Business Columns
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Who's in charge when you're not there?Jul 02, 2018 5:00 am - This column had its genesis when I, the client, called a service provider seeking what (to me) was some vital information. Unhappily, she was rolling along the highway t...
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Feder: Amy Guth to head Midwest Independent Film FestivalJul 02, 2018 1:00 am - Chicago journalist, author and radio personality Amy Guth has been named executive director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival, Robert Feder writes. Billed as the ...
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Feder: Tribune tightens security 'out of abundant precaution'Jun 29, 2018 1:00 am - Security was beefed up at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers owned by tronc following a shooting Thursday at the company's Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, ...
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Feder: ABC 7's Kathy Brock signs off 'loving this job'Jun 28, 2018 1:00 am - Expressing gratitude for "how fortunate I've been to work here with these people," Kathy Brock bade an emotional farewell Wednesday after 28 years as news anchor at ABC-...
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Buffalo Grove student entrepreneurs' Skunk Aid gets picked up by Bentley's Pet StuffJun 27, 2018 6:00 am - A business model developed through a think tank at Buffalo Grove High School continues to grow, even as its student entrepreneurs prepare to leave for college. As sophom...
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Feder: New CBS 2 news director; Kathy Brock's last day on ABC 7Jun 26, 2018 1:00 am - Another itinerant news director is coming to town to fix WBBM-Channel 2, the perpetually troubled CBS-owned station. Whether he'll have any better luck than his predeces...
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New approach to dispersing O'Hare noise could spell nighttime reliefJun 25, 2018 5:30 am - Vector headings? It sounds like a reference from the movie "Solo," but aviation experts hope tweaking the direction jets fly when departing O'Hare will mean sweet dreams...
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Triumph Bobber Black is retro sleekJun 24, 2018 6:00 am - Triumph Motorcycles has made a corporate decision to stop making its large cruiser bikes, like the Thunderbird, Rocket III and America, in favor of expanding its "Modern...
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Self-motivation tips for the office newbieJun 24, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I'm a new hire at a biotechnology firm. I recently heard through a co-worker that our boss finds me lacking in self-motivation. I can understand his concern, since I'...
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The antidote for a cheap boss' broken promisesJun 24, 2018 1:00 am - Q: The director of our small office has always been cheap. He never pitches in for office birthday parties or pays for his share when we have food delivered. We've stopp...