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Sep 24, 2018
Employees of the Hotel Palomar and Hotel Allegro are off the picket lines and back at work after ratifying a contract over the weekend, leaving 17 downtown hotels where workers are still on strike.
The strike, now in its third week, at its peak involved 26 hotels where thousands of housekeepers,...
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Sep 24, 2018
Alex Vetter, who has been an executive with Cars.com since it launched 20 years ago as an online alternative to used-car classifieds, is steering the Chicago company in a different direction as CEO: Tinder for new-car buyers.
Employing artificial intelligence and the still-burning passion of drivers...
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Sep 21, 2018
Vista Tower appears likely to have a new owner before construction is completed on the supertall skyscraper that will become Chicago's third-tallest.
Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese investor backing the ultraluxury condo and hotel project, is in negotiations to sell its majority stake in the 101-story...
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Sep 21, 2018
Construction at Wrigley Field will keep the newest outpost of Chicago's Christkindlmarket from making a return trip to Wrigleyville this year. Instead, the annual German holiday market is heading north to Milwaukee.
Christkindlmarket organizer German American Events added a third location last...
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Sep 21, 2018
During the final days of going-out-of-business sales at Carson's last month, still-loyal shoppers mourned the demise of a 160-year-old department store chain. Their loss may turn out to be short-lived.
Less than a month after stores rang up their final sales, the websites of Carson's and the other...
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Sep 20, 2018
Striking hotel workers ratified a contract with Marriott International, the union said Thursday. The pact could pave the way for a resolution of the 2-week-old work stoppage at more than two dozen Chicago hotels.
"Marriott signing just puts a lot of pressure on the other companies," UNITE HERE...
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Sep 20, 2018
The state's highest court decided Thursday to uphold a law that allows many hospitals to avoid paying property taxes — an issue that's spurred debate in Illinois and across the country.
The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling that a 2012 law allowing not-for-profit hospitals...
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Sep 20, 2018
The developer of Aqua Tower is putting the wavy skyscraper's luxury apartments up for sale, looking to ride a wave of demand for downtown Chicago rental properties.
Magellan Development Group and its investment partner, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, have hired Jones Lang LaSalle brokers to seek...
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Sep 20, 2018
The interview process is not enough to sway aspiring software engineer Joseph Sieger to accept a job. Computer science majors like him are in high demand, and he needs to know more.
"A lot of times, you see just ‘software engineering role,' and it's like, OK, what are the real differences between...
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Sep 20, 2018
The job interview is not enough to sway aspiring software engineer Joseph Sieger to accept a position. Computer science majors like him are in high demand, and he needs to know more.
"A lot of times, you see just ‘software engineering role,' and it's like, OK, what are the real differences between...
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Sep 20, 2018
The interview process is not enough to sway aspiring software engineer Joseph Sieger to accept a job. Computer science majors like him are in high demand, and he needs to know more.
"A lot of times, you see just ‘software engineering role,' and it's like, OK, what are the real differences between...
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Sep 20, 2018
Hard seltzers, the feistier cousins of nonalcoholic sparkling waters like LaCroix, are surging in popularity — a small but growing reason for optimism within the flagging beer industry.
Flavored malt beverages, driven by the explosive growth of hard seltzer sales, are one of the fastest growing...
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Sep 19, 2018
The 20-foot-tall letters spelling "T-R-U-M-P" on the city's second-tallest building prompted Chicago aldermen four years ago to regulate the installation of large signs on office buildings.
Now, Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to tweak that ordinance to help secure a huge expansion by software firm Salesforce...
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Sep 19, 2018
O'Hare International Airport has improved but still ranks near the bottom in passenger satisfaction among the nation's largest airports, placing 17th out of 19, according to a study released Wednesday.
The 2018 North American Airport Satisfaction Survey by J.D. Power, a marketing information services...
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Sep 18, 2018
Three Chicago horse-drawn carriage owners are suing animal welfare activists, accusing them of defamation and interfering with their businesses in an effort to get the carriages banned from the city's streets.
