Chicago Tribune: Business
- Illinois plans stronger verification to stop thieves from stealing unemployment benefits
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 09:36 PMPeople seeking Illinois unemployment benefits online will soon face additional steps to ensure they’re not using stolen identities, officials told state lawmakers Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 03:49 PMThe number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market’s recovery, at least temporarily.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In a brutal labor market, Target trims holiday hiring goals
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 01:58 PMAbout 100,000 seasonal workers will be hired nationwide, the company said Thursday, about 30,000 less than last year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - United Airlines says 97% of US employees have been vaccinated
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 02:21 PMUnited Airlines says more than 97% of its U.S.-based employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 now that there is less than a week before a deadline to get the shots or get fired.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ryan family’s record-setting $480 million Northwestern University donation will fund medical research, stadium renovation
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 04:34 PMNorthwestern University announced Wednesday that it has received the school’s largest ever gift thanks to Chicago billionaires Patrick and Shirley Ryan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nearly four months ago, Abbott closed a Gurnee factory making COVID-19 tests. Now, it’s reopening that facility amid a surge in
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 02:04 PMProduction of Abbott’s BinaxNOW tests is expected to begin at the facility in the coming weeks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chicago tech executive lists Winnetka mansion for nearly $10M
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 12:46 PMSet behind gates, the two-story, neo-Georgian mansion has five full bathrooms, two half-baths, and views of the lake from almost every room.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inflation forces homebuilders to take it slow, raise prices
Monday - 09/20/2021 - 02:35 PMRising costs and shortages of building materials and labor are rippling across the homebuilding industry
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - With retailers facing supply chain issues and scrambling to hire, ’tis the season to start holiday shopping early. ‘This isn’t c
Friday - 09/17/2021 - 05:26 PMConsumers are expected to be in the mood to spend this holiday season, but with the COVID-19 pandemic snarling supply chains and threatening to leave retailers short-staffed, this isn't the year to procrastinate.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sears closing Woodfield Mall store, its last in Illinois
Thursday - 09/16/2021 - 03:04 PMSears is closing its Woodfield Mall store in November, leaving the iconic retailer without a single department store in Illinois, where it built its retail empire.
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- Boeing to build military aircraft drones in Australian city
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 03:43 PMChicago-based aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to build a new type of drone military aircraft in Australia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Downtown business struggle without usual flow of officeworkers
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 06:25 PMShoe repair shops, like many businesses downtown, have been struggling without their usual flow of office workers. Ray Shunnarah, who owns Beehive Shoeworks with his brother, Sam, said ,“We’re a service business, we thrive on the foot traffic, and if nobody’s down here, there’s no business.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - City Council approves Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to open most of downtown Chicago to pot shops
Monday - 09/20/2021 - 04:59 PMMayor Lori Lightfoot's plan to open more of downtown Chicago to marijuana dispensaries moves forward in the City Council.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Art Institute employees gain majority support for union, ask museum for voluntary recognition
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 03:05 PMBacked by majority support from employees, organizers at the Art Institute and the School of the Art Institute announced Wednesday they are asking museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the first labor union at the iconic Chicago cultural institution
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former race car driver Bobby Rahal sells Lincoln Park mansion for $3.9M
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 10:55 AMRahal took a loss on the Lincoln Park mansion, which he purchased for $3.9875 million in 2014.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Walgreens announces $970 million investment in company that helps hospitals with specialty pharmacy services
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 09:00 AMThe investment in Shields Health Solutions is one of a number of new partnerships and initiatives pursued by Walgreens
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mondelez employees end strike after approving new contract
Monday - 09/20/2021 - 11:52 AMA weekslong strike at six Mondelez facilities, including two in the Chicago area, ended after employees “overwhelmingly” voted to approve new four-year contracts with the maker of brands like Oreo, Cadbury and Ritz.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Marijuana license winners in Illinois now compete in ‘Shark Tank’-like scramble to get startup cash
Monday - 09/20/2021 - 06:00 AMBecause cannabis remains illegal under federal law, many banks won’t lend to cannabis companies. So weed entrepreneurs are exploring innovative ways to raise cash.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - System outage grounds United flights briefly
Friday - 09/17/2021 - 10:46 AMUnited Airlines suffered a brief system outage early Friday and the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop of less than an hour for all United flights.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US jobless claims tick up to 332,000, up 20,000 from last week, as delta variant weighs on economy
Thursday - 09/16/2021 - 08:47 AMUS jobless claims tick up to 332,000, up 20,000 from last week, as delta variant weighs on economy.
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- Shortage of anesthesiologists at Elgin’s Advocate Sherman Hospital forcing emergency surgeries elsewhere, doctors say
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 07:09 PMThe anesthesiologist shortage at Elgin’s Advocate Sherman Hospital is forcing emergency room patients needing immediate surgery to go to other medical facilities, two doctors told the Elgin City Council.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As offices push back reopening, coffee shops, shoe repair businesses wait for their 9-to-5 regulars to return
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 06:45 PMWhile foot traffic is returning to the Loop, 9-to-5-ers are still easing their way back in. Downtown businesses like coffee and shoe repair shops that depend on them anxiously await their return.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can Cook County cut ties with companies that donated to Texas abortion ban backers? A county commissioner aims to find out.
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 06:02 PMCook County has a $35 million contract with AT&T;, which has donated to Texas lawmakers who supported the abortion bill.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - O’Hare ranked last among biggest U.S. airports as passenger satisfaction starts to dip from record highs earlier in the pandemic
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 03:39 PMPassenger satisfaction at America’s airports is starting to dip from all-time highs as airports get busier, with O’Hare International Airport ranking last and Midway Airport in the bottom half, according to a study released Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Patients flood emergency rooms at Chicago area children’s hospitals, causing long wait times. Doctors urge parents not to bring
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 08:15 AMAn unusual surge in respiratory illnesses is flooding ERs with children
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Power Solutions CEO found not guilty of federal securities fraud charges for allegedly inflating revenue
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 11:12 AMA federal judge Monday found former Power Solutions International CEO Gary Winemaster and two other former executives not guilty in a two-year-old securities fraud case alleging they inflated revenue by $25 million to deceive investors about the company’s financial performance between 2014 and 2016.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chicago’s housing prices are soaring, but unlike other major metros, they’re not setting records. Here’s why.
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 07:37 AMOverall, housing prices jumped 18.6% year over year in June, according to the S&P; CoreLogic Case-Shiller index
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Consumers may need to shop early to avoid missing must-have items for holidays
Friday - 09/17/2021 - 05:01 PMConsumers are expected to be in the mood to spend this holiday season, but with the COVID-19 pandemic snarling supply chains and threatening to leave retailers short-staffed, this isn't the year to procrastinate.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boeing to build Navy aircraft at MidAmerica, invest $200M
Friday - 09/17/2021 - 02:25 PMChicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy’s latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in a project that could add more than 150 jobs on the company’s southwest Illinois campus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Retail sales rose last month even as delta variant spread
Thursday - 09/16/2021 - 09:06 AMRetail sales rose in August from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday. That uptick caught economists by surprise, but the data suggests consumers shifted to online shopping.
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