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Sep 25, 2020
Plans to modernize seven miles of North Lake Shore Drive between Grand and Hollywood avenues are moving ahead, and members of the public will have an opportunity to weigh in on what future changes will look like.
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Sep 25, 2020
Tyler Technologies acknowledged Friday it was hit by a ransomware attack two days after telling clients an unknown intruder had compromised its phone and information technology systems. Tyler provides software services for everything from jail and court management systems to payroll, human resources, tax and bill collection and land records.
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Sep 25, 2020
A growing number of Chicago employers say they are trying to make sure work doesn't keep employees from casting a ballot in the upcoming presidential election, especially amid uncertainty about how the pandemic will affect lines at the polls.
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Sep 25, 2020
A growing number of Chicago employers say they are trying to make sure work doesn't keep employees from casting a ballot in the upcoming presidential election, especially amid uncertainty about how the pandemic will affect lines at the polls.
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Sep 25, 2020
The Illinois Department of Transportation has begun discussions to determine what improvements would be needed to restore passenger rail to Rockford. Either Amtrak or Metra could be the operator.
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Sep 25, 2020
Neiman Marcus is exiting its bankruptcy with a smaller workforce, it's making significant staff cuts at its Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores.
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Sep 25, 2020
The Justice Department is seeking an immediate ban on downloads of WeChat in Apple and Google app stores, saying the Chinese-owned messaging service is a threat to the security of the United States.
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Sep 25, 2020
With winter approaching, "we have to convince people that restaurants are safe," said one Chicago restaurateur. Air quality upgrades could make a difference.
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Sep 24, 2020
Religious, city and Franciscan Health officials Thursday broke ground on a new $200 million, 500,000-square-foot Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital.
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Sep 24, 2020
Getting the flu shot this year is going to look different in Illinois as patients and medical facilities adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sep 24, 2020
Getting the flu shot this year is going to look different in Illinois as patients and medical facilities adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sep 24, 2020
Flu shots are administered to drivers on Sept. 24, 2020, in the parking lot of a Jewel-Osco in Highland Park.
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Sep 24, 2020
A new 84-bed rehabilitation hospital is planned for the West Side campus of Rush University System for Health, and Rush plans to expand further into physical therapy as part of a new partnership, the system announced Thursday.
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Sep 24, 2020
The majority of workers who took a reduction as the virus brought the economy to a halt are still earning less than they were prior to the outbreak, according to a Pew Research Center study released Thursday, a sign of fragility in the labor market as the recovery slowly takes shape.
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Sep 24, 2020
Iowa regulators have issued their first citation to a meatpacking plant with a large coronavirus outbreak that sickened its workforce — a $957 fine for a minor record-keeping violation.
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Sep 24, 2020
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said a recent recovery in air travel has largely stalled. "I think we're all ready for this to be behind us, but realistically it's not surprising."
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Sep 24, 2020
More than 1,400 nurses have reached a contract agreement with University of Illinois Hospital and its clinics, after many of them went on a weeklong strike earlier this month.
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Sep 24, 2020
German airline Lufthansa says it will test the practice of offering on-the-spot coronavirus tests before boarding intercontinental flights in an attempt to find a way to get long-haul passengers flying again.
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Sep 24, 2020
More than 1,400 nurses have reached a contract agreement with University of Illinois Hospital and its clinics, after many of them went on a week-long strike earlier this month.
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Sep 24, 2020
United Airlines will become the first U.S. carrier to offer rapid coronavirus testing to some of its passengers, the company announced Thursday.
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Sep 24, 2020
Restaurants are making air quality upgrades and other safety changes even as business remains devastated by COVID-19. "We have to convince people that restaurants are safe," said one Chicago restaurateur.
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Sep 24, 2020
In Illinois, 23,113 people filed initial claims for jobless benefits during the week that ended Sept. 19, compared with 27,384 a week earlier.
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Sep 24, 2020
A Chicago church where thousands mourned Emmett Till in 1955 after the Black teenager was brutally murdered in Mississippi will be named Thursday to a list of the nation's 11 most endangered places.
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Sep 24, 2020
In Illinois, 23,113 people filed initial claims for jobless benefits during the week that ended Sept. 19, compared with 27,384 a week earlier.
