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Dec 08, 2022
Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month's abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees.
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Dec 08, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft's planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard.
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Dec 08, 2022
Homebuilders have pumped the brakes on new single-family home construction this year, a trend that's likely to extend into 2023
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Dec 08, 2022
Ramirez now lives in Florida
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Dec 08, 2022
President Biden is announcing the release of nearly $36 billion to stop severe cuts to the retirement incomes of more than 350,000 Teamsters workers and retirees.
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Dec 08, 2022
Chicago's craft brewery scene has mirrored national growth over the past decade, but closures and fewer openings signal potential struggles ahead.
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Dec 07, 2022
The $100 million transformation of Westfield Old Orchard will be the most far-reaching in its 66-year history
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Dec 07, 2022
Despite the setback, sources said there are still pathways to getting the journalism bill approved before the 117th Congress wraps up business.
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Dec 07, 2022
Neighborhoods where most residents are Black received a fraction of the overall investment recorded in mostly white neighborhoods
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Dec 07, 2022
The supply backlogs of the past two years — and the delays, shortages and outrageous prices that came with them — have improved dramatically since summer.
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Dec 07, 2022
The deal follows a period of growth for Ferrero, including its 2017 purchase of Chicago-based Fannie May, plans for an innovation center in the former Marshall Field's building in downtown Chicago and two expansions at its Bloomington candymaking operations.
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Dec 06, 2022
A federal judge cut a flight attendant's $5.1 million jury award to about $800,000 but ordered Southwest Airlines to rehire the woman, who had claimed that the airline and her union conspired to fire her for expressing opposition to abortion.
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Dec 06, 2022
Park Ridge's iconic Pickwick Theater will close in January, its owner said.
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Dec 06, 2022
The social media giant made the threat after reports surfaced that the measure, which has stalled in the Senate, would be added to the annual defense authorization bill before Congress.
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Dec 06, 2022
Meta was harshly criticized by an internal oversight board for policies that give celebrities, politicians and business partners special treatment compared with the vast majority of Facebook and Instagram users.
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Dec 06, 2022
The federal government has illegally broken a promise to pay off the debts of a group of Black farmers, according to a class-action lawsuit.
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Dec 06, 2022
To appease concerned residents, the design now includes more greenspace road connections to ease traffic congestion.
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Dec 05, 2022
Homewood and Amtrak officials marked the full resumption of daily rail service Monday at Homewood's historic train station, which underwent a $15 million rehab.
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Dec 05, 2022
The settlement results from a two-year investigation by the city into alleged misconduct on Uber's meal delivery platforms.
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Dec 05, 2022
Garlin is now based in New York City and Los Angeles
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Dec 04, 2022
Fifty years after the crash of United Flight 553 outside Midway much has changed at the airport and in commercial aviation.
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Dec 04, 2022
Fifty years after the crash of United Flight 553 outside Midway much has changed at the airport and in commercial aviation.
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Dec 02, 2022
Aetna, one of the largest health care insurance providers in the U.S., and Munster-based Community Healthcare System have failed to reach an agreement over new contracts.
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Dec 02, 2022
Chicago will likely be "a bigger and bigger part" of Uber's workforce, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said during an appearance in the city.
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Dec 02, 2022
President Biden signed a bill Friday to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into a catastrophic recession.
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Dec 02, 2022
Bollig was a member of the Blackhawks' 2013 Stanley Cup-winning team
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Dec 02, 2022
Brandon Bollig and his wife completed extensive renovations before the pandemic hit.
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Dec 02, 2022
The nation's employers kept hiring briskly in November despite high inflation and a slow-growing economy — a sign of resilience in the face of the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes.
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Dec 01, 2022
The Senate moved quickly Thursday to avert a rail strike that the Biden administration and business leaders warned would have had devastating consequences for the nation's economy.
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Dec 01, 2022
As head of a regional Fed bank, the new president will have a vote on the central bank's interest rate decisions next year.
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Dec 01, 2022
The central bank's plan to fight stubbornly high prices on everything from food to clothing has been the central focus for Wall Street in 2022.
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Dec 01, 2022
Ever restaurant opened After, a chic lounge, in the West Loop, while Chicago Winery puts down roots in River North and Yardbird's Bourbon Room looks to make a splash.
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Dec 01, 2022
Not all Chicago neighborhoods are bearing the tax burden equally: In one largely Latino area, the median residential tax bill grew by more than $2,200.
