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Parked vehicles are seen in an aerial view of the Ford Motor Co. Chicago Assembly Plant on Chicago's Far South Side, on April 1, 2017.

From Model T to SUVs: Ford’s Chicago factories to get $1 billion upgrade, add 500 jobs to build latest models

February 7, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it would invest $1 billion in its Chicago-area manufacturing operations to expand production of its Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator sport utility vehicles. The...

The seat for United Airlines' Polaris class are demonstrated June 16, 2016, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. United plans to add more than 1,600 premium seats, which include first-class seating and the expansive Polaris seats, to nearly 250 reconfigured jets.

More room, for a price: United adding first-class seats to regional jets out of Chicago, expanding Polaris too

February 6, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

For most airline passengers, boarding a plane means walking past a few rows of first-class or business-class seats before getting to the many rows of increasingly cramped economy seats. That,...

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