Business Columns
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Feder: Tribune Media kills controversial deal with conservative SinclairAug 09, 2018 1:00 am - Ding, dong the deal is dead: Tribune Media has officially terminated its controversial and long-delayed merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Robert Feder writes. But wa...
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How one Mount Prospect woman is supporting our troops overseasAug 08, 2018 6:00 am - Among nearly 4,000 employees who work at the corporate headquarters of Allstate in Northbrook, Marci Watts of Mount Prospect stands out. Staff members know her as the pe...
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Feder: Univision Chicago anchor Jorge Barbosa signing offAug 08, 2018 1:00 am - Jorge Barbosa, one of Chicago's premier Spanish-language broadcast journalists for more than three decades, is stepping down as 5 and 10 p.m. news anchor at Univision WG...
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Feder: The Drive, 94.7 WLS big winners in latest radio ratingsAug 07, 2018 1:00 am - Rock oldies turned to ratings gold for two Chicago radio stations in the latest Nielsen Audio survey, Robert Feder writes. Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM and Cu...
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Railway gridlock fix should equal better service for Metra ridersAug 06, 2018 5:30 am - How will railroad bridges and new tracks in Chicago get Naperville and Lisle riders on Metra's BNSF Line to work and home faster? By removing 9,600 passengers and 30 tra...
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Finding workers: What our peers sayAug 06, 2018 1:00 am - With unemployment numbers running about 4 percent - sometimes a tad lower - finding workers can be an issue. How big an issue seems to depend upon the industry. Therefor...
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Feder: What's holding up sale of the Reader?Aug 06, 2018 1:00 am - On June 15, Edwin Eisendrath stood before the Rainbow PUSH Convention at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and revealed the sale of the Chicago Reader to a group led by Dorothy ...
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Over 50, out of work and in despairAug 05, 2018 1:00 am - Q: After working as a librarian for 13 years, I took two years off to care for a dying family member. I came back at the height of the recession, when jobs in my field b...
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Feder: Cheryl Scott engagement tops most-read posts in JulyAug 02, 2018 1:00 am - The engagement of ABC 7 meteorologist Cheryl Scott and Chicago DJ Dante "Dante the Don" Deiana atop a Hawaiian volcano, and news that Brian Hanley had been cut as mornin...
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Feder: The changing voices of morning drive on Chicago radioAug 02, 2018 1:00 am - If the radio voices that wake you up in the morning or keep you company on your way to work sound different lately, you're in good company, Robert Feder writes. At least...