The owners filed their lawsuit Sept. 11, a day before a City Council committee heard...
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Sep 18, 2018
The Trump administration is preparing to impose tariffs on another $200 billion worth of goods imported from China, and for consumers, there's good news and bad news.
The good news: You might be able to knock out your holiday shopping without feeling much extra pinch from the latest round of tariffs.
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Sep 18, 2018
Lincoln Towing Service can resume operating while it challenges a decision by state regulators to revoke its license, a Cook County judge ruled Monday.
Circuit Judge Neil Cohen issued the order five days after the Illinois Commerce Commission pulled the North Side firm's state license. Cohen said...
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Sep 18, 2018
Here Technologies, which collects and analyzes traffic data, has designated Chicago as its headquarters for the Americas, in part because of access to the area's data scientists and other technology workers.
"For us, it's all about talent," said Angel Mendez, executive vice president and chief...
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Sep 17, 2018
Amazon's cashierless stores are designed to spare time-crunched shoppers from waiting in the checkout line.
But when Chicago's first Amazon Go store opened Monday morning, most shoppers were taking their time to browse the selection and get used to the idea of a store that lets you grab your purchases...
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Sep 17, 2018
The longtime owner of a Near North Side property leased to a Lou Malnati's pizzeria and a Barnes & Noble bookstore is seeking a buyer, looking to cash in on demand for glitzy high-rises in the area.
Jones Lang LaSalle has been hired to market the low-slung buildings at 1120 and 1130 N. State St....
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Sep 17, 2018
Amazon's first cashierless store in Chicago is expected to open at Monday in an office building in the Loop.
The e-commerce giant spent more than a year testing the Amazon Go convenience store concept with company employees in Seattle before opening to the public in January. The 2,000-square-foot...
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Sep 14, 2018
Chicago and the nation were already grappling with a recession on the morning of Sept. 15, 2008, when Lehman Brothers, an investment bank with more than $600 billion in assets, went under in what remains the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. In Chicago, like elsewhere, the financial crisis...
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Sep 13, 2018
Ionela Petrea, who works as a server in the Hyatt Regency bar, has spent the past week on the picket line and at the negotiating table.
As the strike affecting 26 downtown hotels pushed into its seventh day, Petrea took a drag of a cigarette and made an educated guess on how much longer it would...
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Sep 13, 2018
German manufacturer Faber-Castell Cosmetics announced plans Thursday to open its first U.S. plant in Elgin this fall, producing private label-cosmetic pencils for the North American market, and creating 50 jobs in the Chicago suburb.
Illinois beat out Wisconsin, in part, because the dairy state...
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Sep 13, 2018
Retailers won't just be battling each other for customers this holiday season — they're also gearing up to fight over the temporary workers who will make the sales.
A strong economy has retailers expecting a busy holiday shopping season, but with unemployment near historic lows, staffing up to...
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Sep 13, 2018
Chicago's tallest skyscraper also could be known for its sprawling base by late 2019, when Willis Tower's owner completes a 300,000-square-foot expansion designed to lure thousands of additional visitors each day.
About 200 trades workers are on the job six days a week to complete an unusual five-level...
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Sep 13, 2018
Crate & Barrel has long sold items to help shoppers prepare and serve meals at home, from dinnerware and drinkware to cutlery and kitchen tools. But for those who'd rather take a night off from home cooking, next spring its Oakbrook Center store will get a full-service restaurant.
The restaurant...
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Sep 12, 2018
As Hurricane Florence approaches the Carolinas, airlines are encouraging customers traveling through areas in the path of the Category 4 storm to reschedule travel and are limiting fares and waiving fees in some cities.
Florence is expected to approach the Carolina coast late Thursday or early...
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Sep 12, 2018
Quaker Oats had an "aha moment" about a year ago, said Robbert Rietbroek, senior vice president and general manager for Quaker Oats North America.