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Sep 23, 2020
Small business owners in suburban Cook County who saw their revenue evaporate during the coronavirus pandemic could get up to $10,000 in grants by the end of the year, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Wednesday.
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Sep 23, 2020
Chicago Sun-Times executive editor Chris Fusco is leaving the newspaper after 20 years to helm a California digital startup
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Sep 23, 2020
Party City will open about 90% fewer Halloween pop-up stores than last year as the coronavirus pandemic makes many traditional Halloween celebrations scarier than usual.
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Sep 23, 2020
The Northalsted Business Alliance will no longer use the name Boystown for Chicago's largest LGBTQ neighborhood.
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Sep 23, 2020
With few flyers during the pandemic, passenger satisfaction at America's airports is up. But both O'Hare International Airport and Midway Airport scored at the bottom of rankings again, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Sep 23, 2020
The Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce launched an initiative Wednesday to get the state to spend about $150 million more of its annual marketing budget on Black-owned media.
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Sep 23, 2020
Chicago-based Ferrara Candy Co., which makes Brach's Candy Corn, says it saw online demand three months earlier than usual.
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Sep 23, 2020
Americans won't be allowed to bring home cigars and rum from Cuba under measures President Trump has announced to financially starve the island.
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Sep 23, 2020
Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf said comments he made about the difficulty of finding qualified Black executives reflected "my own unconscious bias."
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Sep 23, 2020
California will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, a move he says will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% in the nation's most populous state.
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Sep 23, 2020
Restaurants are making air quality upgrades and other safety changes even as business remains devastated by COVID-19. "We have to convince people that restaurants are safe," said one Chicago restaurateur.
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Sep 23, 2020
No one's in a rush to announce a policy on the COVID-19 vaccine, but some companies may become pioneers. Restaurants, for example, could stand apart by having all employees vaccinated — and bragging about COVID-safe policies.
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Sep 23, 2020
Fall bridge lifts were scheduled to start Wednesday on the Chicago River's main and south branches, starting with the Lake Shore Drive Bridge, which officials warn may take much longer than usual to raise and lower because of construction, according to the city.
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Sep 23, 2020
Ameren, Commonwealth Edison and other state utilities have agreed to extend a moratorium on residential disconnections until March 31 for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sep 23, 2020
The study starting Wednesday will be one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S., South Africa and other countries.
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Sep 23, 2020
Parent firm Mars Inc. unveiled the change Wednesday for the 70-year-old brand, the latest company to drop a logo criticized as a racial stereotype. New packaging will hit stores next year.
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Sep 22, 2020
Marijuana dispensary applicants dropped a lawsuit against the state after getting a second chance to qualify for a license lottery
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Sep 22, 2020
The effort to register as many voters as possible for the November election has expanded into a new, unlikely front: hospital emergency departments.
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Sep 22, 2020
The effort to register as many voters as possible for the November election has expanded to a new, unlikely front: hospital emergency departments.
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Sep 22, 2020
The effort to register as many voters as possible for the November election has expanded into a new, unlikely front: hospital emergency departments.
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Sep 22, 2020
Illinois Facebook users can apply to get between $200 and $400 from the social media company as part of a $650 million class-action settlement over alleged violations of a state privacy law.
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Sep 22, 2020
Byline Bank plans to close 20% of its branch network by early next year while investing in its online banking platform.
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Sep 22, 2020
Three weeks after launching to tepid ratings, WGN America's "News Nation" has landed an interview with President Trump that could raise the profile of the nascent cable newscast
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Sep 22, 2020
Ten cities around the world on Tuesday joined New York and London in committing to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of efforts to combat climate change.
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Sep 22, 2020
Restaurants hoping to see the other side of the pandemic are pouring money into air quality upgrades and other safety features even as business remains devastated by COVID-19. As they burn through cash, these restaurants are counting on customers taking comfort in the changes and filling seats.
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Sep 22, 2020
Restaurants hoping to see the other side of the pandemic are pouring money into air quality upgrades and other safety features even as business remains devastated by COVID-19. As they burn through cash, these restaurants are counting on customers taking comfort in the changes and filling seats.
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Sep 22, 2020
Brookfield Properties is cutting 20% of its workforce in its retail division as the pandemic has accelerated online shopping and resulted in a string of store closings.
