Art of the tech deal in Chicago needs more movers, shakers - May 29, 2011 - Ted Zoller admits being unfamiliar with Chicago.
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Is it a good idea to lease? - May 31, 2011 - Consumers who lease vehicles are confronted with a decision after a few years of ownership. Do I give back the car after the contractual lease period ends, or do I buy it?
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Got a degree and a job? Now get a financial plan - May 27, 2011 - If you are graduating from college and have a full-time job related to your degree, you are among the fortunate. Few are landing jobs in this tough environment.
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How to create superstar employees - May 31, 2011 - What does Tiger Woods have to do with your happiness and productivity at work?
Next stop for homebuyers: Transit-oriented developments - May 27, 2011 - There's nothing like gasoline prices approaching, and then passing, the $4 mark to get people thinking about how and where they want to live.
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Sam Zell associate Nils Larsen named chief of Tribune Broadcasting - June 1, 2011 - Hockey is a game of angles, anticipation, speed, sudden stops, quick adjustments, abrupt reversals and — even when push comes to shove — somehow staying upright on one's skates.
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Economists find evidence of skill in poker - May 24, 2011 - Steven Levitt of "Freakonomics" fame plays poker. His wife loves to play more than he does, as he has written on his blog.
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Magnets clean out wallet - May 19, 2011 - Q-In the late 1980s I fitted my old Chrysler New Yorker with permanent magnets that were made by a company named Magnitizer. The pitch was that the magnets would give me better mileage, and a cleaner engine with a extended life for the car. After the New Yorker I put them on a 1995...
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Civil union law extends property owner protections - May 27, 2011 - On June 1, Illinois will join a handful of other states that recognize civil unions as legal relationships when the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act goes into effect.
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Problem Solver: Wine never ships; refund never shows - May 31, 2011 - In old television commercials, Orson Welles stared solemnly at the camera, glass in hand, and promised that Paul Masson would "sell no wine before its time."