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Frank and Oak, menswear brand for young creatives, to open in Bucktown

June 15, 2018 at 12:50 p.m.

Canadian menswear e-tailer Frank and Oak, which bills itself as a lifestyle brand "for the creative generation," is opening a long-term pop-up next month in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, marking its...

In this April 10, 2015 file photo, a customer examines Apple's new watch in New York.

Apple Watch coming to select Best Buy stores

June 15, 2018 at 12:38 p.m.

Apple Watch will be available at 100 Best Buy stores come Aug. 7, including two in the Chicago area, before a larger rollout for the holidays. Best Buy is the...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to propose changes to Chicago's transit-oriented development ordinance, which offers incentives to make room for bicycles.

Cars make way for bikes in transit-oriented housing proposal

June 15, 2018 at 12:50 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to soon introduce changes to the city's transit-oriented development ordinance that would dramatically expand the areas eligible for city incentives and let developers off the hook...

Job seeker Cory McClain, right, listens to Sam Cucci, of Teleperformance, during a June 10, 2015, job fair in Sunrise, Fla.

Chicago metro’s unemployment rate falls to 6.3 percent in June

June 15, 2018 at 1:01 p.m.

The Chicago metro area's unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in June from 7.3 percent a year prior, the lowest June unemployment since the recession hit, but it remains above...

Trunk Club stylist Adri Cgirdea helps customer Kevin Wright on Feb. 10, 2014, during a Valentine's Day-related event at the Luxury Garage Sale store on Chicago's North Side.

Trunk Club to debut women’s service

June 15, 2018 at 1:09 p.m.

Women yearning for wardrobe help have a new ally. Trunk Club this fall will debut a women's service that offers the same one-on-one personal styling advice that it has offered...

Jeffrey Allen, a Chicago police sergeant, and about 50 officers seek overtime pay for off-duty hours spent monitoring and responding to work emails and phone calls on their company-issued mobile devices.

Should workers get overtime for answering emails after hours?

June 15, 2018 at 1:14 p.m.

Jeffrey Allen would answer his work BlackBerry during Thanksgiving dinner, during his son's soccer match, on any number of Saturday afternoons. The phone would buzz with work-related texts, emails and...

Andrew Ruthberg of Chicago, a United flight attendant of 20 years, chants after getting off a bus at a protest outside Willis Tower on July 16, 2015.

United flight attendants protest long delays in joint contract talks

June 15, 2018 at 1:06 p.m.

About 100 United flight attendants marched outside Willis Tower on Thursday to demand a resolution to joint contract negotiations now three years in the works. "Friendly isn't free," they chanted,...

Starbucks to open store and training site in Englewood

May 25, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

Starbucks plans to open a store and training space next summer in Chicago's troubled Englewood neighborhood, part of its recently announced effort to put a dent in the dismal youth...

In Chicago, the employment rate of people age 16 to 19 is among the lowest in the nation at 16 percent, down from 21 percent before the Great Recession, according to a report released earlier this year.

Chicago to kick off big-business jobs initiative

May 25, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

Chicago will be the kickoff site for the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, a new coalition of big businesses hoping to provide jobs or training for disadvantaged 16- to 24-year-olds. The initiative,...

Shorter summer work hours: A perk or a stress creator?

May 25, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

Jamie Womack's Friday schedule looked something like this: six back-to-back meetings starting at 7:30 a.m., without a moment for a bathroom break. But around noon, while many Chicago cubicle dwellers...

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