Business Stories from September 6, 2015 (Change date)
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Machining executive turns to podcasts to boost industrySep 07, 2015 8:21 am - When Jim Carr of Inverness decided to enter the family business, Carr Machine & Tool Inc. in Elk Grove Village, it took him in an unexpected direction in the machining i...
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'Bonkers' and 140 other words never to say to market reportersSep 07, 2015 8:21 am - The comedian George Carlin darn near made a whole career out of a routine about seven words you're not allowed to say on television. The seven words were ... aww, shoot,...
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Low-wage workers are about to get some of the biggest raises everSep 07, 2015 8:21 am - Dalia Catalan's daughter is 13 years old, but Catalan hasn't seen her since leaving their home in Guatemala four years ago, when she and her husband came to Washington s...
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Aerial dog fences can't be counted on to curb wayward dronesSep 07, 2015 8:21 am - They've buzzed the White House, come too close to planes, attempted to airlift drugs over prison walls and interfered with firefighters in California. In fact, drones ha...
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Career Coach: Work-Life Balance? Does your company care? It should.Sep 07, 2015 8:21 am - Recently, there have been a number of stories that have come out highlighting practices at companies that have or have not reinforced having both a job and a family (lif...
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Why you could be getting a big raise in 2016Sep 07, 2015 8:21 am - Even as the landscape for wages looks bleak, at least one rung of the compensation ladder is doing just fine. And 2016 may be even better. White-collar workers will get...
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Can a company innovate without working its employees to death?Sep 07, 2015 8:21 am - In the summer of 1994, Jaap Haartsen started worked on what would become a ubiquitous and essential technology - Bluetooth. The 31-year-old Dutch engineer was living in ...
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Lack of self control can make you a better saverSep 07, 2015 8:21 am - Often, the biggest obstacle to saving is that there isn't enough money to set aside after the bills are paid. But other times the hardest part is establishing the habit ...
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Retirement money should flow toward lower feesSep 07, 2015 8:21 am - Q: My husband and I are both 43. He is a federal employee. I'm self-employed in real estate and other consulting gigs. He has $283,000 in the Thrift Savings Plan. He has...
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Ask the Fool: Reverse-splitting headachesSep 07, 2015 8:21 am - Q: Should a company's reverse split worry me? - R.S., Larkfield-Wikiup, California A: It's at least a red flag. A healthy and growing company will occasionally execute a...
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