Business Columns
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A 'great game' you'll want to winSep 24, 2018 1:00 am - The great game of business is a management concept that tends to work. Getting to "tends to work" takes some effort, however: Commitment from whoever sits in the big off...
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The best way to break the 'I'm sorry' cycleSep 23, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I mentor junior employees who assist on my projects. One person I supervise is brilliant at the work, dedicated, enthusiastic and clearly going places. However, this ...
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When to turn in your keysSep 18, 2018 1:00 am - Good grief, Charlie B: We're heading pell-mell toward the last quarter of 2018 and, just maybe, toward the day you hand the keys to your successor. Or maybe not. Every w...
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Feder: Can new co-host pump up 'The Jam'?Sep 18, 2018 1:00 am - Can a new co-host help jump-start the ratings for WCIU-Channel 26's underperforming morning show? Wednesday will mark Carly Henderson's debut on "The Jam," the Weigel Br...
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Platinum Pest Solutions puts bedbugs to restSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - Jason Sayre became a father at the age of 17, took a job after high school and started reading a lot of business books in an effort to achieve his goal to run a company ...
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Elmhurst's Stenograph dominates shorthand industry for 80 yearsSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - The name Stenograph has long been synonymous with legal transcription. Court and legal reporters, for example, are referred to as stenographers. The craft they practice ...
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Feder: Broadcast museum to downsize with sale of top two floorsSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - In order to keep its doors open, Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications plans to sell two floors of its four-story building in River North, according to multiple s...
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Some companies still don't have any female directors. California wants to fine them.Sep 16, 2018 1:00 am - To fix the stubbornly low numbers of women serving on corporate boards, investors have tried to pressure companies to add more female directors. Lawmakers have pushed to...
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Feder: 'Local stays local' at Daily Herald, Chicago ReaderSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - "Local stays local," tweeted WGN news anchor Ben Bradley, minutes after my story broke Thursday about the sale of Paddock Publications, owner of the Daily Herald, Robert...
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Feder: Weigel launches new TV stationSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of WCIU-Channel 26, Me-TV and a host of other broadcast stations and digital networks, just switched on the future of t...