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TWO WEEK NOTICES WENT OUT WITH NICKEL BEERS

Posted on May 27, 2013 by James Carlini | 1 comment

By James Carlini

Do you still use a rotary telephone (do you even know what that is?)? Can you buy gas at 20 cents a gallon where you live? Times have changed, companies have changed, and giving a two-week notice went out with nickel beers. Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Commercial, Education, Employment, Government

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REAL ESTATE AGENTS: AS FAST AS GLACIERS

Posted on March 28, 2013 by James Carlini | 4 comments

By James Carlini

The housing market has really been slow the last couple of years in the United States, but you wonder if it could have recovered faster if real estate agents would do their jobs.

In Illinois, real estate agents range from very good to very poor. Some have no sense-of-urgency in respect to Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial, Real Estate, Residential

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