Business Columns
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Feder: The Mix fires Kathy Hart from 'Eric & Kathy Show'Sep 07, 2017 1:00 am - Kathy Hart, one-half of the most successful morning team in Chicago radio history, has been handed her walking papers from WTMX 101.9 FM. Hubbard Radio, owner of The Mix...
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Furniture dealership finds a fit with ergonomicsSep 06, 2017 1:00 am - Jeff Meltzer matches bodies with furniture. The Skokie business owner started doing this more than 25 years ago, before ergonomics was really talked about. Meltzer is t...
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Feder: Chicago Tribune parent tronc buys New York Daily NewsSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago-based tronc may have struck out in its bid for the Sun-Times eight weeks ago, but it just picked up a bigger tabloid newspaper in the Big Apple. Tronc, owner of ...
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My son the salesman ... an American tragedySep 05, 2017 1:00 am - First let me start out by stating that sales is an honorable profession, one of which I have been a member and have enjoyed my entire working life. Unfortunately, not ev...
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How a transition adviser transitionsSep 04, 2017 1:00 am - Barry Goodman has transitioned. Since 2014 the solo owner, operator, adviser and staff of Birkdale Transition Partners LLC, Goodman is now one of three founding partners...
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When you both get your dream job - but in different citiesSep 03, 2017 7:16 am - Q: My fiance was just offered his dream job, which would require us to move to another state - but I just got hired at my dream job two months ago. My new job is everyth...
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Feder: Ex-Fox 32 news anchor Jeff Herndon gets job in KansasSep 01, 2017 1:00 am - Daily Herald report Two days after saying he wasn't close to a decision about his future, former Fox 32 news anchor Jeff Herndon was hired as assistant news director and...
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While some businesses get tax breaks, others get new taxAug 30, 2017 5:50 am - Rebates helped grow business in Downers Grove, where sales tax revenue has now dropped
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Feder: Mike North leaving sports radio, moving to Las VegasAug 29, 2017 1:00 am - Mike North says he's quitting sports radio for good. The high school dropout and former hot dog stand owner became one of the founding personalities 25 years ago at CBS ...
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No joy in strike, auto mechanics sayAug 28, 2017 5:37 am - Heat waves. Obscene gestures. Random acts of kindness. Honks of support. It's Week 4 on the picket line for members of Automobile Mechanics Local 701, and the thrill is ...