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Dec 01, 2022
Not all neighborhoods are bearing the tax burden equally: In one largely Latino area, the median residential tax bill grew by more than $2,200.
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Nov 30, 2022
The Federal Reserve will push rates higher than previously expected and keep them there for an extended period.
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Nov 30, 2022
Pizza Fried Chicken Ice Cream will close in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood at the end of the year, after co-founder Ed Marszewski and the Eat Free Pizza team launched in 2020.
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Nov 30, 2022
The company was aided by a record number of consumers looking for deals online amid high inflation.
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Nov 30, 2022
The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday.
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Nov 30, 2022
The building is slated to open in June and operate as a casino for up to three years until a permanent site opens at the Tribune printing plant.
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Nov 30, 2022
Businesses became slightly less needy for workers as the Federal Reserve ramped up interest rates in an effort to cool the economy.
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Nov 30, 2022
A Metra UP-NW train fatally struck a female pedestrian near Arlington Heights Wednesday morning, causing extensive delays and halting certain operations, according to officials.
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Nov 29, 2022
The proposed megamerger has raised concerns that it would weaken competition in Chicago and other areas where the grocery companies have significant store overlap.
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Nov 29, 2022
A look at Congress' options to intervene, the potential impact on consumers, and what happens next.
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Nov 29, 2022
Horizon confirmed the discussions Tuesday in a news release
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Nov 29, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission and a handful of states announced settlements Monday with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about a Google cellphone.
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Nov 29, 2022
In time for the holiday shopping season, Claire's announces a store within a store at Macy's in Oakbrook Center.
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Nov 29, 2022
Elizabeth restaurant, lauded as one of the country's most important, will close in December, 10 years after chef Iliana Regan opened in Chicago.
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Nov 28, 2022
President Joe Biden on Monday called on Congress to pass legislation to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month's deadline in the stalled contract talks.
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Nov 28, 2022
The groups are increasing the pressure on lawmakers to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month's deadline in the stalled contract talks.
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Nov 28, 2022
Cyber Monday is expected to remain the year's biggest online shopping day and rake in up to $11.6 billion in sales.
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Nov 28, 2022
Griffin relocated his hedge fund, Citadel, to south Florida
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Nov 27, 2022
By offering shoppers fresh options, landlords are hoping to revitalize Chicago's Magnificent Mile
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Nov 27, 2022
Corliss' new aviation program gives students the chance to train for the FAA's unmanned drone pilot certification exam, a license that permits flying drones for hire.
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Nov 26, 2022
The activists have a long list of asks, from funding for home repairs to eviction protections and more affordable housing.
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Nov 25, 2022
Shoppers hit stores in search of deals in the wake of soaring prices.
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Nov 25, 2022
Retailers across the Chicago area hope to see a return to Black Friday bargain seekers to drive holiday traffic.
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Nov 25, 2022
Black Friday marks a return to familiar holiday shopping patterns, but inflation is weighing on consumers.
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Nov 25, 2022
A growing number of health systems in the Chicago area and across the country are now charging for some types of messages sent through online patient portals.
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Nov 24, 2022
New Twitter owner Elon Musk said that he is granting "amnesty" for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.
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Nov 24, 2022
While Black Friday will mark a return to familiar holiday shopping patterns, uncertainty still remains.
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Nov 23, 2022
An unexpected hangover of the pandemic has been the withered flight schedules at many regional airports.
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Nov 23, 2022
The agreement comes after Pipeline, which has owned the hospitals since 2019, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in October, which had thrown the future of the sale into question.
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Nov 23, 2022
With Americans facing higher prices for everything from rent to groceries, retailers are acutely aware consumers have less money to spend than they did last year and are offering steep holiday discounts beyond Black Friday.
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Nov 22, 2022
Baumgarten has been with Channel 9 since joining the station as a traffic and transportation reporter in 1996
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Nov 22, 2022
Baumgarten has been with Channel 9 since joining the station as a traffic and transportation reporter in 1996
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Nov 22, 2022
Bellis was at Fox 32 from 2011 until February 2021
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Nov 22, 2022
A Wisconsin company that cleans hundreds of meatpacking plants nationwide is defending itself against allegations that it employed more than two dozen minors.
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Nov 22, 2022
Barnes & Noble is opening a bookstore in Skokie's Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center in a different location from the old store, which closed months ago.
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Nov 22, 2022
Illinois consumer advocates have a message to those shopping for toys: Be careful
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Nov 22, 2022
Retailers including Best Buy are facing a cloudy picture heading into the Black Friday weekend, considered the kickoff to the holiday shopping season.
