitchens opensNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Husband-and-wife team Mary and James Livingston recently moved their business closer to home. Livingston Kitchens, which operated at the Merchandise Mart for the past 1...
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Imperial opens showroomNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - After operating in Algonquin for about 10 years, Rob Twardzik recently moved his showroom to Lake in the Hills. The thrust of Imperial Improvements, at 1128 W. Algonquin...