Business Columns
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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...
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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...