Business Columns
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Can new CEO fill predecessor's shoes?Apr 14, 2019 1:00 am - There's always a bit of a question when a successful, highly respected chief executive - say someone like Tasty Catering's Tom Walter - selects his (or her) replacement,...
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Feder: WLS Radio celebrates 95 years on the airApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - On April 12, 1924, Sears, Roebuck and Company officially began broadcasting its new radio station from the Sherman House Hotel in Chicago, naming it WLS (for "World's La...
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Feder: WGN's Andrea Darlas to join U of I as Chicago liaisonApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - After more than 21 years as a multitalented and award-winning news anchor, reporter and program host at news/talk WGN 720-AM, Andrea Darlas is opening a new chapter in h...
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Feder: It's all over for Johnson Publishing CompanyApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - It's a good thing John H. Johnson didn't live to see this day. Johnson Publishing Company, former publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday - 77...
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Feder: Ken Davis closing down 'Chicago Newsroom'Apr 09, 2019 1:00 am - "Chicago Newsroom," the weekly roundtable of local journalists and newsmakers, is bowing out at the end of May after a nine-year run on Chicago Access Network TV, Robert...
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Feder: A few protips from the media for new Chicago Mayor Lori LightfootApr 08, 2019 1:00 am - As Chicago's new mayor, will Lori Lightfoot learn from the mistakes of her predecessors in dealing with the media, Robert Feder writes. Rahm Emanuel stumbled early in hi...
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In NASA's spacesuit saga, women see their own workplace experiencesApr 07, 2019 6:20 am - A spacesuit may not look much like what most women wear to work. But as plans changed for an all-female spacewalk last week because of spacesuit sizing issues, many work...
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How successful CEO chose his own replacementApr 07, 2019 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village-based Tasty Catering is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The company and its 150 employees also are celebrating the appointment of Kornel G...
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Feder: 'Scorecard' tees up 10th year on The ScoreApr 05, 2019 1:00 am - Ed Sherman and Steve Olken this weekend tee up the 10th year of "The Scorecard on The Score," their weekly golf talk show on Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM, Robert Fed...
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Feder: NBC Sports Chicago's Leila Rahimi on Harvard panelApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - Leila Rahimi, the anchor, host and reporter for NBC Sports Chicago, is heading to Harvard University this weekend to participate in a global conference on Iranian cultur...