Business Columns
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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...
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Couple decides to open environmentally friendly dry cleanerAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A husband-and-wife team who has been in the dry cleaning industry for 25 years recently opened a new shop in Deer Park. Un Tae Chung and his wife, Jung Ok Chung, launche...
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State to expand online payment of business taxesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Revenue is expected to announce expansion plans this fall for its electronic withholding tax filing program for businesses. Since the pilot pr...
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Dell model for small companies falls shortAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Dell has been having a tough time lately. Once the widely admired leader among PC makers, it has lost its sales crown to Hewlett-Packard and has seen its once-legendary ...
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Independent contractors require you to follow rulesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - No one is putting on a full court press, but there are people interested in how you distinguish between independent contractors and employees. Mostly, those people are l...