O’Hare and Midway are best airports for making connections, survey says
Could this be the explanation for those long lines at local airports' coffee bars? O'Hare is the most connected airport in the world, and Midway is the most connected for...
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New Chicago tax leaves shoppers holding the bag
The classic checkout question — paper or plastic — will soon pose a new dilemma for cost-conscious Chicago shoppers, who face a new tax on either choice. Beginning Jan. 1,...
Group aims to preserve affordable housing on gentrifying Northwest Side
Four years ago, Gabriela Perez was a tenant living in a four-flat in foreclosure, worried her family would be tossed out on the street. Today, Perez and her children remain...
Zoro works hard to preserve its startup culture
It's not everywhere the boss gives away meat at the weekly staff meeting. But at Zoro, an online seller of industrial supplies, President Seth Erickson figured adding a spin-the-wheel-for-the-meat game...
ACLU fundraising chief works toward $5 million goal
When Monique Hanson sold her first box of Girl Scout Cookies at age 8, she got hooked on fundraising. She went from selling cookies door-to-door to raffles in high school...
Wilson Sporting Goods picks up company protecting ballplayers at the plate
When Kris Bryant or Javier Baez step to the plate for the Chicago Cubs on Friday night, few will be paying close attention to the gear protecting them from a...
Chicago-area home sales flat in September
After an end-of-summer surge, Chicago-area home sales were flat in September. Prices, however, climbed. Only eight more homes were sold last month compared with the year before, an increase of...
Cubs giving you a case of playoff fever at work?
Dave Broussard was pretty down about the Cubs' loss to the San Francisco Giants Monday night and wasn't up to going to work Tuesday morning. So the die-hard Cubs fan...
Fans wait overnight to purchase MAC’s Selena makeup line
MAC Cosmetics' new makeup line honoring Latin pop icon Selena Quintanilla-Perez drew a long line of about 100 people at one Chicago store Thursday. Christina Alonso, 30, of Logan Square,...
Sandwich chain Cosi files for bankruptcy, Chicago-area locations still open
Sputtering sandwich and coffee chain Cosi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week and is hoping to sell itself to lenders. The Boston-based company said Wednesday the move will allow...