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U.S. attorney seeks 5-7 years for ‘spoofing’ trader Michael Coscia

June 10, 2018 at 11:15 a.m.

The U.S. attorney's office is recommending futures trader Michael Coscia be sentenced to five to seven years in prison. In November, Coscia, 54, was convicted on all 12 counts, six...

Elliot Kaye, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and CPSC employees demonstrate how Ikea chests could hurt children. Ikea said June 28, 2016, that it would recall its Malm dresser model in the U.S. and Canada after children in the U.S. were crushed to death when the chests tipped over.

Recalled Ikea dressers show up for sale on Craigslist, Facebook

June 11, 2018 at 9:51 p.m.

A string of Ikea dressers have been put up for sale on online selling platforms such as Craigslist in the days since the company recalled them because of safety hazards....

Chicago’s PrivateBancorp to be sold to Toronto-based CIBC for $3.8 billion

June 11, 2018 at 9:51 p.m.

The Chicago-based parent of PrivateBank will be acquired by Toronto-based CIBC for $3.8 billion, further opening the Canadian bank's door to the lucrative U.S. wealth management market in one of...

An adult-sized tricycle and a high chair are among the adult-sized child items seen June 9, 2016, at Tykables in Mount Prospect. The business sells adult diapers.

Adult diaper-fetish business sets off fears in Mount Prospect

June 10, 2018 at 1:55 p.m.

Neighbors in northwest suburban Mount Prospect are making a stink about a new business that caters to adults with not-so-grown-up tastes. Tykables, which sells adult-size diapers, has been at the...

Ryan Beshel, principal at the Six4Creative PR firm, stands for a portrait Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the Chicago Athletic Assocation in Chicago.

Image-maker Ryan Beshel helps sell the story

June 10, 2018 at 12:55 p.m.

Ryan Beshel helps sell the story, but he's also gotten where he is by being the story. Beshel started out at age 26 with The Bowtie Memoirs, a blog that...

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at the University of California at Berkeley, seen here at Harvard's ceremony, said, "I also learned that when life sucks you under, you can kick against the bottom, find the surface and breathe again."

2016 commencement speeches: Wisdom and wit

August 21, 2019 at 6:35 p.m.

In the business of annual commencement speeches — in which the very accomplished are tasked with imparting their wisdom to young, fresh-faced upstarts — it doesn't get more simple than...

The Exelon Quad Cities nuclear power plant in Cordova, Ill., is seen in 2007. Exelon says the plant is unprofitable due to increased competition from lower-cost natural gas plants and because transmission costs are higher because it's sharing the same lines with wind power from other states.

Exelon details plans to close Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear plants

June 10, 2018 at 11:57 a.m.

Exelon said Thursday it would move ahead with plans to shutter the Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear plants, blaming the lack of progress on Illinois energy legislation, but said its...

T-Mobile is expanding is Chicago-area presence by acquiring more spectrum.

T-Mobile expands coverage in Chicago area

June 11, 2018 at 11:07 p.m.

In an effort to catch up with archrivals Verizon and AT&T, T-Mobile said it is expanding coverage in the Chicago area. The wireless carrier said Wednesday it is acquiring spectrum...

Garett Bonk, 27, a student at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, has a job lined up after graduation with elder-law firm Delaney, Delaney & Voorn.

New MBAs, law school grads optimistic about job prospects

June 10, 2018 at 1:40 p.m.

The job search is kind of a touchy subject for Garett Bonk and his peers. The Crown Point, Ind., native nailed down a job with elder-law firm Delaney, Delaney &...

Containers of Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty are displayed April 7, 2016, at the Building Blocks Toy Store in Chicago.

Kids getting stuck on Thinking Putty

August 18, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

In the old days it was jelly bracelets and Cabbage Patch Kids. These days, Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty — a cooler, hipper and pricier Silly Putty alternative — is poised...

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