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Former Outcome Health executive Rishi Shah, who faces criminal charges for his alleged role in a nearly $1 billion fraud scheme, resigned from the board of Chicago tech hub 1871 Tuesday.

Former Outcome Health executive Rishi Shah resigns from board of Chicago tech hub 1871

November 27, 2019 at 10:16 a.m.

Former Outcome Health executive Rishi Shah, who faces criminal charges for his alleged role in a nearly $1 billion fraud scheme, resigned from the board of Chicago tech hub 1871...

Columbia Care is among the medical marijuana dispensaries that got approval from the state Tuesday to begin selling recreational weed in January.

7 more medical marijuana stores approved to sell recreational weed, including 2 in Chicago

November 26, 2019 at 4:46 p.m.

Illinois has given seven more medical marijuana stores approval to begin selling recreational weed Jan. 1. That brings the total number approved around the state to 29, including six in...

Outcome Health co-founders Shradha Agarwal, left, and Rishi Shah face federal criminal charges, accused of running a massive fraud scheme. A criminal indictment unsealed Nov. 25, 2019, in U.S. District Court charges Shah, Agarwal and two other former executives with a combined 26 counts of fraud.

Feds file criminal charges against four former Outcome Health executives, alleging massive $1 billion fraud

November 25, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

Outcome Health and its former executives, Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal, were shining stars in Chicago's tech scene. There were plans to put the company's name on a skyscraper. A...

Illinois could be among the top five states for legal marijuana production by 2025, putting out more than 1 million pounds of weed that year.

Illinois will grow 1 million pounds of marijuana by 2025, ranking it among the top 5 pot-producing states, study says

November 22, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

Illinois could be among the top five states for legal marijuana production within five years, producing more than 1 million pounds of weed by 2025. A report from cannabis research...

The state gave eight more marijuana dispensaries permission to sell recreational weed, including ones in Chicago and one in Evanston, starting Jan. 1.

Eight more marijuana dispensaries approved to sell recreational weed, including stores in Chicago, Evanston and North Aurora

November 22, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

The state gave eight more marijuana dispensaries permission to sell recreational weed, including one in Chicago and one in Evanston, starting Jan. 1. That brings the total to 22 stores...

Savrut Pandya, left, working for the talent acquisition team at Relativity, leads a group of students on an Aug. 2, 2018 tour of the software company's Chicago office. Relativity, which has about 900 workers in its Chicago headquarters, has announced it plans to hire another 200 in 2020.

This Chicago tech company hired its 1,000th employee earlier this year. Now, Relativity is set to hire 200 more in 2020.

November 18, 2019 at 3:42 p.m.

Relativity, a Chicago-based software company that has hired about 200 people this year, plans to bring roughly 200 more employees on board in 2020, many of them software engineers. More...

Feds file criminal charges against three former Outcome Health employees

November 15, 2019 at 1:33 p.m.

A former Outcome Health executive was charged with felony wire fraud Thursday in connection with his work at the Chicago-based company, once a darling of the city's tech industry. Ashik...

West Coast-based software company Qualtrics already has 250 clients in Chicago. Now it’s hiring 200 people for a Loop office.

November 13, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.

Qualtrics, a software company headquartered in Salt Lake City and Seattle, plans to open a Chicago office next year and hire more than 200 employees. The 25,000-square-foot office, set to...

The state gave three more medical marijuana dispensaries permission to sell recreational cannabis, including two in Chicago.

Two more Chicago marijuana stores approved to sell recreational weed

November 6, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

The state gave three more medical marijuana dispensaries permission to sell recreational cannabis, including two in Chicago. That brings the total to 14 medical cannabis stores around the state, including...

Loyal and striking employees of Walgreen's drug stores protest near each other in the Loop. Some sign protested long hours and low pay, others carried signs proclaiming the company was fair.

Walgreens reportedly considers going private, possibly the largest leveraged buyout ever. Here’s what that could mean.

November 7, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Walgreens is exploring a potential deal to take the company private, as the pharmacy chain grapples with shifting costumer habits and pressures on its pharmacy business. Reuters first reported Tuesday...

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