The brand, which traces its history back to 1877, was largely being marketed to consumers with a focus on emotion and nostalgia — not health.
"What's...
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Sep 12, 2018
Scrolling down a jumbo screen in Trustwave's Loop office is a list of personal information. There are emails, names, passwords, credit card numbers and expiration dates — a gold mine for anyone trying to steal someone's identity.
The Chicago-based company is monitoring a real-time feed of activity...
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Sep 12, 2018
Scrolling down a jumbo screen in Trustwave's Loop office is a list of personal information. There are emails, names, passwords, credit card numbers and expiration dates — a gold mine for anyone trying to steal someone's identity.
The Chicago-based company is monitoring a real-time feed of activity...
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Sep 11, 2018
Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. will close its U.S. headquarters in Deerfield, a complex of three buildings employing 1,000 people, and move the work to the Boston area.
The company notified employees Monday of its plans. Takeda has 5,000 U.S. employees.
In a statement, Takeda spokeswoman...
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Sep 11, 2018
Horse-drawn carriages in Chicago may be going the way of, well, the horse and buggy.
For years, a group of aldermen has been pushing to banish the old-time diversion from Chicago's already crowded thoroughfares amid safety concerns. Questions also have been raised about the horses' welfare.
On...
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Sep 10, 2018
BMO Harris Bank is in advanced negotiations to anchor a new office tower in Union Station's $1 billion-plus redevelopment, a project that's been revamped after the original plan met with widespread criticism.
The exact size of the lease for the bank's new U.S. headquarters could not be determined,...
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Sep 10, 2018
Hotels across Chicago were scrambling Monday as a downtown hotel strike entered its fourth day. A few guests reported dirty rooms and check-in delays, while managers at some locations pitched in to keep operations running.
Kristian Hulgard, in town from Dallas for the International Manufacturing...
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Sep 07, 2018
A new program on the Chicago Riverwalk could bring up to a dozen new vendors to the bustling promenade next summer, many of them possibly women- and minority-owned businesses.
The city's goal in this latest chapter of commerce on the river is to increase the diversity of vendors in a way that reflects...
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Sep 07, 2018
It's barely past Labor Day, but a handful of retailers already are hinting at one item on their holiday wish lists: business from former Toys R Us shoppers.
Toys R Us closed its last U.S. stores in June after filing for bankruptcy protection last fall. Despite its challenges, the chain still had...
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Sep 07, 2018
It's barely past Labor Day, but a handful of retailers already are hinting at one item on their holiday wish lists: business from former Toys R Us shoppers.
Toys R Us closed its last U.S. stores in June after filing for bankruptcy protection last fall. Despite its challenges, the chain still had...
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Sep 07, 2018
A new program on the Chicago Riverwalk could bring up to a dozen new vendors to the bustling promenade next summer, many of them possibly women- and minority-owned businesses.
The city's goal in this latest chapter of commerce on the river is to increase the diversity of vendors in a way that reflects...
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Sep 07, 2018
Three documents that would have seemed improbable 15 years ago now hang, carefully arranged, above Andre Joachim Jr.'s desk: a master's degree in counseling, certification from the National Board for Certified Counselors, and an Illinois license as a professional counselor.
Fifteen years ago, Joachim...
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Sep 07, 2018
Happy birthday, HQ2.
On Sept. 7, 2017, Amazon launched a corporate office search unlike any seen in the typically secretive world of real estate site selection. The Seattle-based online retail behemoth announced its hunt for a North American location for a second headquarters, one that would employ...
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Sep 06, 2018
A food hall is coming to Willis Tower, as part of a $500 million addition to the base of Chicago's tallest building.
Urbanspace plans to open a food hall within the 300,000-square-foot retail and entertainment podium under construction at the 110-story former Sears Tower, the London-based company...
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Sep 06, 2018
Amid a shortage of EpiPens, Deerfield-based Walgreens is partnering with a competing drugmaker to make it easier for consumers across the country to get its devices.
