Business Columns
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Consider TIPS for inflation protectionSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - This year may be the first since 1991 with a 4 percent inflation rate. After years of running just under 3 percent, a 4 percent rate will be a shock, particularly since ...
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Recipes at JC's Barbecue come from years of grilling experienceSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - For years, Gilberto Dominguez has worked as a cook at other people's restaurants. He recently took the next step and opening his own place in East Dundee. The native of ...
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Protégé buys Perfect Auto Finish detailing shop in RoselleSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - While growing up, Kevin Traver would often watch as Gary Kouba detailed and worked on his cars in the driveway down the street. Through the years, Kouba served as a ment...
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T-Mobile phones on Wi-FiSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Critics of the current U.S. wireless phone system have long advocated for a single phone that could make calls over a variety of wireless networks, without requiring use...
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New workbook eases trauma of writing a business planSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Lenders, investors, SCORE counselors who have fought many of the battles you're fighting, staff at the Small Business Development Center, they virtually all say the sam...
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Web sites affordable for small businessesSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Dave Beasley of Buffalo Grove, a Web designer and owner of DB Consulting Group Inc. (www.dbcginfo.com), believes small businesses should take advantage of the Internet, ...
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Hope's Playground offers fresh atmosphere for kids needing therapySep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Antioch is home to a new therapy center designed for children and teenagers. Hope's Playground Pediatric Therapy Inc. opened about a month ago at 311 W. Depot St., Suite...
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J&L's Little Store takes on big competitorsSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Husband-and-wife team Jay and Lisa Walls are going up against the big guy. The couple opened J&L's Little Store, a convenience store at 871 S. Roselle Road in the Kingsp...
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Getting out from under rental home isn't easySep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. A couple of years ago, I purchased an investment property in Sacramento, Calif. For a period of time all went well. But in 2006 I was without a tenant for the first h...
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Authors tie eating habits with wise spendingSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Deborah McNaughton and Melinda Weinstein want us to face a simple truth -- many people consume too many calories and their unhealthy eating is costing them...