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Microsoft Ignite: Greater opportunities for women in data-related jobs

May 20, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

Big data could offer big opportunities to technical women. With more and more companies collecting data from users and monitoring their own activity as well, data scientists are in greater...

Motorola Solutions 1Q sales flat; adjusted profit/share beats analysts

May 20, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Motorola Solutions, the Schaumburg-based maker of communication equipment, on Wednesday reported that first-quarter 2015 sales were flat compared with a year ago, though sales and adjusted earnings per share beat...

Groupon tops expectations on 1Q earnings, falls short on revenue

May 20, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Groupon reported first-quarter 2015 earnings results after the markets closed Tuesday afternoon, exceeding expectations on earnings per share but missing on revenue amid the sale of online ticket seller Ticket...

ParkWhiz introduces flat-rate parking, including $5/hour, in Chicago

May 20, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

ParkWhiz on Tuesday introduced flat-rate parking at more than 100 of its Chicago-area parking facilities. Customers can now reserve an hour of parking for $5, two hours for $10 and...

Home automation provides numerous opportunities to improve energy efficiency, and also to make individuals' and families' lives easier and healthier, said panelists at the "Surge Series 2015: Why Are Our Homes Still Dumb?" event.

Smarter homes: Why one day, two blinks of the light could mean rain

May 20, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

It's been more than 50 years since the world met Rosie the Robot, yet the likelihood of the world resembling "The Jetsons" — which was set in 2062 — remains...

Mumzy enters crowdfunding field with platform for entrepreneurial moms

May 20, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Motherhood is a challenging endeavor, and mothers often face it with innovative solutions. So says Chicago entrepreneur Catherine Merritt. "Moms are really innovative and they have all these ideas," she...

YWCA CEO Dorri McWhorter said her company will get a cut of each sale made through YShop. The site features local vendors including Chicago locals Guard Llama, PrettyQuick, Maria Pinto and Akira.

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago opens YShop to reach ‘humanity in all of us’

May 20, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

If consumers spent for charity the way they do for personal goods, non-profits such as YWCA Metropolitan Chicago would be raking in a lot more. That's why it's venturing into...

Privlo, ‘cool math’ and mortgage eligibility for founders, others

May 20, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Privlo, a Los Angeles-based alternative mortgage company, expanded to Chicago in mid-April, bringing its focus on lending to contract-worker Millennials, entrepreneurs and others who don't earn steadily throughout the year....

Volunteers collect relief funds in Bangalore for victims of the earthquake disaster in Nepal.

Nepal earthquake relief includes efforts from United, LuminAID, others

May 20, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

Chicago-based United Airlines, solar lamp startup LuminAID and fund-raising platform GiveForward have launched relief efforts for the Nepal earthquake that killed more than 4,000 people. Facebook is matching donations through...

EY and the importance of vision in its Entrepreneur of Year program

May 20, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

EY unveiled Midwest finalists Monday for its 29th Entrepreneur of the Year program. The 31 honorees include tech notables Al Goldstein ? of Avant and Mike Sands, Eric Lunt and...

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