Business Columns
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Nova goes from family wagon to fast wheelsApr 03, 2017 6:00 am - A chopped '30 Model A doesn't offer a whole lot of room. After building and driving one himself, Dave Burke found that to be quite true, so he was ready for a change. Wh...
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Q&A: Why Trump failed to negotiate a heath-care dealApr 02, 2017 7:18 am - A number of parties share the blame for the Republicans' failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act: The GOP's hard-line Freedom Caucus. More moderate R...
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Low unemployment rate? Many still seek jobsApr 02, 2017 1:00 am - When the unemployment rate hangs around 4.7 percent, as it did late last month, common sense would indicate that hiring is tight — especially for smaller and mid-size bu...
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Audiologist serves the poor, celebrities for hearing healthApr 02, 2017 1:00 am - Dr. Ronna Fisher, founder and audiologist with the Hearing Health Center, has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Lady Gaga, Kenny Rog...
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Local studies highlight gap, struggles for women in ITMar 31, 2017 1:00 am - There's no debating that employers in technology industries point to a skills gap as a reason they cannot fill job openings. However, two recent studies from suburban-ba...
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Loving the product and gut feelings help Melon Ink growMar 29, 2017 1:00 am - Nancy Solomon started her business 23 years ago with a little sewing machine in the bedroom of her Lake Zurich home and the skill of sewing taught to her by her mother y...
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As supercars go, this one catches the eyeMar 27, 2017 6:00 am - After delivering the raw Beast and Beast X roadsters, boutique carmaker Rezvani has a new model to unleash: the Beast Alpha. The Beast Alpha is an evolution of Rezvani's...
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Lawyer-turned-Internet radio host loves new gigMar 27, 2017 1:00 am - Al Weissman was a lawyer for about 25 years, handling real estate and other cases. He never expected to be an entertainer. When he retired in 2003, he planned to travel...
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Why make minorities lead diversity training?Mar 26, 2017 7:15 am - I do not have professional expertise in workplace diversity issues and believe my colleague and I are being used by management to be the "ethnic perspective" on these is...
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Planning should include business' end gameMar 26, 2017 1:00 am - End game is such a final term. Yet when Downers Grove business adviser Harry McCabe talks about your business' end game, the topic nestles nicely into the planning each ...