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Sep 22, 2020
Three weeks after launching to tepid ratings, WGN America's "News Nation" has landed an interview with President Trump that could raise the profile of the nascent cable newscast
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Sep 21, 2020
Three weeks after launching to tepid ratings, WGN America's "News Nation" has landed an interview with President Trump that could raise the profile of the nascent cable newscast
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Sep 21, 2020
A plan to transform the South Side house of civil rights icon Emmett Till into a museum appeared closer to reality Monday when the head of a nonprofit revealed her group is near a deal to buy the brick two-flat.
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Sep 21, 2020
The future of the Affordable Care Act — under which hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents gained health insurance — just became murkier with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Sep 21, 2020
The Old Post Office has opened the nation's largest private rooftop deck, giving office workers in the riverfront behemoth 3.5 acres of outdoor space to spread out during the coronavirus pandemic. The rooftop deck, which cost $19 million to build, opened Monday.
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Sep 21, 2020
The rebuilt west-to-north ramp on the Jane Byrne Interchange will reopen Wednesday, weather permitting, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Sep 21, 2020
The Old Post Office has opened the nation's largest private rooftop deck, giving office workers in the riverfront behemoth 3.5 acres of outdoor space to spread out during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sep 21, 2020
A report from Hindenburg Research from Sept. 10 said Nikola's success was "an intricate fraud" and based on "an ocean of lies" including a video showing a truck rolling downhill to give the impression it was cruising on a highway, and stenciling the words "hydrogen electric" on the side of a vehicle that was actually powered by natural gas.
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Sep 21, 2020
Rival marijuana companies NuEra and Dispensary 33 are vying for recreational licenses across the street from each other in the West Loop — too close for state regulations.
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Sep 21, 2020
Rival marijuana companies NuEra and Dispensary 33 are vying for recreational licenses across the street from each other in the West Loop — too close for state regulations.
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Sep 21, 2020
The Government Accountability Office, Congress' auditing arm, said that possibly 8.7 million or more individuals eligible for the economic impact payments have yet to receive those payments because of inadequate IRS and Treasury Department records.
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Sep 21, 2020
Rival marijuana companies NuEra and Dispensary 33, which are vying for recreational licenses across the street from each other in the West Loop, took their cases to the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals Friday.
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Sep 20, 2020
In a ruling dated Saturday, a judge in California said the government's actions would affect users' First Amendment rights as an effective ban on the app removes their platform for communication.
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Sep 19, 2020
Trump said the proposed deal will result in a new company likely to be based in Texas and under the control of U.S.-based Oracle and Walmart.
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Sep 19, 2020
A single airline passenger unknowingly sickened with coronavirus managed to infect 15 other people aboard the 10-hour trip to Vietnam, highlighting the dangers of travel amid the pandemic.
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Sep 18, 2020
Illinois receives $1.3 billion from FEMA for the $300 in weekly federal jobless benefits authorized by President Trump
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Sep 18, 2020
The devastating impact of COVID-19 on the number of airline passengers using O'Hare International Airport could delay completion of the massive airport terminal modernization project, city officials acknowledge in a recent document.
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Sep 18, 2020
Hundreds of University of Illinois Hospital nurses and University of Illinois at Chicago service workers who are on strike marched downtown on a chilly Friday morning to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office, asking the governor for solidarity as they negotiate contracts with the hospital and university.
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Sep 18, 2020
Adult obesity rates in Illinois stood at 31.6%, with higher rates among Black and Latino adults, and food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic could put more American at risk for obesity in the future, a new study published Thursday found.
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Sep 18, 2020
A newly opened exhibition in Chicago celebrates the humanistic designs of Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, his nation's first winner of the field's most prestigious honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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Sep 18, 2020
A newly-opened exhibition in Chicago celebrates the humanistic designs of Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, his nation's first winner of the field's most prestigious honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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Sep 18, 2020
The Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions in the U.S. using TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday.
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Sep 18, 2020
The Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions in the U.S. using TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday.
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Sep 17, 2020
Southport Lanes has lasted nearly a century by evolving, at various times serving as a tavern, bowling alley, speakeasy, brothel and illegal off-track horse betting venue. But the Lakeview institution, which opened not long after another pandemic, couldn't survive COVID-19. It will close for good Sept. 27.