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Nov 22, 2022
American consumers and nearly every industry will be affected if freight trains grind to a halt next month.
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Nov 21, 2022
O'Hare International Airport gets busy with Thanksgiving travelers.
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Nov 21, 2022
Elon Musk's Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform's COVID misinformation policies at the time.
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Nov 21, 2022
The Rhode Island-based company bought the printing plant site for $200 million Friday from Nexstar Media Group.
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Nov 21, 2022
Consumers could quickly start seeing higher gas prices and shortages of some of their favorite groceries if railroads aren't able to agree on contracts with all 12 of their unions ahead of next month's deadline after the latest rejection vote Monday.
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Nov 21, 2022
Railroad engineers accepted their deal with the railroads that will deliver 24% raises but conductors rejected theirs, threatening the health of the economy just before the holidays.
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Nov 21, 2022
The nation's major shipping companies are in the best shape to get holiday shoppers' packages delivered on time since the start of the pandemic, suggesting a return to normalcy.
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Nov 21, 2022
Wiltgen and his husband paid $580,000 for the unit in 2019 and rehabbed it
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Nov 20, 2022
Riders on the Jackson Park Express bus talk describe commuting inconveniences as they weigh in on the transformation of their neighborhood into an elite tourist destination.
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Nov 19, 2022
Tesla says in documents posted Saturday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the glitch may affect one or both taillights on certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.
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Nov 19, 2022
Across the country, government agencies, especially those tasked with sending messages during emergencies, have embraced Twitter over the last decade.
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Nov 18, 2022
What becomes of the Chicago Tribune's 41-year-old printing plant remains to be seen.
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Nov 18, 2022
Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to "hardcore" work or resign with severance pay.
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Nov 18, 2022
Former WBBM-Ch. 2 and WLS-Ch. 7 news anchor Harry Porterfield on Oct. 31 sold his longtime four-bedroom midcentury modern house in Gary's Miller Beach area for $228,500.
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Nov 18, 2022
Former WBBM-Channel 2 and WLS-Channel 7 news anchor Harry Porterfield on Oct. 31 sold his longtime four-bedroom mid-century modern house in Gary's Miller Beach area for $228,500.
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Nov 18, 2022
Sales are now at the slowest annual pace since December 2011, when the housing market was still mired in a deep slump following the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s.
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Nov 18, 2022
The Lake Forest estate of the late philanthropist Nancy Hughes -- the widow of filmmaker John Hughes -- sold Thursday for $13 million.
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Nov 18, 2022
Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to "hardcore" work or resign with severance pay.
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Nov 17, 2022
Several SpaceX employees who were fired after circulating an open letter calling out CEO Elon Musk's behavior have filed a complaint accusing the company of violating labor laws.
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Nov 17, 2022
Health leaders are pleading with parents to get their children vaccinated against the flu, which is spreading in the Chicago area.
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Nov 17, 2022
The one-day national strike is timed with Starbucks' annual Red Cup Day holiday promotion, during which customers who order qualifying drinks receive a limited-edition reusable red cup.
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Nov 17, 2022
Major retailers have reported mixed performances for the third quarter this week, illustrating how volatile the exit from a global pandemic has been.
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Nov 17, 2022
The total number of Americans collecting unemployment aid rose by 13,000 to 1.51 million for the week ending Nov. 5. a seven-month high, but still not a concerning level.
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Nov 17, 2022
Major retailers have reported mixed performances for the third quarter this week, illustrating how volatile the exit from a global pandemic has been.
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Nov 17, 2022
Interviews with eight SpaceX employees who filed unfair-labor-practice charges arguing that their firings were illegal highlight Elon Musk's firm grip on his workplaces, perhaps even beyond the restraints of federal law.
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Nov 16, 2022
Amazon has begun mass layoffs in its corporate ranks, becoming the latest tech company to trim its workforce amid rising fears about the wider economic environment.
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Nov 16, 2022
The city grant will help reopen an Auburn Gresham store that closed in 2020, plus rehab five more, mostly on the South Side.
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Nov 16, 2022
The city grant will help reopen an Auburn Gresham store that closed in 2020, plus rehab five more, mostly on the South Side, where food deserts are a problem.
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Nov 16, 2022
The mayor said she only became aware of what occurred through media accounts.
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Nov 16, 2022
Iha owned the home from 1998 until 2001.
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