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Phyllis Buchanan, works Nov. 16, 2016, at Easterseaks in downtown Chicago. Buchanan got her job as an information and referral associate after training funded by the federal Senior Community Service Employment Program.

Older workers get boost from federal training program, but do they get jobs?

June 8, 2018 at 6:12 p.m.

It's formally called the Senior Community Service Employment Program. But its lofty title and mission — helping unemployed, low-income individuals age 55 and older get temporary jobs and training at...

Illinois drivers who use Geico can expect to see their premiums increase by an average of 3.5 percent, according to state records.

Geico to hike Illinois auto insurance rates

June 8, 2018 at 6:08 p.m.

Geico, part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, plans to raise its car insurance rates for 192,698 Illinois policyholders next year by an average of 3.5 percent, according to state records....

Donald Trump speaks to a crowd in Cincinnati as part of his "thank you" tour.

Trump emerging as financial risk for companies, SEC documents show

June 8, 2018 at 6:34 p.m.

In the list of potential risk factors that companies include in their regulatory filings, a new one has surfaced: Donald Trump. Methode Electronics, a Chicago-based designer and maker of parts...

David Samson, right, arrives at federal court with his lawyer in Newark, N.J., on July 14, 2016. Samson pleaded guilty to a federal charge of soliciting a bribe for pressuring United Airlines to reinstate a money-losing flight offering convenient access to his vacation home. He was chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the time of the bribery.

United settles with SEC over a money-losing route that connected an official with his vacation home

June 8, 2018 at 8:41 p.m.

The "chairman's flight" from New Jersey to South Carolina will cost $2.4 million for the parent company of Chicago-based United Airlines. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and United Continental...

Paul Marshall walks on his farm near Serena in LaSalle County on the site of proposed power line on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Marshall is a farmer and board member of the Illinois Landowners Alliance trying to block Rock Island Clean Line LLC from building an electric transmission line across his property.

Battle over $600M wind power superhighway heads to Illinois Supreme Court

June 8, 2018 at 10:03 p.m.

Rock Island Clean Line envisions building an electric project that would transmit wind energy to Grundy County in Illinois from planned turbines in Iowa. Backers say $600 million would be...

Dog grooming school sued by Illinois

June 8, 2018 at 10:51 p.m.

The state of Illinois is suing an Arlington Heights dog grooming school, claiming that its students were defrauded out of thousands of dollars because the business lacked the necessary state...

Family feud erupts at Hallmark dealer

June 9, 2018 at 12:10 a.m.

Family businesses sometimes are ripped apart by warring siblings. The outwardly warm-and-fuzzy world of greeting cards is no exception. Once the nation's biggest independent Hallmark store chain, Kirlins Inc. is...

Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas executive placement firm, said MBAs can signal a go-getter mentality to potential employers.

U. of C., Northwestern both drop in Businessweek’s business school rankings

June 9, 2018 at 12:49 a.m.

The reputations of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University both got knocked down a few pegs in Bloomberg Businessweek's 2016 ranking of the nation's best business schools. Chicago's Booth...

The state of Illinois has sued AT&T, alleging that the communications company lied about work that it was required to farm out to a minority business in a $144 million contract.

Illinois sues AT&T over minority contract

June 9, 2018 at 3:20 a.m.

The state of Illinois has sued AT&T, alleging that the communications company lied about work that it was required to farm out to a minority business in a $144 million...

British futures trader Navinder Singh Sarao, seen here on March 23, 2016, pleaded guilty in Chicago on Nov. 9 to wire fraud and spoofing, including for his role in the May 6, 2010, markets crash that saw tens of billions of dollars lost in just five minutes.

‘Flash crash’ trader pleads guilty in Chicago

June 9, 2018 at 3:36 a.m.

The British "flash crash" trader pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a Chicago federal court to wire fraud and spoofing, including for his role in the May 6, 2010, markets crash...

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