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Sep 17, 2020
Workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago who are on strike have filed 20 complaints with the city, alleging the university is paying them below Chicago's $14 per hour minimum wage.
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Sep 17, 2020
Workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago who are on strike have filed 20 complaints with the city, alleging the university is paying them below Chicago's $14 per hour minimum wage.
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Sep 17, 2020
Southport Lanes in Lakeview has lasted nearly a century, but the Chicago institution, which opened not long after another pandemic, couldn't survive COVID-19. It will close for good Sept. 27.
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Sep 17, 2020
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Chicago-area jobs were lost, consumer spending dropped 43%, and over half of temporary business closures became permanent.
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Sep 17, 2020
The Chicago Board Game Cafe, opened by Cards Against Humanity in February only to be shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, has been sold to a Toronto firm and will reopen next month.
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Sep 17, 2020
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high figure that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. In Illinois, first-time claims for benefits totaled 23,339 last week, down from 25,478 a week earlier.
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Sep 16, 2020
Fortune Food Product, a Chicago-based producer of soy products and bean sprouts, has agreed to stop production after federal inspectors allegedly witnessed live rodents and other food safety violations at the East Pilsen facility.
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Sep 16, 2020
The racing board approved a 68-date thoroughbred meet for Arlington International Racecourse next year, despite concerns the track's owner, Churchill Downs, may pull up stakes and abandon Illinois racing
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Sep 16, 2020
Small neighborhood retailers used to compete with Amazon by catering to local shoppers who enjoy browsing in person. Now, they're venturing onto Amazon's turf.
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Sep 16, 2020
Small neighborhood retailers used to compete with Amazon by catering to local shoppers who enjoy browsing in person. Now, they're venturing onto Amazon's turf.
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Sep 16, 2020
Small neighborhood retailers used to compete with Amazon by catering to local shoppers who enjoy browsing in person. Now, they're venturing onto Amazon's turf.
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Sep 16, 2020
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the economic outlook still remains highly uncertain and depends heavily on the ability of the U.S. to get control of the pandemic. "A full economic recovery is unlikely until people are confident that it is safe to re-engage in a wide variety of activities," Powell said.
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Sep 16, 2020
The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and elsewhere.
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Sep 16, 2020
The Tommy Bartlett Show in Lake Delton had to cancel this year's season, it's 70th, and can't recover from the loss of revenue.
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Sep 16, 2020
Will there be a Chicago Architecture Biennial next year at this time? Even if you've never attended the biennial, which bills itself as North America's largest survey of contemporary architecture, you have a stake in the answer.
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Sep 16, 2020
Department store chain Kohl's, whose sales have been hurt by the pandemic, said it will cut 15% of its office workers to save money.
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Sep 16, 2020
Carnival Cruise Line announced another two ships leaving its fleet in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
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Sep 16, 2020
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report that the world's gross domestic product is projected to decline by 4.5% this year — less than the 6% plunge it had predicted in June.
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Sep 16, 2020
More than 1,000 former Illinois students at the defunct for-profit college ITT Technical Institute could be eligible to have more than $9.4 million in student loans forgiven, according the state's attorney general's office.
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Sep 16, 2020
A House committee issued a scathing report questioning whether Boeing and government regulators have recognized the problems that caused two deadly 737 Max jet crashes.
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Sep 15, 2020
Sports betting in Illinois, which closed one week after it opened in March due to the COVID pandemic, generated more than $52 million in wagers during July, its first full month of action. With the NFL season underway and a number of online platforms going live, sports betting may be ready to take off.
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Sep 15, 2020
More than 1,000 former Illinois students at the defunct for-profit college ITT Technical Institute could be eligible to have more than $9.4 million in student loans forgiven, according the state's attorney general's office.
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Sep 15, 2020
Kraft Heinz plans to cut $2 billion in costs over the next five years and put the savings into marketing brands with the highest potential for growth, part of a reorganization the legacy food maker hopes will make it more relevant to consumers.
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Sep 15, 2020
The Chicago Reader, a free alternative newspaper that publishes every other week, is becoming a nonprofit.
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Sep 15, 2020
A number of JPMorgan Chase traders have been sent home after employees tested positive for COVID-19, less than a week into the bank's push to start bringing its workers physically back into the office.
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