Auvi-Qs — devices used to inject epinephrine to counter severe allergic reactions — are available for the first time at Walgreens...
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Sep 06, 2018
River City Condominiums owners have approved a more-than-$90 million sale of the South Loop complex to a Chicago developer that wants to convert the 449 units to apartments.
The vote comes after previous attempts by the same buyer, Marc Realty Capital, fell apart.
More than 2 miles north of there,...
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Sep 06, 2018
The city of London has opened an office in Chicago aimed at making it easier for Chicago-based companies to expand across the pond, and vice versa.
London & Partners, the official promotion agency for London, opened its office at WeWork's co-working location on Kinzie Street in August. The employees...
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Sep 06, 2018
The city of London has opened an office in Chicago aimed at making it easier for Chicago-based companies to expand across the pond, and vice versa.
London & Partners, the official promotion agency for London, opened its office at WeWork's co-working location on Kinzie Street in August. The employees...
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Sep 06, 2018
With $40 million in new investments announced Thursday, Chicago-based e-commerce logistics company ShipBob is eyeing an expansion — starting with a new fulfillment warehouse in Cicero and a push to hire 100 people in the next year.
The startup aims to help small to midsize e-commerce companies...
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Sep 06, 2018
With $40 million in new investments announced Thursday, Chicago-based e-commerce logistics company ShipBob is eyeing an expansion — starting with a new fulfillment warehouse in Cicero and a push to hire 100 people in the next year.
The startup aims to help small to midsize e-commerce companies...
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Sep 06, 2018
With $40 million in new investments announced Thursday, Chicago-based e-commerce logistics company ShipBob is eyeing an expansion — starting with a new fulfillment warehouse in Cicero and a push to hire 100 people in the next year.
The startup aims to help small to midsize e-commerce companies...
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Sep 05, 2018
Chicago-based technology company SMS Assist said Wednesday it plans to open a second Chicago-area office in Naperville, with room for up to 400 employees.
Launched in 1999, SMS Assist connects property managers with subcontractors to address maintenance issues. Clients include residential rental...
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Sep 05, 2018
Chicago-based technology company SMS Assist said Wednesday it plans to open a second Chicago-area office in Naperville, with room for up to 400 employees.
Launched in 1999, SMS Assist connects property managers with subcontractors to address maintenance issues. Clients include residential rental...
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Sep 05, 2018
Farmer's Fridge, the Chicago-based startup that sells salads and other meals from vending machines, plans to double its operation next year after recently closing a $30 million financing round led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's venture capital fund.
Launched in 2013, Farmer's Fridge has grown...
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Sep 04, 2018
Chicago's business community is nervously waiting to see who will next lead the city and whether that person will be as big a booster as Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who announced Tuesday he won't seek re-election.
Emanuel is known as a mayor who doesn't hesitate to pick up the phone or get on a plane to...
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Sep 04, 2018
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Tuesday announcement that he won't seek a third term throws a big unknown into the city's efforts to score Amazon's second headquarters, which would be the crowning achievement in a line of corporate wins under his leadership.
The city is one of 20 locations in the...
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Sep 04, 2018
LaForce Baker, founder and CEO of Moon Meals, used to be, in his own words, "a fat kid."
That's part of the story behind Moon Meals, his Hyde Park-based startup that makes vegan Fiesta Wraps. Last month, the company launched the wraps in all 187 Jewel-Osco stores after changing the packaging, he...
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Sep 04, 2018
Edgewater Beach condominium owners plan to sell their lakefront building for more than $27 million to a New York-based real estate investor that wants to convert the 188 units to apartments.
Brooklyn-based Greenstone Property Group has agreed to pay $27.2 million for the 12-story building at 5815...
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Sep 04, 2018
Struggling to survive in the age of Uber and Lyft, the Chicago taxi industry's hopes may be riding on a legislative long shot.
Nearly half of the city's 6,999 licensed cabs are in foreclosure or idled, leading to an increasingly desperate call for regulatory intervention — including a newly floated...
