Business Columns
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Advice on handling problems at workJun 16, 2013 7:18 am - Reader 1: I work at a nonprofit that has a strong commitment to equality. We recently hired a younger, conventionally attractive woman. When she was introduced at a staf...
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Growing Techweek gives local tech firms a boostJun 13, 2013 11:00 pm - The third annual Techweek, set for June 27-29 at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, will feature about 150 technology companies from the city and suburbs, about twice as m...
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Guide’s transition to digital may be example for othersJun 10, 2013 4:59 am - The first 10,000 copies of Oaklee’s Family Guide were distributed along the Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade route by Nancy Stevens and a handful of other PTA moms ...
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Work Advice: Freelance doesn’t mean freeJun 09, 2013 6:32 am - Q: I’m a writer. Retired but still freelancing. I’m a pretty fair writer with a lot of experience. But what I’m really good at is computer-aided publication. I can creat...
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Mediacom subscribers get more channels with network upgradeJun 07, 2013 9:00 am - Mediacom cable subscribers in Elburn, Gilberts, Hampshire, Kaneville, Maple Park and Sugar Grove in Kane County and nearby counties can look forward to 51 additional...
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Columnist’s love of creative cake decorating comes full circleJun 04, 2013 1:36 pm - A long, long time ago, when I was 12, I decorated a chocolate sheet cake to resemble an American Flag to celebrate Independence Day. During a recent trip to visit my fo...
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Whether Illinois or Utah, concealed carry takes trainingJun 04, 2013 5:00 am - Federal courts give Gov. Pat Quinn until Sunday to sign into law a bill allowing civilians to carry guns in public. But thousands of our state's residents already are li...
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Adventist couple handle life, death spectrumJun 03, 2013 5:30 am - Yvonne Losey deals with birth, while her husband Lt. Col. Garry Losey deals with death. And they wouldn’t consider doing anything else. Yvonne is the director of the bi...
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Health care rules, small business strategic issues collideJun 03, 2013 5:30 am - It’s time to focus on what employers must do under the new health care rules — Obamacare or, more correctly, the Affordable Care Act. “The rules are extremely complicate...
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Work Advice: Unlinking from unwanted connectionsJun 02, 2013 6:00 am - Q: How should I handle a friend from college who, on his LinkedIn profile, has added my name to projects I didn't participate in and put his name on projects that he did...