Chicago Tribune: Business
- Sterling Bay wants to put a 47-story tower on Michigan Avenue, south of Chicago River
Friday - 03/22/2019 - 10:15 PMOne of Chicago’s busiest real estate developers wants to build a 47-story residential and hotel tower on a stretch of North Michigan Avenue that has sprung to life in recent years.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Everybody hates waiting in the checkout line. Getting rid of it is going to take awhile.
Friday - 03/22/2019 - 10:05 AMIt’s one part of shopping that both retailers and their customers loathe: the checkout line. Even customers who like to shop just want to get out the door. And it’s not lost on retailers that a good portion of their labor costs go to workers who perform mind-numbing, robotic tasks.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'It's a struggle to pay the bills': Illinois independent pharmacies say they're being squeezed by middlemen
Thursday - 03/21/2019 - 03:35 PMThe pharmacy’s workers cleared the shelves. A maintenance crew took down the signs. And then they shut the pharmacy’s doors for the final time in July. Dave Falk said he was forced to close his Sav-Mor Pharmacy in rural Mount Pulaski after the recent expansion of a state program that relies on...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Potential buyer of McDonald's Campus in talks with Oak Brook officials
Wednesday - 03/20/2019 - 02:55 PMRepresentatives of a large company have met with village engineers as part of a due diligence process leading to the possible purchase of the McDonald’s campus property in Oak Brook, Village President Gopal Lalmalani said Tuesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Nonstop flights to Israel returning to O'Hare
Tuesday - 03/19/2019 - 03:25 PMChicago will have nonstop flights to Israel for the first time in two decades next year, city officials announced Wednesday. El Al Israel Airlines will fly between Chicago and Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv three times per week starting in March 2020, with flights departing O’Hare International...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Grassroots Cannabis raises $90 million to expand facilities in Illinois and other states as the marijuana industry takes off
Tuesday - 03/19/2019 - 12:30 PMGrassroots Cannabis raised $90 million to expand its operations in Illinois and across the country, becoming the latest Chicago-based marijuana company to bring in a sizable round of funding. The money will fund an expansion in Grassroots’ cultivation facility in Litchfield, about 210 miles southwest...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Foxconn says Wisconsin factory will be operational in 2020
Monday - 03/18/2019 - 01:00 PMFoxconn Technology Group said Monday that its manufacturing facility in Wisconsin will be producing flat-screen panels by the end of 2020, with construction starting later this year. The news came after the worldwide electronics manufacturing leader sent mixed signals earlier this year about whether...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Marijuana supper clubs in Chicago: 'It’s not ... some kind of criminal enterprise going on here. It’s a dinner party.'
Friday - 03/15/2019 - 07:00 AMThe tables were set and the candles lit. Bouquets of baby’s breath were arranged on black tablecloths, and menus rested atop each plate. Table for Twenty was hosting its first event of the year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- No job, no food stamps: Would stricter rules let more Illinoisans feel 'power of work' or just be 'cruel'?
Wednesday - 03/13/2019 - 04:10 PMFor at least a decade, most Illinois residents who receive food stamps have been exempt from a federal law that requires them to work or risk losing their benefits. But a proposal that would make it harder to obtain those exemptions — a move designed to encourage people to find jobs while unemployment...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - United Airlines extends HQ lease at Willis Tower until 2033
Wednesday - 03/13/2019 - 07:00 AMUnited Airlines will keep its headquarters in Willis Tower for at least another 14 years, after being courted by owners of megadevelopment sites along the Chicago River. The Chicago-based airline said it has extended its lease in Chicago’s tallest skyscraper until 2033, following a year-and-a-half...
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- When booking flights on United, male and female are no longer your only gender options
Friday - 03/22/2019 - 04:35 PMUnited Airlines travelers now have choices other than male or female when they book a flight. Customers can also identify themselves as undisclosed or unspecified. Major airlines have been working on ways to accommodate passengers who don’t identify as either male or female, but United says it’s...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lincoln Yards gave Sterling Bay its first big taste of controversy. Now comes the $6 billion challenge.
