Business Columns
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Feder: Amid 'outpouring of love,' WXRT's Terri Hemmert to sign off middays July 9Jul 02, 2019 1:00 am - Culminating a ton of well-deserved tributes to Terri Hemmert, the beloved Chicago radio icon will mark her final broadcast as midday personality on WXRT 93.1-FM July 9, ...
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Feder: ABC 7 to test 'visually compelling' video storytelling techniquesJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - WLS-Channel 7 is looking to stay on top of local news in Chicago by experimenting with new forms of animation, graphics, and data visualization in the way it tells stori...
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Feder: Cumulus Media's New York sale worries WLS staffersJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - The sale of legendary New York radio station WABC last week sent shock waves through Cumulus Media Chicago where employees of news/talk WLS 890-AM wondered if their stat...
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Old pickup hauls childhood memories back to the forefrontJun 30, 2019 6:00 am - As a small boy, Ed Flynn spent many a happy summer on a lake and in the cab of a 1941 Dodge pickup. His mother grew up on a dairy farm in southern Vermont and spent her ...
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How a networking newbie can make a great first impressionJun 30, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I was unimpressed with the letter writer in a recent column about time-wasting networkers. Networking is a complex skill set. The law student who annoyed the writer w...
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Five reasons you need a budgetJun 30, 2019 1:00 am - There are two loves in my life - my "boo" and my budget. OK, maybe my husband comes first, but I'm not kidding about my love affair with our budget. It's the road map to...
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Jim Kendall: Immigration: Business' third railJun 30, 2019 1:00 am - Maybe you should talk with an immigration attorney. If you have employees who are immigrants, even if those employees are fully documented, maybe you should erase the fi...
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Illinois six-figure pensions grow 74% since 2015Jun 29, 2019 1:00 am - Four years ago, 12,524 retirees were receiving more than $100,000 each in annual public pension benefits from six Illinois retirement plans. Now, that number is 21,794, ...
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Feder: WTTW promotes Geoffrey Baer to lead program productionJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - Geoffrey Baer, who's been Chicago's genial tour guide and unofficial historian at WTTW-Channel 11 for more than 25 years, is taking on a major new role at the public tel...
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Feder: David Plier replacing Larry Wert as broadcast museum chairJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - David Plier, a marketing and branding executive and weekend talk-show host at WGN 720-AM, will succeed Larry Wert as interim chairman of Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Co...