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In this Jan. 4, 2012 photo, workers finish up the trim on the new State Farm sign on the northeast side of the insurance company's corporate headquarters campus in Bloomington, Ill. State Farm plans to lay off a number of IT workers at its headquarters.

State Farm cutting IT workers at Bloomington headquarters

December 14, 2018 at 9:30 p.m.

State Farm is offering voluntary buyouts and laying off some employees at its corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Ill., as it undergoes an information technology restructuring, the insurer said Tuesday. The...

An estimated 82,000 U.S. consumers who've used dating sites in the past three years have been scammed by individuals who shower them with compliments, romantic texts messages and promised dates, only to bilk them for money, the Better Business Bureau said.

Online dating scammers have bilked lonely hearts out of $1 billion, BBB says

August 22, 2019 at 2:47 a.m.

Looking for love online can leave you with a depleted bank account as well as a broken heart . An estimated 82,000 U.S. consumers who’ve used dating sites in the...

‘How does one airline run out of de-icer?’: Some gripes at Midway after Southwest’s cancellations

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Midway Airport was abuzz Monday with harried Southwest Airlines passengers trying to get their destinations a day after hundreds were stranded when the Dallas-based airline canceled all flights due to...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on February 6, 2018 in New York City. Following Monday's over 1000 point drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up over 500 points.

Experts advise nervous investors to chill out after Dow plunge

December 14, 2018 at 7:29 p.m.

After several days of wild mood swings, the stock market has finally chilled out. And so should investors, experts say. The markets steadied Tuesday with the Dow Jones industrial average...

Founder of Chicago firm charged in crackdown on futures ‘spoofing’

December 15, 2018 at 2:24 a.m.

The founder of a Chicago technology consulting firm was among eight people and three multinational banks charged Monday by federal authorities with committing commodities fraud through so-called spoofing trades. Federal...

Samsung and LG washing machines on display at Abt Electronics in Glenview on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

With new tariffs, get ready to pay more for imported washing machines and solar panels

May 24, 2018 at 12:19 a.m.

At $1,899, one of the priciest washing machines for sale at Abt Electronics in Glenview is Samsung's two-washers-in-one-machine Steel FlexWash. As a result of new tariffs approved by President Donald...

Walmart, Jewel-Osco join list of retailers taking steps to curb opioid epidemic

December 15, 2018 at 12:40 a.m.

Walmart and Jewel-Osco are joining the list of retailers making efforts to address the nation’s opioid epidemic. The world’s largest retailer said it wants to limit abuse of prescription opioids...

Jewel-Osco joins with other retailers in selling opioid antidote without a prescription

December 15, 2018 at 12:38 a.m.

Jewel-Osco has joined other retailers such as CVS and Walgreens in offering opioid overdose antidote Narcan without a prescription. Narcan, the brand name for nasal spray naloxone, can be dispensed...

Report ranks software developer as the best job in the U.S. this year

August 18, 2019 at 2:45 p.m.

For several years over the past decade, a day spent examining and fixing teeth was considered to be the “best job” in the United States, according to U.S. News &...

Clockwise from top left; Stephen Calk, Doug Cygan, Wendy DuBoe, Edward Lampert, Neela Montgomery, Andrea Zopp, Dirk Van de Put, Howard Tullman, Madhav Rajan, David Knopf.

Watch how these Chicagoans change the business world in 2018

December 17, 2018 at 11:17 p.m.

A new dean at one of the country’s top business schools, a wunderkind at Kraft Heinz, and a new chief at the city’s economic development arm. Each will take on...

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