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Volkswagen brand struggles as scandal persists

August 21, 2019 at 6:07 p.m.

The market for used Volkswagen diesel cars shows signs of worsening, and that concerns owners like Peter Haralovich. The Streator businessman owns a 2010 Jetta diesel, one of the models...

Allstate video with gay couple as new parents angers group

May 31, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

A conservative group is angered by an Allstate video showing two gay men discussing their new baby. American Family Association, based in Tupelo, Miss., is calling on consumers to sign...

A new study shows that banks and credit unions have few differences when it comes to overdraft fees.

Overdraft fees at credit unions, banks about the same: study

June 11, 2018 at 7:50 a.m.

Credit unions have a reputation as kinder, gentler versions of banks, but a new study shows that there's virtually no difference in what they charge consumers for overdrafts. The median...

Jerry Kamhi, CEO of Haberdash. The River North store is closing after 10 years.

Men’s store Haberdash to close

June 9, 2018 at 3:38 a.m.

Haberdash, a men's clothing store in Chicago's River North neighborhood, is closing its doors after 10 years. The end will come by late January, according to a sign on its...

Face oasis hydrating treatment cream moves down the packaging line at the H20 Plus packaging center in Chicago.

H2O closes Michigan Avenue store

June 11, 2018 at 6:41 a.m.

Skin care products maker H20 Plus has closed its store on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, its new chief executive confirms. The store's windows were mostly glazed over Monday morning, and there...

Eric Lipp, executive director of Open Doors Organization, sits in an aisle chair, a wheelchair used aboard airplanes, in the organization's offices in Chicago on Dec. 15, 2015. The seat at left is used inside airports. Lipp said he wishes it "would become a norm to put in an accessible restroom" on airplanes.

Baby-seat lugging parents, passengers with disabilities could see airline changes in future

June 16, 2018 at 9:20 a.m.

Federal airline regulators are taking steps to improve service for passengers who are disabled and for parents lugging child-safety seats onto planes. The U.S. Department of Transportation earlier this month...

On July 25, 2015, a Piper Comanche PA-24-250 hit a deer as the plane was nearing touchdown at the airport in Philip, S.D. The collision caused a crash landing and repair costs from the incident totaled $40,000.

Wildlife and planes don’t mix, government report shows

June 16, 2018 at 9:26 a.m.

Since 1990, about 160,000 incidents of wildlife striking civil airplanes have occurred, according to a report earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Federal Aviation Administration....

About three dozen Illinois-based businesses received perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign's 2016 Corporate Equality Index. The scores are based on such criteria as employee benefits, diversity training and employee recruiting.

AbbVie, Discover among local companies with perfect LGBT-rights scores

June 16, 2018 at 9:40 a.m.

A.T. Kearney, AbbVie and Discover are among the best Chicago-area companies to work for if you're lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a new study. They're among the local...

Looking down at the courtyard on the first floor of the store. It's the home for the Three Arts Club Cafe.

Restoration Hardware’s Chicago store ‘on track’ to exceed expectations

January 8, 2020 at 6:47 p.m.

Restoration Hardware said its 2-month-old Chicago flagship, which blurs the lines between retail, hospitality and home, is "well on track to exceed" expectations, with its food and beverage operations doing...

6-year-old Caroline Dickinson makes her American Girl doll, also named Caroline, into a veterinarian.

Forget Malibu Barbie. STEM dolls for girls take off

June 16, 2018 at 10:08 a.m.

For years a general complaint about dolls has been that they send the wrong messages to children, whether it's promoting an unrealistic body image or reinforcing stereotypes about girly interests....

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