Melissa Harris
Henry Paulson, former Treasury secretary, coming back home to head new institute at University of Chicago - June 30, 2011 - It took Henry Paulson some time to decide what to do next.
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Rex Huppke
Stall tactics: Tips on office bathrooms - July 11, 2011 - Every office has a bathroom, every non-robot worker has to use the bathroom and sharing a bathroom with co-workers seems to be an almost universally unpleasant experience.
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Gregory Karp
Shedding light on new bulbs - July 8, 2011 - Few topics get Spending Smart readers more lit up than light bulbs.
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Gail MarksJarvis
Gail MarksJarvis: Horrible jobs picture precedes earnings week - July 10, 2011 - It's starting to sink in.
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Mary Ellen Podmolik
Habitat affiliates see strength in numbers - July 8, 2011 - If all goes according to plan, Chicago-area businesses and consumers will be hearing a lot more from the local component of one of the nation's 10 largest homebuilders, Habitat for Humanity.
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Phil Rosenthal
Phil Rosenthal: The mission is the message - July 10, 2011 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — About 3 1/2 hours before NASA's Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A, piercing clouds that had threatened to postpone the final launch of the U.S. space shuttle program, another federal government office had news that was considerably less...
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Ameet Sachdev
Chicago Law: For unemployed lawyers, recession isn't a moot topic of discussion - July 1, 2011 - Every two weeks, a group of out-of-work lawyers meets in downtown Chicago to share employment leads, talk about the frustrations of their job searches and lend support to one another.
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Bob Weber
Purchase car in U.S. - July 9, 2011 - Q: I promised my wife a big trip to Europe as a gift when I retire. We haven't had a vacation in 10 years and her car will need replacement pretty soon. So I've been thinking it would make sense to combine the trip with a car purchase. (Yes, I'm the cheap, practical sort that is trying to get...
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Mary Umberger
Kitchen design with resale in mind - July 8, 2011 - Used to be when you designed a kitchen, you did it to please yourself. Now you're doing it to please someone who might not cross your doorstep for years — the person who will buy your home.
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Jon Yates
Problem Solver: Widow isn't let out of late husband's Mustang lease - July 10, 2011 - As a kid growing up in Detroit, Ginger Abdoo dreamed of owning a Mustang convertible like the one her neighbor had — candy apple red with a white interior.
Joyce Lain Kennedy
Deflecting illegal job questions - July 10, 2011 - Q. What should I do about illegal questions in a job interview? If I say the question is illegal, I'm afraid they'll think I'm a troublemaker and drop me as a contender for the position. What do you advise? -- H.V.H.
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Robert Pagliarini
5 ways negative friends can drag you down - July 5, 2011 - Maybe you've experienced this, too. When you've made a commitment to try to live your best life, to start a side business in the other eight hours, to lose weight or go back to school, weren't you flooded with acceptance, enthusiasm and unconditional support from your friends, colleagues and...