Business Columns
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Work advice: Skills matter more than degreesJan 27, 2013 5:28 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: When I applied...
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How Google keeps its workers happyJan 26, 2013 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — A few years ago, Google's human resources department noticed a problem: A lot of women were leaving the company. Like the majority of Silicon Valley ...
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Poll Vault: Are you a union member?Jan 24, 2013 11:00 pm - Unions have been front and center in local news recently with suburban teachers strikes and the state's public pension crisis. But according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
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LG's massive HD TV an 'ultra' experience, price tagJan 24, 2013 2:45 pm - A new 84-inch television, dubbed ultra high-definition with four times the pixels for a more realistic screen appearance, made its suburban debut Thursday. Now, if you h...
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Arlington Hts. Chamber to inaugurate its 8th woman presidentJan 21, 2013 10:00 am - When Dianna Ehrenfried accepts the gavel on Thursday, she will be only the eighth woman in 66 years to lead the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce. But her leadership...
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Family business, health care studies deserve attentionJan 21, 2013 5:02 am - Two recent studies, one pertaining to family businesses and the other to health care, are worth at least a glance — and some thought. Ÿ Healthcare. The U.S. spends more ...
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Naperville trader stitches up a side business using mom's talentJan 21, 2013 5:00 am - Brian Pawl of Naperville is a trader of municipal bonds, working full-time in the financial world. But on the side, he co-owns and operates a custom quilting company cal...
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Handling parenting demands of your co-workersJan 20, 2013 4:21 am - Q: Twice this week, co-workers on my team have been allowed to “work from home” (without using PTO) on days when they are also supervising their children. One was home w...
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Hybrid computers may replace old PCsJan 19, 2013 6:41 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — In the three years since Apple launched the iPad, a once-crazy idea has grown to become conventional wisdom: The PC is dying. Every few months, marke...
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The genius of Samsung and the phabletJan 19, 2013 6:26 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Consider the phablet. Back in 2011, when Samsung first unveiled the Galaxy Note — a 5.3-inch smartphone that was big enough to be a minitablet, hence...