Thursday - 03/21/2019 - 05:15 PMAfter watching its Lincoln Yards plan spiral into one of the most hotly debated real estate developments in recent Chicago history, Sterling Bay is on the cusp of creating a new skyline on the city’s North Side.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Layoffs thin the creative ranks at Groupon
Wednesday - 03/20/2019 - 05:15 PMGroupon, the Chicago-based daily deals website, laid off about 20 employees last week, purging a number of members of its creative services team, the company confirmed Wednesday. The staffers, who were dismissed on Thursday, included writers and photographers who developed content for social media...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Miller Lite invades Bud Light's 'Dilly Dilly' medieval kingdom in attack ads set for March Madness
Wednesday - 03/20/2019 - 02:50 PMMiller Lite is invading Bud Light’s “Dilly Dilly” medieval kingdom with two attack ads set to air during March Madness broadcasts. The latest salvo in the escalating Corn Syrup War is a mock behind-the scenes look at the Bud Light Super Bowl ads, where the costumed knights and crew crack open cans...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boeing CEO: 'We know lives depend on the work we do'
Tuesday - 03/19/2019 - 08:45 AMBoeing's CEO says the aircraft manufacturer is taking actions to ensure the safety of its 737 Max jets in the wake of two crashes that killed 346 people. In an open letter addressed to airlines, passengers and the aviation community, Dennis Muilenburg says Chicago-based Boeing will soon release...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ethiopian Airlines data and voice 'black boxes' have been read successfully
Tuesday - 03/19/2019 - 10:05 AMThe “black boxes” of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed with the loss of 157 lives last week have been read successfully, French accident investigators said Monday. The recorders from the Boeing 737 Max 8, which crashed March 10 shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, have been sent back to...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The lollipop wars: Dum-Dums forces Charms Mini Pops to drop — for now — 'confusingly similar' package
Friday - 03/15/2019 - 02:45 PMThe maker of Dum-Dums lollipops won a round in its battle with the company that makes Charms Mini Pops this week after forcing Chicago-based Tootsie Roll Industries to abandon “confusingly similar” packaging for its rival lollipops.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- College bribery scandal puts spotlight on admissions consulting, a booming but unregulated cottage industry
Thursday - 03/14/2019 - 12:15 PMCutthroat competition to get into the nation’s best colleges has fueled an explosion of admissions consultants, who charge families thousands of dollars to help students navigate the process. The industry is in the limelight, now that federal authorities have charged 50 people, including Hollywood...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. grounds all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft after Ethiopia crash
Wednesday - 03/13/2019 - 02:49 PMPresident Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an "emergency order" grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft following the fatal plane crash in Ethiopia last week. The move follows bans in more than 40 countries including Canada and the entire European Union in the days since an Ethiopian...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pork & Mindy's to open BBQ joints inside 28 Mariano's this year
Wednesday - 03/13/2019 - 07:00 AMBarbecue joint Pork & Mindy’s plans to open mini restaurants inside 28 Chicago area Mariano’s this year, a huge expansion for the local sandwich shop and a new kind of partnership for the grocery chain.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Residential high-rise proposed for Barnes & Noble site at State and Elm
Friday - 03/22/2019 - 05:45 PMA Chicago developer wants to build 470 residential units on two Near North Side sites, including a 39-story tower that would replace one of the last remaining Barnes & Noble bookstores in the city.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The latest brick in the Michigan Avenue wall: A tall order of metal and glass 'meh'
Thursday - 03/21/2019 - 02:40 PMThe spectacular, cliff-like wall of skyscrapers across Michigan Avenue from Grant Park conjures many metaphors: It’s the face Chicago presents to the world, the front porch that overlooks the city’s front yard, a group portrait that achieves extraordinary coherence despite an aesthetic array that...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bud Light knew its corn syrup ads would confuse consumers, MillerCoors alleges in lawsuit
Thursday - 03/21/2019 - 03:05 PMMillerCoors sued Anheuser-Busch, maker of Bud Light, over the advertising campaign it launched during last month’s Super Bowl, escalating the so-called Corn Syrup War that has ensued. The Chicago-based beer maker alleges the commercials trick consumers into believing there is corn syrup and high-fructose...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Embrace the Madness: Employers go all in with basketball watch parties, pizza and office pools
Wednesday - 03/20/2019 - 07:00 AMWhen the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off Thursday, millions of viewers at offices across the country will huddle over their screens of choice, doing their level best to look busy while toggling between spreadsheets and the Michigan State – Bradley game.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Alderman wants 'numerous revisions, compromises' in multibillion-dollar plan to build over tracks by Soldier Field
Tuesday - 03/19/2019 - 02:45 PMA bold proposal to put skyscrapers and a massive new transit center atop train tracks near Soldier Field could be headed for major changes, less than a week after the potentially transformative project was unveiled.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The fastest computer in the world is being built 25 miles outside Chicago. Its name is Aurora.
Monday - 03/18/2019 - 02:30 PMSmack dab in the middle of a forest preserve about 25 miles west of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory is building the fastest computer in the world. Its name is Aurora.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Floral delivery company FTD issues warning about its future
Monday - 03/18/2019 - 12:15 PMFlower and gift delivery service FTD could go out of business or shrink its operations this summer if it doesn’t find a buyer or raise money by June 1, the company said Monday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Could Tesla's shift to online sales mean the end of your friendly local car dealer?
Thursday - 03/14/2019 - 11:40 AMPackey Webb Ford, a 57-year-old Downers Grove car dealer with the oldest of old-school jingles — the impossible-to-shake “The Whole Town’s Talking About the Webb Boys” — has bet more than $20 million on what it hopes will be the dealership of the future.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Skycrapers, massive transit center could reshape area around Soldier Field
Wednesday - 03/13/2019 - 07:00 PMChicago’s skyline could extend all the way south to McCormick Place, under a multibillion-dollar development plan unveiled Wednesday that would create a row of gleaming skyscrapers atop a massive new transit center.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- As more countries ground Boeing 737 Max 8, passengers consider avoiding aircraft
Tuesday - 03/12/2019 - 05:05 PMBacklash against Boeing’s 737 Max 8 jet grew Tuesday as European aviation regulators joined countries in Asia and Latin America grounding the aircraft involved in two deadly crashes within less than six months.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share