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August 2002 issue - Vol.2, No.11, 24 pages

   We Mean Business. Illinois Business.
 
 

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Execs ponder status, future of corporate accountability

   Illinois professionals from an array of sectors - banking, insurance, public finance, accounting, trade associations and the clergy - agree that the summer's heat is being felt in a whole new way when it comes to individuals and boards caught with their hands in the corporate cookie jar. The accountability crisis continues, they say.
   Mark Altadonna is executive vice president of the State Bank of Waterloo, an institution with assets totaling [continue]

Hotels rebound from sluggish economy, lure local tourists
By KERRY L. SMITH

   Despite 2001, the worst year on record for the hospitality industry, hotels, motels and convention centers across Illinois are surviving - and in some cases, even thriving - due to their location and their ability to react quickly to [continue]

Businessman doubles as mayor By VICKI BENNINGTON    HIGHLAND -- Rob Bowman was not always as outgoing as he is today. Now serving as mayor of Highland and president of Terra Properties Inc., Bowman said that as recent as 10 or 15 years ago, he was rather shy.   "I grew up in Chicago and it really wasn't until I moved to Highland that I became more outgoing and involved in the community," Bowman said. "I took the '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' course and got my master's of business administration. Then I got involved with the Jaycees to meet people and was part of a big project, and things just snowballed from there."   He and his wife, Susan, who is from Highland, bought Terra [continue]

Ferry grants three wishes: time, fuel, and stress reduction
By KERRY L. SMITH

  GRAFTON --
Commuters to St. Charles County will soon have another travel option, in the form of a 15-vehicle ferry, to route them across two major U.S. rivers and save them nearly an hour of drive time each way.
  The Grafton Ferry, set to begin operations in September, is the result of a year of paperwork, permits and consideration by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coastguard, Jersey and St. Charles counties, the city of Grafton and numerous economic development players.
  A three-man team comprising the Grafton Ferry Boat Co. - a retired engineer, farmer and a marine service operator [continue]

 
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