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Average CEO earnings soared to $21.3 million last year and could rise again in 2020Aug 23, 2020 6:22 am - Fueled by a surging stock market, CEO compensation climbed to its highest level in seven years last year and could be poised to rise again in 2020, despite the widesprea...
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Code compliance vs. common senseAug 23, 2020 6:00 am - Q: We were ready to close escrow on our home when the buyers' home inspector stirred up trouble over the roof repairs. The house is about 45 years old and has two layers...
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His boss wants him to keep meeting with clients, but without payAug 23, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Early in March, my husband was laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic. The owner of the company told laid-off employees he would pay them their equivalent hourl...
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Finally, a convention for the rest of AmericaAug 23, 2020 1:00 am - By Connie Schultz I've attended the last four Democratic conventions, and most of my memories of those milestone events involve crowds. They were everywhere. In the airp...
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Rozner: Healthy Seabrook could still help BlackhawksAug 23, 2020 1:00 am - Imagine the difference a healthy Brent Seabrook would have made in the Vegas series for the Blackhawks. No, really. Sounds crazy having watched him the last few years, b...
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That 'toughest time of the year' came, and wentAug 22, 2020 7:00 am - It was once again that "time of year." I knew the time was approaching because one day, as I was otherwise working happily out in the yard feeding the birds and filling ...
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You can't 'overdo it' when learning good qualities from your parentsAug 22, 2020 7:00 am - Recently my dear sister, Mary, told me something that our mother said to her a couple years before she died. Mother said: "We raised you all to be independent, but maybe...
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Board members may not waive portion of their assessmentsAug 22, 2020 7:00 am - Q: We have difficulty in recruiting candidates for the board of our condominium association. To attract candidates, the board would like to either waive some portion of ...
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Baseball Way Back: A look at some White Sox history with Rich LindbergAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - The recent passing of former Illinois Gov. James Thompson revived memories of the governor's famous 11th-hour maneuvers to keep the White Sox in Chicago. But was it a ci...
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Facts Matter: Trump touts manufacturing boom, but factory jobs down 740,000Aug 22, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump, during a news conference earlier this month, claimed parts of the economy are doing very well. "The manufacturing sector is booming and the produ...