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Aug 30, 2018
Kickstarter welcomed its 15 millionth backer this summer, and since coming online nearly a decade ago, the crowdfunding platform has helped Chicago-area entrepreneurs raise millions of dollars and launch products now known worldwide.
Collectively, the area's 10 most lucrative Kickstarter campaigns...
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Aug 30, 2018
This is the work that Mike loved to do.
Pouring the bags of malt in the steel tank. Stirring the grain with the long mash paddle so it doesn't clump. Brewing the beer that brought people together.
But in April, at the age of 44, Mike Welch died. And so, on a recent Friday morning, his widow Megan...
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Aug 30, 2018
A South Dakota-based hospital system is looking to enter the Chicago area — with its eye on at least one local player, according to reports.
Sanford Health, which has 45 hospitals and 289 clinics in nine states, is in talks to merge with a Chicago-area health system, its CEO told digital news organization...
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Aug 29, 2018
Developers on Wednesday night unveiled reconfigured plans to build three towers in Lakeshore East, including an 80-story skyscraper that would become one of the tallest along Lake Michigan, after a previous development proposal was shot down by a downtown alderman.
The new plan eliminates a proposed...
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Aug 29, 2018
Macy's is putting the historic Medinah Temple building in River North up for sale as the retailer continues cashing in on its valuable real estate portfolio.
Cincinnati-based Macy's will market the landmark building at 600 N. Wabash Ave. to potential buyers, with plans to move the Bloomingdale's...
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Aug 29, 2018
The panic that strikes drivers who lose GPS signal when cruising onto Lower Wacker Drive could soon be eliminated for users of the Waze navigation app.
Google-owned Waze is teaming up with Chicago-based SpotHero and the city to install beacons along Chicago's 5 miles of lower roads. The beacons...
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Aug 29, 2018
Chicago-based cancer-fighting data startup Tempus is now valued at $2 billion.
The company, led by Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky, announced Wednesday that it raised another $110 million from new and existing investors. Tempus gathers and analyzes data for doctors to use in cancer treatment,...
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Aug 29, 2018
For Sharon Bryant, shopping at Carson's during the final days of its going-out-of-business sale was an all-too-familiar experience.
In years past, she came to the department store so often people occasionally assumed she worked there, and she felt like she could always find exactly what she wanted,...
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Aug 28, 2018
Icelandic budget carrier Wow Air is launching service from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to New Delhi beginning in December, with one-way flights starting at $199.
The new service, announced Tuesday, also will add flights to New Delhi from six other U.S. metro areas: Boston, Washington,...
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Aug 27, 2018
Classes at the University of Central Florida began last week, and Maddy Johnson still hadn't found enough money to buy her textbooks.
The safari driver at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park, 23, was living on ramen noodles and the McDonald's Dollar Menu - and stressing about her $20,000 in student...
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Aug 27, 2018
After fending off a possible takeover in the 1990s, the family that owns the Blommer Chocolate Co. may now be looking to sell the company.
Chicago-based Blommer is working with an investment bank to weigh options that include a sale that could value the company at about $500 million, according...
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Aug 27, 2018
Bus line Greyhound is moving forward with plans to move a maintenance facility off Goose Island, paving the way for another large real estate development along the Chicago River.
Greyhound on Aug. 20 paid $5.3 million for an 8-acre site in the Canaryville neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, where...
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Aug 27, 2018
Meganne Wecker's grandfather used to say he could tell the factory was busy by the sound of staple guns click-click-clicking like typewriter keys as workers affixed fabric to furniture frames.
But the cacophony of clicking isn't the only hint business is brisk at Skyline Furniture in south suburban...
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Aug 27, 2018
Eight-year-old Cillian Rhodes was hosting a dance party.
He hacked the concert lights in the small, dark room, making them flash and move around. Another kid bounced around next to him.
"I control all the lights now," Cillian said, tapping the screen of his iPad and looking toward the lights on...
