Business Columns
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Feder: Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk joining WIND-560 AMSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - Charlie Kirk, the grassroots conservative activist who grew up in Prospect Heights, is joining the lineup of WIND 560-AM, the Salem Media news/talk station, reports Robe...
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Feder: WGN America's 'News Nation' gets ready to make primetime historyAug 25, 2020 1:00 am - One week from tonight, television history will be made in Chicago. Straight up at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, viewers across the country will get their first look at "N...
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Feder: Sun-Times poised for 'limited number' of layoffsAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - They're bracing for layoffs at the Sun-Times following an all-staff virtual meeting Friday with CEO Nykia Wright, Robert Feder writes. An analysis of the company's work...
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Average CEO earnings soared to $21.3 million last year and could rise again in 2020Aug 23, 2020 6:22 am - Fueled by a surging stock market, CEO compensation climbed to its highest level in seven years last year and could be poised to rise again in 2020, despite the widesprea...
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His boss wants him to keep meeting with clients, but without payAug 23, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Early in March, my husband was laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic. The owner of the company told laid-off employees he would pay them their equivalent hourl...
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Constable: It's reigning cats and dogs in the medical worldAug 18, 2020 5:30 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com As the pandemic rolled through the United States, hospitals cut lucrative elective surgeries and medical tests to focus on C...
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Expert offers ideas to make virtual meetings engaging, productiveAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Last month, we talked about ways to make yourself more engaging in virtual meetings. Now let's talk about making those meetings more engaging for everyone else. As busin...
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Feder: ABC 7 to hire 'passionate storyteller' to cover race and culture beatAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - In the latest sign of the times, Chicago's top-rated broadcast news operation soon will hire a reporter to cover race and culture as a full-time beat, Robert Feder write...
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Feder: Four full-time jobs cut in layoffs at ABC 7Aug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Four full-time employees and at least one part-timer were terminated Wednesday in cutbacks at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, according to insiders at Chicago's top-rated stati...
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Feder: Me-TV scoops up promotional deal with Pebbles cerealsAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - It's another masterstroke of marketing for Me-TV, the Chicago-based network for classic television. As as tie-in to its daily broadcasts of “The Flintstones,” Me-TV has...