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Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Innovation Award winners ring Nasdaq closing bell

May 21, 2019 at 2:55 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined an annual Chicago Innovation Awards tradition Monday afternoon: ringing the closing bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York with the most recent batch of...

Motorola Solutions CEO’s compensation drops more than $1 million

May 21, 2019 at 2:55 a.m.

Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown's compensation dropped nearly 8 percent in 2016, compared to the year before, as his stock and option awards fell. Brown, who heads up the Chicago-based...

Where to buy a Nintendo Switch this weekend

May 21, 2019 at 2:54 a.m.

In a perfectly nostalgic turn of events, the Nintendo Switch will be available at Toys R Us this weekend. The super-popular gaming device has been tough to find at its...

Could Vivid Seats, a Chicago-based online ticket site, sell for $1.5 billion?

May 21, 2019 at 2:54 a.m.

Vivid Seats, the Chicago-based secondary ticket marketplace, could be up for sale with a desired price tag of $1.5 billion. TechCrunch reported the news Thursday, citing a Bloomberg terminal report...

Jellyvision raises $20 million so early investors can cash out

May 21, 2019 at 2:53 a.m.

Longtime investors in human resources software maker Jellyvision Lab have finally gotten their payday. The company, which employs more than 350 in Chicago, announced Tuesday it raised $20 million through...

AT&T wants out of Illinois-wide mandate to run landline phones

May 21, 2019 at 2:52 a.m.

A longstanding rule requiring AT&T to provide landline service to many Illinois residents could be going away, but watchdogs say the proposal needs more safeguards to protect rural and low-income...

Desiree Vargas Wrigley, CEO and founder of Pearachute, a monthly subscription service for kids' activities, atCocoonCare in Chicago.

Pearachute, a business for kids, now counts their parents as investors

May 21, 2019 at 2:52 a.m.

For inexperienced investors looking to back private companies, a business they already patronize as customers can be an attractive target. Pearachute, the Chicago-based kids' activity booking platform launched last year...

Chicago colleges team up to sponsor entrepreneurs on H-1B visas

May 21, 2019 at 2:53 a.m.

As tech employers deal with changes to a visa program for high-skilled workers under the Trump administration, a group of Chicago-area colleges is partnering to establish programs for international entrepreneurs....

Motorola Solutions accuses Chinese company Hytera of stealing trade secrets

May 21, 2019 at 2:52 a.m.

Chicago-based Motorola Solutions has sued China's Hytera Communications, accusing the radio-maker of infringing on patents and using secrets stolen by poached employees. Motorola Solutions filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the...

Chicago’s Corazon Capital raises $40 million to invest in startups

May 21, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.

Chicago-based Corazon Capital, the venture capital firm co-founded by ShopRunner CEO Sam Yagan ?, has raised a $40 million fund. Corazon had raised $37 million of the $39.9 million offering...

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