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Aug 24, 2018
Megg Principe first learned of Imperfect Produce, a Silicon Valley startup that aims to tackle food waste by selling boxes of "ugly" produce, via Facebook a few months ago. She noticed friends posting photos online of their misshapen fruits and vegetables and decided to give it a try.
"My big thing...
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Aug 24, 2018
A bee sting sent a nurse into action at Forest View Elementary in Mount Prospect, injecting a shot of epinephrine into a 7-year-old having an allergic reaction.
At Hawthorne Elementary in Elmhurst, a 10-year-old was given the medication after eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a carrot.
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Aug 24, 2018
A bee sting sent a nurse into action at Forest View Elementary in Mount Prospect, injecting a shot of epinephrine into a 7-year-old having an allergic reaction.
At Hawthorne Elementary in Elmhurst, a 10-year-old was given the medication after eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a carrot.
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Aug 23, 2018
Sterling Bay has a $25 million deal to buy an Archer Daniels Midland wheat mill in the Fulton Market district, and hopes to replace it with a project that would include the neighborhood's first Metra station.
The busy Chicago developer has a contract to buy the 2.2-acre property at 1300 W. Carroll...
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Aug 23, 2018
After the scientists step safely out of the airtight lab in the biocontainment plant, and after their spacesuitlike protective wear is disinfected, the room is flooded with chlorine dioxide gas.
"We make sure anything that's in there stays in there," said Robert Brackett, director of the Institute...
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Aug 23, 2018
After the scientists step safely out of the airtight lab in the biocontainment plant, and after their spacesuitlike protective wear is disinfected, the room is flooded with chlorine dioxide gas.
"We make sure anything that's in there stays in there," said Robert Brackett, director of the Institute...
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Aug 22, 2018
Software firm Salesforce is eyeing a huge expansion in Chicago, where it could add up to 5,000 new jobs and kick off construction of a skyscraper along the river.
The company is in talks to potentially lease more than 500,000 square feet in the planned third and final tower in the Wolf Point development...
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Aug 22, 2018
The potential impact of a new round of tariffs proposed by the Trump administration has loomed large over the retail industry during the past week even as companies like Target and Home Depot have reported strong quarterly sales.
Retailers say they're keeping a close eye on tariffs — both the tariffs...
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Aug 22, 2018
McDonald's plans to invest $2 million in job training programs for Chicago youths, the fast food chain announced Wednesday.
More than half of that money will go to Skills for Chicagoland's Future, a workplace development nonprofit that seeks to connect qualified unemployed and underemployed workers...
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Aug 21, 2018
President Donald Trump's plan to gut climate pollution standards for power plants is a lifeline to the dwindling American coal industry, but Illinois and many other states already are shifting to cleaner sources of energy and show no signs of turning back.
The question is whether the proposal Trump...
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Aug 21, 2018
American Airlines is cutting back on flights from Chicago to China and Japan this fall, saying it couldn't keep flying money-losing routes at a time when fuel costs are high.
American's daily nonstop flights from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Shanghai will end in late October, the airline...
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Aug 21, 2018
Animal crackers, long depicted behind bars in iconic packaging that resembled circus boxcars, are going cage-free.
Bowing to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — and changing tastes — Mondelez International is rolling out new box artwork for the small, animal-shaped cookies,...
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Aug 20, 2018
Plenty of consumers know Sears' iconic Craftsman tool brand. Now they'll have to get to know its doppelganger.
When Stanley Black & Decker bought the Craftsman brand from Sears Holdings Corp. last year, the deal — valued at $900 million — let both companies continue making and selling products...
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Aug 20, 2018
Ronald McDonald House Charities has received its largest single donation ever: $100 million from North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie.
Ronald McDonald House, headquartered in Chicago, provides temporary housing for families of hospitalized children across the country, among other services. The...
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Aug 20, 2018
On the 28th floor of a South Loop high-rise, Cortlon Cofield, owner and financial planner at Cofield Advisors, has to get creative with his 20- to 30-year-old clients to help them save their money.
