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Chicago-based mortgage provider Guaranteed Rate stands by the company's new business development director despite her revoked real estate license.

Guaranteed Rate stands by exec with revoked real estate license

June 5, 2018 at 8:53 a.m.

People make mistakes. That's what Victor Ciardelli, chief executive and founder of Chicago-based mortgage provider Guaranteed Rate, said when he learned that his company's new business development director has blemishes...

Caterpillar to close Aurora plant, cut 800 jobs

June 5, 2018 at 9:04 a.m.

Caterpillar plans to close a machine production plant in Aurora, putting about 800 hourly employees out of work, the company confirmed Friday. The Peoria-based heavy equipment manufacturer said in January...

In this July 17, 2016 file photo, then-DonaldTrump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland.

Chicago bank tangled up in intrigue over ex-Trump aide Manafort

August 6, 2019 at 4:59 p.m.

A Chicago savings bank has found itself ensnared in the saga of former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is under scrutiny for his dealings with a Russian businessman....

Tinley Park based-buyer of distressed homes files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

June 5, 2018 at 10:33 a.m.

A suburban Chicago company known for buying foreclosed homes, fixing them up and renting them out now finds itself in financial trouble. Tinley Park-based Mack Industries sought protection from creditors...

Time for a break during a snowmobile outing on Myrdalsjokull glacier in Iceland.

Offering $99 flights to Iceland, Wow Air picks Chicago for 1st Midwest market

June 5, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

Wow Air will offer flights starting at $99 from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Iceland starting July 13, marking the Icelandic carrier's entry into the Midwest market. For $149 travelers...

Imelda Abeja touches up a shirt using a hot press Marc 21, 2017, at the CD One Price Cleaners in Countryside. The 36-store chain offers clean-and-fold laundry, alterations and other services as it works to stay relevant to comsumers.

Dry cleaners, seeking new ways to survive, take inspiration from restaurants and retail

June 5, 2018 at 11:21 a.m.

Rafiq Karimi Jr. isn't about to let anything or anyone get in the way of cleaning clothes. Not consumers wearing lower-maintenance casual clothes to work. Not retailers selling inexpensive "disposable"...

Commonwealth Edison residential customers who have seen their bills climb recently will get a bit of a break after the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a small rate cut to take effect April 1.

Rate cut will trim average ComEd bill less than 50 cents a month, watchdog says

June 5, 2018 at 11:55 a.m.

Commonwealth Edison residential customers who have seen their bills climb recently by about $2 a month as part of a $127 million rate case last year will see some relief....

KidZania play city coming to Oakbrook Center in 2019

June 5, 2018 at 12:09 p.m.

A "mini-city" that allows children to play at pretend jobs like truck driver, baker or doctor is expected to open in 2019 at Oakbrook Center. The KidZania will be among...

Forklift drivers move products along at the sprawling Wirtz Beverage Group warehouse facility in Cicero, Monday, Oct.19, 2015. The company is now known as Breakthru Beverage.

Judge tosses lawsuit alleging alcohol smuggling by execs at Wirtz-led firm

June 5, 2018 at 1:34 p.m.

A smuggling lawsuit filed in September against two top executives at Breakthru Beverage Group, an alcohol wholesale company co-led by Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz, has been dismissed by a federal...

Vanderbilt guard Matthew Fisher-Davis (5) steals the ball from Northwestern guard Bryant McIntosh (30) during the first half.

Northwestern could cash in on first NCAA Tournament bid, ‘reawaken’ alumni

June 5, 2018 at 2:27 p.m.

The first appearance by Northwestern University's men's basketball team in the NCAA Tournament could mean a boost for everything from enrollment applications to sponsorships, sports industry experts say. All teams...

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