Business Columns
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What if a nonprofit can't make payroll?Feb 11, 2018 12:00 am - Q: I am a day-care teacher for a nonprofit that serves limited-income families. Every two weeks, we receive our pay by paper check and can cash the checks only at the ba...
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Feder: Sun-Times cuts columnist Bill ZweckerFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Bill Zwecker, one of Chicago's premier celebrity columnists and entertainment reporters for decades, is the latest marquee personality to be forced out at the Sun-Times,...
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Feder: WGN Radio revises weekend sports rosterFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - While WGN AM 720 continues to negotiate for Chicago White Sox radio rights, the Tribune Broadcasting news/talk station is adjusting its weekend sports lineup, Robert Fed...
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Feder: L.A. Times sale would cut Chicago ties after 18 yearsFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - If the reported $500 million deal goes through to sell the Los Angeles Times to biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, it would mark the end of the paper's rocky relat...
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Major bike brands bring their standouts to ChicagoFeb 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Here are some of the motorcycles the major manufacturers will be showing off at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in Rosemont Feb. 9-11. 2018 Harley-Davi...
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Feder: DNAinfo alums to launch Block Club Chicago news siteFeb 06, 2018 12:00 am - Three editors from the former DNAinfo Chicago are reuniting to start up a new neighborhood news website to be funded by reader subscriptions, Robert Feder writes. Block ...
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Sorority experience pays off for young entrepreneurFeb 05, 2018 4:00 am - Advertising works, at least enough to prompt me to call Lauren Skiniotes and ask if her Facebook ad featuring a line of young feet in tap shoes and offering a free lesso...
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Feder: Guild staffers picket Tribune awardsFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - To protest the lack of progress with owner tronc, about a dozen members of the Chicago News Guild demonstrated outside the Chicago Tribune's annual Beck Awards ceremony ...
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How to get your co-workers' attention when telecommutingFeb 04, 2018 12:00 am - Q: I work for a large employer with a very generous work-at-home program. Some employees don't have assigned office space, and we have flexible scheduling, so people are...
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Feder: Cumulus hangs onto The Loop, 101 WKQXFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Cumulus Media will continue to operate classic rock WLUP FM 97.9 and alternative rock WKQX FM 101.1 under an agreement reached Thursday with Merlin Media, which owns the...