UPDATE: HOLIDAY STOCKING-STUFFER GADGETS UNDER $30 | In the last of three holiday gift guides, it’s time for some that are gag gifts, and some that are practical gadgets. They’re all for the tech-lover at heart — and most would make great stocking stuffers.

UPDATE: LEGACY FRAMEWORKS | Into the dazzling array of high-tech cycling gear steps Levi Borreson, whose hand-made Legacy Frameworks Rambler is all about simple, well-designed, reliable transportation.

UPDATE: GE VENTURES | General Electric is a worldwide conglomerate with headquarters in Connecticut and fingers in energy, technology infrastructure, capital finance and consumer and industrial goods.

UPDATE: THERESE FAUERBACH, THE NORTHRIDGE GROUP | Some companies experience growth in an instant, an inflection point that takes things from good to great. Therese Fauerbach, CEO and co-founding partner of consulting services organization The Northridge Group, said more than 15 years of running...

SERIES UPDATE: CHANGE MANAGEMENT | Business school students looking to add skills in managing change or to deepen their leadership ability can seek concentrations in these topics as part of their Master of Business Administration degree at some Chicago-area universities.

UPDATE: MEATPACKING | The forefathers included a Detroit butcher convinced meat would ship fresh if refrigerated like fruit, a child of Cape Cod farmers who followed the cattle-buying market West and a frontier tycoon who sunk his grain-trading profits into a new business beside the largest...

UPDATE: ONWARD COWORKING | As the center of gravity for Chicago innovation pulls gradually west and north of the Loop, Onward Coworking, at the corner of Morgan Street and Washington Boulevard, is well positioned to accommodate the independent West Loop professionals serving that workforce of...