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Letters of credit.(Focus: Finance)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn Global trade requires the right kind of financing. Enter the letter of credit and other financial instruments that...
Crain's Chicago Business, 07/16/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Depositing cash.(Focus: Finance)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn Where do you keep your money? For many small and mid-sized businesses, it's not always a bank. Often, it can be a...
Crain's Chicago Business, 07/16/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Do you really need your bank? For many small and mid-sized businesses in Chicago, the answer increasingly is no.(Focus: Finance)
Byline: SAMANTHA STAINBURN Banking may not be the world's oldest profession, but it's close. The earliest banking records stretch back to the...
Crain's Chicago Business, 07/16/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Can banks respond? They aren't giving up on smaller customers.(Focus: Finance)(Christine Barry of Aite Group LLC)(Interview)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn Small and mid-sized businesses unhappy with their banks are increasingly looking elsewhere for financial services....
Crain's Chicago Business, 07/16/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Working capital.(Focus: Finance)(Column)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn Every business needs extra money to operate-from loans to lines of credit. But the rules of the game are changing....
Crain's Chicago Business, 07/16/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Real estate loans.(Focus: Finance)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn A business, naturally, needs space to operate. And that comes at a cost. Here's the lowdown on the shifting...
Crain's Chicago Business, 07/16/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Heavy lifting raises profit.(Focus: Public Companies)(W.W. Grainger Inc.)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn How many W. W. Grainger Inc. sales reps does it take to help a customer change a light bulb? Nearly twice as many as...
Crain's Chicago Business, 05/21/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Corn Products: How sweet it is.(Focus: Public Companies)(Corn Products International Inc.)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn Running a business that turns corn into syrup is not all sweetness. Interest in biofuels has increased demand for...
Crain's Chicago Business, 05/21/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
King of staplers and 3-ring binders.(Focus: Public Companies)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn Acco Brands Corp. CEO David Campbell has no qualms about betting the store on staplers, binders and day planners,...
Crain's Chicago Business, 05/21/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication -
Putting technology in Big Brother's hands.(Focus: Public Companies)(Federal Signal Corp. can succeed by providing public safety equipment)
Byline: Samantha Stainburn In January, Federal Signal Corp. bought Codespear LLC, a Birmingham, Mich., company that makes software enabling...
Crain's Chicago Business, 05/21/07 by Stainburn, Samantha · More from publication
