Business Columns
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Side air bags deploy with bump in the roadMar 23, 2014 12:01 am - We had a client come in the other day explaining that they thought they hit a pothole, which deployed the side curtain air bags on their 2008 Buick Enclave. Upon detaile...
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MetroMile offers car insurance by the mileMar 18, 2014 1:00 am - A new technology and insurance platform aims to help Chicago and suburban drivers travel more efficiently. MetroMile expanded on March 11 to provide services through...
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The Great Game of Business is a game you might want to playMar 17, 2014 1:00 am - The Great Game of Business really isn't a game. Based on principles developed by Jack Stack in a desperate (and successful) attempt to turn around a failing Internationa...
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Work Advice: Is her cousin's ex a patron or potential predator?Mar 15, 2014 11:00 pm - Q: I am a 24-year-old female college grad trying to break into an extremely insular field. At a recent family funeral, I met an older cousin's ex-husband who, it turns o...
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Does your workplace have a drinking culture (or problem)?Mar 15, 2014 11:00 pm - Do you hold a number of your business meetings at bars? Do you routinely take new recruits out drinking as part of their rite of passage in the company? Do most of your ...
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Wheaton couple offers phone message service with twistMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - Ken and Kathryn List have launched a Wheaton-based business that uses web and telephony technology so family members, churches or other organizations can look in on agin...
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1967 Caprice wagon is just what the doctor orderedMar 10, 2014 6:00 am - Doctors have a certain knack for prescribing antidotes that soothe and relieve — both for patients, as well as themselves. In the fall of 1967, a certain Arkansas pediat...
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Good news: The speaker being introduced is youMar 10, 2014 5:00 am - It's too late to wonder what you're doing on the speaker's side of the microphone: You've been introduced to the audience, which has responded with customarily polite ap...
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GlenOaks Hospital carpenter builds careerMar 10, 2014 12:00 am - Angie De Christopher has always felt that being a carpenter was a natural path for her. But being the only woman on a work crew, especially when constructing commercial...
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Work Advice: Older worker feels a chill; younger worker may be creating oneMar 09, 2014 6:14 am - Reader 1: It has become painfully clear over the past year that I am being excluded from activities for which I once would have been eagerly sought out as a leader. I st...