Business Columns
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'Most Powerful Latina' Winkler still makes time for familyApr 30, 2017 1:00 am - Yasmine Winkler of Mount Prospect came from a poor family of immigrants from Cuba. She remembers her parents encouraging her to go to college and get a good job. She fol...
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Bloomingdale firm works to make IT understandableApr 28, 2017 1:00 am - As a business owner, do you have problems understanding your IT guy? David Litt says you're not alone. It was an issue that Litt sought to address when he began his IT ...
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Construction company builds 50 years of successApr 26, 2017 1:00 am - Don Voss took a job driving a delivery truck at a small, local construction company shortly after he was married and in need of a job. He learned to be a carpenter, work...
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Constable: What can be done in a Sweden-style 6-hour workdayApr 25, 2017 5:20 am - We eat Swedish meatballs and Swedish Fish. We drive Volvos and Saabs. Our movies are better because of Swedish actresses Ann-Margret and Greta Garbo, and director Ingmar...
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Study: Introverts tend to be better CEOsApr 23, 2017 7:18 am - The image most people have of a straight-from-central-casting CEO is usually something like the following: An extroverted, charismatic, confident executive who climbed a...
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How to deal with that chatty co-workerApr 23, 2017 7:15 am - Q: Please tell me and my co-workers how to deal with a colleague who stops by our offices to chat - and won't stop talking. It's not a real problem for me, since I don't...
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From poor to franchisee, former Motorola engineer owns Subways, One Price, other investmentsApr 23, 2017 1:00 am - J.D. Patel of Bloomingdale came from a poor family in India and worked at least 100 hours a week here to save enough money to become an entrepreneur. He now owns or co-...
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Field of Honor returns to Algonquin CommonsApr 17, 2017 11:00 pm - The Field of Honor, which recognizes Illinois residents who have served in the Armed Forces, is returning to the Randall Road corridor this spring. The Algonquin Commons...
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Beware the perils of oversharing at work, in interviewsApr 16, 2017 7:15 am - Q: Several months ago, my position was eliminated. It was a blessing in disguise, because my husband had a terminal illness, and I was able to care for him until his dea...
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Bosses, be warned: Your biggest kiss-up could be your biggest backstabberApr 16, 2017 7:00 am - One of the most widely held — if rarely practiced — ideas in management is that it's important for chief executives to encourage different opinions from the people who w...