Travel, weddings and future mortgages are among the items they increasingly want to spend their money...
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Aug 17, 2018
A lifelong Cubs fan is crying foul over the team's marketing of a 2016 World Series ivy leaf commemorative, an idea he allegedly invented more than 30 years earlier, according to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Chicago.
Dan Fox, 71, a retired Chicago advertising...
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Aug 17, 2018
The Chicago River has emerged as one of the city's top recreational destinations, where activities such as outdoor dining, kayaking, water taxis and architecture boat tours have boomed in recent years. Demand for riverfront office space has reached a high-water mark too.
Vacancies in office towers...
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Aug 16, 2018
When Cindy Mayer's dad started to go blind and she "became his eyes," most other parts of her life fell by the wayside.
Her social life dwindled. "My friends probably thought I died 10 years ago," she said with a chuckle.
The floors in her Norwood Park home, on Chicago's Northwest Side, went unwashed...
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Aug 16, 2018
U.S. Steel announced Thursday that it is investing $750 million to revitalize its flagship Gary plant to gear up for increased demand in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported steel.
The company said the investment will make "significant upgrades" to increase efficiencies at the...
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Aug 16, 2018
Amazon.com is in the running to acquire Landmark Theaters, a move that would vault the e-commerce giant into the bricks-and-mortar cinema industry, according to people familiar with the situation.
The company is vying with other suitors to acquire the business from Wagner/Cuban Cos., which is backed...
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Aug 16, 2018
Google is planning a two-level store in Chicago's Fulton Market district, its first known location for a retail flagship.
The technology giant is close to finalizing a lease for almost 14,000 square feet on the first and second floors of several connected, two-story brick buildings between 845...
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Aug 15, 2018
Chicago-based meal kit company Home Chef is the third-fastest-growing private company in the country, according to the Inc. 5000, a ranking released Wednesday.
Home Chef led the 240 Illinois companies that made this year's list, up from 239 last year.
The company's growth did not just catch the...
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Aug 15, 2018
Co-working company Industrious has bought local operator Assemble, adding three Chicago locations amid expected consolidation in the fast-changing industry.
Industrious doubles its number of Chicago-area locations to six with the deal, and the New York-based company said it plans to continue expanding...
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Aug 14, 2018
Fresh beef isn't the only new thing on the menu at McDonald's.
Nearly two-thirds of McDonald's restaurants in Illinois are slated for remodeling by 2020 as part of a nationwide modernization effort announced Tuesday.
The Chicago-based burger chain and its franchisees are investing about $317 million...
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Aug 14, 2018
Fresh beef isn't the only new thing on the menu at McDonald's.
Nearly two-thirds of McDonald's restaurants in Illinois are slated for remodeling by 2020 as part of a nationwide modernization effort announced Tuesday.
The Chicago-based burger chain and its franchisees are investing about $317 million...
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Aug 14, 2018
Airbnb hosts throughout Chicago are concerned and confused after receiving notices from the city last week informing them they could face potential fines if they don't remove their units from the home-sharing platform within seven days.
The more than 2,400 notices, sent via email, rejected Airbnb...
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Aug 14, 2018
It's getting more expensive for retailers like Walmart to stock its shelves with household staples like diapers, paper towels and bottled water. The question now is whether that translates into more pain at the checkout line.
Soaring costs for transportation and raw materials — some related to...
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Aug 14, 2018
After experiencing the world as a woman with Alzheimer's disease, Ana Lebron took off her virtual reality headset and began to cry.
She couldn't pinpoint which part of the experience left her in tears. After all, she works with Alzheimer's patients every day as an activities coordinator at assisted...
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Aug 14, 2018
It's lucky No. 7 for Northwestern Memorial Hospital: For the seventh year in a row, the Chicago hospital has been named the best in the state by U.S. News & World Report.
Northwestern was also the only Illinois hospital to crack the top 20 in the country, settling into the No. 13 spot for the second...
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