Business Columns
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Craft soda company pouring an iconic brandJun 07, 2017 1:00 am - Bill Daker has childhood memories of the corner grocery store stocking shelves with colorful glass soda bottles filled with sweet drinks in an array of flavors. For the...
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Feder: ProPublica beefs up; Drew Peterson author returns to rootsJun 07, 2017 1:00 am - Robservations on the media beat: ProPublica Illinois, the independent, nonprofit investigative news startup has hired three more reporters; Joe Hosey, the investigative ...
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Feder: Two groups still in running with Tribune to buy Sun-TimesJun 06, 2017 1:00 am - At least two other bidders - including a group headed by former Chicago Alderman Edwin Eisendrath - are still in competition with Chicago Tribune owner tronc to buy the ...
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Chicago man finds his French connectionJun 05, 2017 6:00 am - Laurent Houphoue grew up in Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), Africa, where French influences abound. Laurent remembers seeing cars from the likes of Peugeot and Renault,...
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Buffalo Grove students' invention to appear on 'Today' showJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - A group of inventors in the entrepreneurship class at Buffalo Grove High School had one goal this year: to land their product — Skunk Aid — on the shelves of a retail st...
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Get your hearing checked at Batavia Sam's ClubJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - You might not even know it's there. Tucked behind the vision center at the Sam's Club along the Randall Road corridor in Batavia is a hearing center. To make the public ...
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Can off-hours political activism get you in trouble at work?Jun 04, 2017 7:23 am - In recent weeks, the story of a New Jersey lawyer whose off-hours political activism was brought to the attention of her employer went viral because of the unusual way i...
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What to do when you and your boss split on a new hireJun 04, 2017 7:18 am - Q: I'm in my first management job. I have one direct report and am hiring another, and it's down to two good candidates. I have not checked references yet, but they've b...
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Leaking brake line needs to be replacedJun 04, 2017 5:01 am - By Doug McAllister Q. I have a 2001 Ford pickup truck I am getting ready to sell and I noticed the brake line going to the rear is wet with fluid. Is there a way to spli...
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It's time to explore new IT ideasJun 04, 2017 1:00 am - There's nothing wrong with a little fantasy, especially when it comes to exploring where you and your business' IT system might go in the next 12-24 months. Before we ge...