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Abbott Laboratories reports strong sales growth

June 16, 2018 at 4:35 p.m.

Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday that results held up better than expected in the second quarter despite the impact of a strong dollar, as the health care company reported strong sales...

Pedestrians walk near the headquarters of Aetna in Hartford, Conn., in July 2008.

Aetna-Humana merger plans raise questions for Illinois Medicare beneficiaries

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

Aetna's agreement to acquire rival Humana would further concentrate the business of selling private Medicare plans to seniors in Illinois, according to data provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation. In...

Emad Rizk is the CEO of Accretive Health.

Accretive exploring strategic options after spurning bid

June 15, 2018 at 1:35 p.m.

Hospital billing company Accretive Health is exploring strategic alternatives after turning down an unsolicited offer from its largest customer. The Chicago-based company said the offer from Ascension Health, one of...

Bianca Medici, left, a corporate recruiter for CDM Media, speaks with job applicants during a National Career Fairs job fair in Chicago on April 22, 2015.

Illinois jobless rate drops in June

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

The Illinois jobs report was a mixed picture in June, as the unemployment rate fell below 6 percent for the first time in more than seven years but the state...

Frank Clark talks to reporters during a news conference where Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Clark's appointment to president of the Chicago Board of Education on July 16, 2015.

Chicago school board’s new head brings business, political experience

August 18, 2019 at 8:03 p.m.

Frank Clark's reputation as a savvy business leader with political smarts will be tested as president of the Chicago Board of Education. Clark, the former chairman and CEO of Commonwealth...

Another Walgreens executive leaves the company

June 15, 2018 at 1:36 p.m.

Jeff Berkowitz, an executive vice president at Walgreens Boots Alliance, has left the company, according to an internal memo provided to the Tribune. Berkowitz led the Deerfield-based company's pharmaceutical and...

As of March 2015, DeVry University operated 82 campus locations, including the Addison campus at 1221 N. Swift Road, one of nine in Illinois.

DeVry lays off 90, will close Chicago office

June 15, 2018 at 1:03 p.m.

DeVry Education Group said it will close an office in Chicago in September and has returned $100,000 to the city that the for-profit higher education company received in tax increment...

Sears names Gymboree executive as president

June 17, 2018 at 4:03 a.m.

Sears Holdings said Tuesday that Joelle Maher has joined the company as president and chief member officer of its Sears stores. Maher, 48, was most recently chief operating officer of...

A leading authority on corporate governance issues said a chief executive is normally not the largest shareholder in a large public corporation like Walgreens.

With new CEO, Walgreens faces unique governance issues

June 16, 2018 at 4:44 p.m.

Stefano Pessina, Walgreens Boots Alliance's chief executive officer, is also the company's largest shareholder, which raises unusual corporate governance issues, experts said. Pessina became the permanent CEO last week after...

Walgreens names Stefano Pessina permanent CEO

June 15, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.

Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday named Stefano Pessina chief executive officer, cementing his position at the helm of the international drugstore chain. The 73-year-old Italian-born billionaire had been interim CEO...

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