Business Columns
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Work Advice: If you played, you should get paidOct 14, 2012 7:44 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: I was laid off...
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Slate: Hard times in FarmVille for developer ZyngaOct 13, 2012 7:34 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Nobody in Silicon Valley respects Zynga. Sure, the prolific developer of Facebook games has long been considered a “hot” startup, one that hit all th...
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Slate: The iPhone 5 is a miracleOct 13, 2012 7:34 am - When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 last month, many tech pundits called it “boring.” I was one of them. In fact, I was so bored that I called the iPhone boring way back in...
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Dreyer doctors move ahead with eVisitsOct 11, 2012 10:00 am - An Aurora-based clinic, which has 11 facilities around the suburbs, offers busy people a chance to check in with a doctor electronically to discuss simple symptoms, such...
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Starbucks battles Starbarks in AlgonquinOct 08, 2012 11:00 pm - Inverness woman admits battle against Starbucks is futile
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Manufacturer’s advisory board could be your blueprintOct 08, 2012 6:00 am - Thinking about an advisory board? The one at Simmons Engineering Corp., a privately held, Wheeling-headquartered manufacturer of cutting blades, could be the model to co...
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Lincolnshire executive takes life’s changes in strideOct 08, 2012 5:51 am - Ida Butler, who is the new executive director of the Greater Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce, has given up TV for more than a year. And no, she doesn’t miss it or the c...
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Work advice: Detail-oriented, yes; obsessive, noOct 07, 2012 7:42 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: I have a part-...
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Slate: The world’s best thermostat just got betterOct 06, 2012 7:25 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — A year ago, I installed the Nest thermostat in my house and used it for a few weeks. I thought it was a breakthrough. The Nest, which was built by a ...
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Arlington firm ‘marries’ technologies to create products for clientsOct 04, 2012 9:00 am - Arlington Heights-based Fusion92 may have started as a marketing and advertising firm, but its work with technology companies has rubbed off on it. Earlier this year, it...