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San Antonio-based massage chain Massage Heights is entering the Chicago market.

Massage Heights plans to expand to Chicago area

June 11, 2018 at 2:38 a.m.

Watch out Massage Envy. Massage Heights said it plans to enter the Illinois market and open 35 Chicago-area massage therapy locations over the next seven years. The San Antonio-based company...

Demolition continues May 27, 2015, at the former A. Finkl & Sons steel plant on Cortland Street near the North Branch of the Chicago River. The area is in a planned manufacturing district but the city may loosen up zoning restrictions on such areas.

Finkl steel site, other industrial sites could see looser zoning restrictions

June 12, 2018 at 2:09 a.m.

The city of Chicago announced a plan Monday aimed at injecting life into sleepy industrial corridors, including the site of the former A. Finkl & Sons steel plant on the...

A Rolls-Royce Dawn is displayed Feb. 11, 2016, at the Chicago Auto Show. About 3,000 millionaires moved out of Chicago in 2015, according to a new report.

Millionaires are leaving Chicago, report says

June 8, 2018 at 9:12 p.m.

Millionaires are leaving Chicago more than any other city in the United States on a net basis, according to a new report. About 3,000 individuals with net assets of $1...

Lampert extends stay as Sears CEO until 2018, proxy shows

June 11, 2018 at 4:20 a.m.

Edward Lampert, the hedge fund manager who's also chief executive and majority shareholder of Sears Holdings, plans to keep the top job at the Hoffman Estates-based retailer for a while,...

State Farm patents product that could poke drowsy drivers

June 12, 2018 at 3:06 a.m.

Ever wish someone would suggest having a cup of coffee to stay alert before you really need one? Bloomington-based State Farm has received a patent for a system that includes...

The Internal Revenue Service is putting on a contest, offering cash prizes for suggestions on ways to improve its website for the public.

IRS holds contest to improve its website

June 12, 2018 at 1:53 a.m.

Tax information can baffle most consumers. So says the Internal Revenue Service itself. That's where "civic-minded technologists, designers and innovative thinkers" come in. The IRS announced last week that it's...

Victim Josh Rozman, of Tampa, Fla., flanked Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, speaks during a press conference to announce legal action against a Chicago-area debt collection operation that they allege coerced consumers into paying payday loan debts that the consumers did not owe, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Chicago.

Westmont-based companies accused in $3.8 million debt-collection scam

June 12, 2018 at 2:12 a.m.

Thousands of U.S. consumers lost at least $3.8 million after a network of Westmont-based businesses coerced them into paying loan debts that they either didn't owe or owed to others,...

Chicago home prices continue to lag

June 12, 2018 at 1:52 a.m.

Home prices in the Chicago area slipped 0.4 percent in January, slightly less than the 0.5 percent drop in December, while the overall U.S. real estate market has been flat,...

Motorola Solutions’ CEO compensation up 66 percent

June 8, 2018 at 9:39 p.m.

The total compensation of Motorola Solutions' chief executive rose 66 percent to $13.3 million last year as Greg Brown received a boost in incentive pay. The head of the Schaumburg-based...

The CNA Center, at 333 S. Wabash Ave., stands tall behind the newer Roosevelt University tower in the South Loop in this 2012 photo. CNA Financial has sold the building and plans to move to 151 N. Franklin St. in 2018.

CNA sells Loop headquarters for $108 million

June 11, 2018 at 2:29 a.m.

CNA Financial has sold its red Loop headquarters at 333 S. Wabash Ave. for $108 million in preparation for its move to its new home office nearby. The company, which...

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