Business Columns
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Feder: Ransomware attack reported at Entercom stationsSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Entercom Communications won't confirm reports that it has been crippled by a companywide ransomware attack, affecting email, internet, telephones, music scheduling, prod...
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Sales Moves: Balance is a tricky commoditySep 10, 2019 1:00 am - I just returned from a fly fishing trip to Montana and feel totally refreshed and ready to take on the 4th quarter of 2019. My trip to this marvelous place always replen...
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Volkswagen electrifies the iconic BugSep 09, 2019 6:00 am - To demonstrate the versatility of its new electric battery platform, Volkswagen will unveil a retro, all-electric e-Beetle concept this week. The vehicle will be shown f...
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Updates on that 'girl' and the serial hugger at workSep 08, 2019 6:00 am - Today we check in with readers who wrote in earlier for advice. - - - From the female manager struggling to shed the "girl" label at work: Thank you for your advice...
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Constable: Cafe to serve up joy through staff with 'exceptionality'Sep 07, 2019 1:00 am - The motivation for Gerry's Café has been percolating in the quarter-century since Natalie Griffin was a special education support teacher working with preschooler Garret...
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Feder: WGN's 'Sweetness' special scores in primetimeSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Twenty years after his passing, Walter Payton is still a champion in Chicago, Robert Feder writes. "Savoring Sweetness: The Life & Times of Walter Payton," a one-hour sp...
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Feder: The Mix moves back to No. 1 in Chicago radio ratingsSep 05, 2019 1:00 am - WTMX 101.9-FM, the Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary station, seesawed back into the top spot in August, trading places with classic rock sibling WDRV 97.1-FM in the ...
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Chevy van is rolling 'memory trip' and history lessonSep 02, 2019 6:00 am - Rich Keylard's 1969 Chevy van is one far-out hauler that combines two childhood passions. First is his fondness for custom vans. That love started when Rich convinced hi...
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Working for a friend's ex-boss can be like dating a friend's exSep 01, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I have applied for a position in a group where a friend previously worked. She transferred because she could not get along with the group leader. She had approached u...
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Jim Kendall: The final Labor Day. ProbablySep 01, 2019 1:00 am - After 15 years, 735 columns (counting this one) and a tad more than 367,000 words about small businesses and the entrepreneurs who built and now manage them, it's approp...