Small Business
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Bank loan opportunities remain strong for small businessNov 02, 2021 7:34 pm - Stocks are down. Bankruptcies are up. Talking heads are talking recession. Turns out it's a good time for small businesses to seek bank financing. So say two bankers who...
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High-return funds pose rebalancing anxietyNov 02, 2021 6:28 pm - Q. It is time for the annual rebalancing of my portfolio. Two of my funds, Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining (ticker: VGPMX) and Vanguard Energy (ticker: VGENX), have ...
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The Millennial generation is a huge, but tough to crack, marketNov 02, 2021 4:46 pm - If MySpace, LinkedIn, YouTube and text messaging aren't what you typically think about when you think about ways to reach younger consumers -- those 20-something young a...
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'Fro-yo' frenzy hits the Chicago marketNov 02, 2021 12:23 pm - A healthy, tart-tasting frozen yogurt is winding its way into the Chicago area. After making a huge splash on the East and West coasts, the hip product resembling soft-s...
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Dreaming of your own business? Read this firstNov 01, 2021 8:57 pm - Charles Evans has a wife, three kids and a mortgage; a good job; and -- oh, oh -- a perhaps irresistible entrepreneurial urge "to do something on my own." That's likely ...
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Small business in cross hairs of industry's fight against piracyNov 01, 2021 8:35 pm - WASHINGTON -- Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance was claiming his 10-person architectural firm was using u...
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Talking to employees can ease pain of benefit costsNov 01, 2021 8:38 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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Sounds Abound brings wedding quests to their feetNov 01, 2021 7:51 pm - From aluminum siding salesman to professional disc jockey, Ken Overbey has turned a part-time job and hobby into a $1 million-a-year business. In 1995 he walked away fro...
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Wrong turn reveals right location for Insty-PrintsNov 01, 2021 6:47 pm - When Brian Walsh and his father Pat took a wrong exit off the highway, they turned around at a defunct gas station. Later they seized on the land as a low-cost location ...
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A.C. Hair Design expands to larger Libertyville shopNov 01, 2021 6:39 pm - In celebrating her 12th year in business, Ana Campos recently moved to a larger salon in Libertyville. When Campos started A.C. Hair Design in 1995, she had one stylist ...