Business Columns
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Joseph Vineyard, meet Joe Six-PackSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - On this glorious Labor Day week, I'd like to say a few words about the futility of work. I'm serious. Take a look around. Today, we're all 24/7, strutting with BlackBerr...
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Entrepreneur committee seeks out Hall of FamersSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Finally, the effort you've put into your business is about to be recognized: • Listen to the crescendo of applause when your name is announced to 500 of your new friends...
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Powerful Yahoo Mail is better with instant messaging functionSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Two years is a really long time to test a software product, but that's about how long it took for Yahoo to finish its slick new version of Yahoo Mail, the popular e-mail...
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Park Place Interiors is home for design ideasAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Kathleen Newhouse likes to show people how to put together a room. That's why her shop, Park Place Interiors at 407 S. Third St. in downtown Geneva, is set up in vignett...
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Woman puts class assignment to the test with Bark AvenueAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - A class at Keller Graduate School of Business changed Michelle Sarwas' life. Her class assignment was to create a business plan as part of her master's degree studies in...
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'Bodywear' business involves helping women look their bestAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Heide Olson, an Essential Bodywear consultant, is known as "the bra lady." Olson is part of a growing company that helps women purchase comfortable bras and shapewear. S...
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Safe rates of withdrawal are difficult to calculateAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. The popular consensus suggests a 4 percent withdrawal rate from investments after retirement. My question is: 4 percent of what? Once I had all my assets with a finan...
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Take steps to prepare for coming job lossAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Capital One's ubiquitous advertising campaign -- "What's in your wallet?" -- has taken on a different and jarring meaning for hundreds of workers in its mo...
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Lord Byron said it all about access to cashAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - "Yes. Ready money is Aladdin's Lamp." -- Lord Byron, 1788-1824 Most of us don't appreciate the magic of cash until we are without it. Then we understand. Then we underst...
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Woman puts class assignment to the test with Bark AvenueAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A class at Keller Graduate School of Business changed Michelle Sarwas' life. Her class assignment was to create a business plan as part of her master's degree studies in...