Business Columns
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Feder: Chicago native Tia Ewing joins WFLD's "Good Day Chicago"Oct 12, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago native Tia Ewing joined WFLD's "Good Day Chicago" as a freelance reporter, Robert Feder writes. Also, ProPublica Illinois, the independent, nonprofit investigati...
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Why only Cook County homeowners are getting a bigger tax exemptionOct 11, 2017 5:30 am - Cook County homeowners are getting a property tax break that their counterparts in other counties aren't. The $7,000 homeowners exemption and $5,000 senior citizen exemp...
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Beacons enlighten show planners with vital dataOct 11, 2017 1:00 am - At any trade show, information that's important to your business flows as thick as the people navigating your exhibit tables and conference rooms. Catching that informa...
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Feder: Producer Tom Weinberg chronicles perilous journeyOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - Tom Weinberg, the veteran Chicago producer who created "Image Union" and founded the Media Burn Independent Video Archive, has a new book out about his life's greatest a...
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Questions persist on tollway's no-transponder feeOct 09, 2017 5:30 am - What happened to the Illinois tollway's softer approach to nudging I-PASS customers who drive through tolls without transponders into getting one? Effective in 2018, the...
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Feder: The Drive takes a turn for the betterOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - While all eyes were on hot adult-contemporary WTMX FM 101.9 and the strange saga of Kathy Hart that played out over the summer, another Hubbard Radio Chicago station was...
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Stein Mart opens in AlgonquinOct 08, 2017 11:00 pm - The first Stein Mart store along the Randall Road corridor will open this week. The national, off-price retailer, which sells designer and name-brand clothing, décor, ac...
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Five ways freelance writers can fight burnoutOct 08, 2017 7:20 am - Q: For 15 years I've made my living as a freelance writer and have been grateful for the variety and stimulation that comes with this work. Until recently. For about six...
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'Xtreme' vehicle isn't your typical SUVOct 07, 2017 6:00 am - After creating a trio of radical sports cars, California-based Rezvani has turned its attention from dominating asphalt strips to conquering something much larger: the g...
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Feder: Kevin Cross named content boss at NBC Sports ChicagoOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - Kevin Cross, who began his career in sports broadcasting nearly 25 years ago as a producer for the former SportsChannel, was promoted Thursday to vice president of conte...