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Norwegian Air jets are shown in Stockholm in 2015. The airline announced plans to expand its service from Chicago, with flights to Rome and Paris.

Norwegian Air to offer cheap flights from Chicago to Paris and Rome, starting at $209, next summer

November 12, 2019 at 12:03 p.m.

Budget airline Norwegian Air is expanding its service from Chicago, adding nonstop flights to Paris and Rome next summer. The Norway-based carrier, which already operates flights from Chicago's O'Hare International...

Alix Hildal, 28, left, instructs a Mindful Yoga Chicago class at Sheil Community Center Park in Lake View on Nov. 6, 2019. She is one of the instructors that are part of veteran Melissa Leger's yoga instruction company started through Bunker Labs.

Helping veterans launch startups: ‘There’s a level of resilience that a lot of people in the military have, which is great for running your own business’

November 11, 2019 at 2:28 p.m.

Ask Navy veteran-turned-entrepreneur Todd Connor to describe the experience of leaving military service and his answer goes something like this: Imagine you are a successful lawyer in Seattle and then...

The Walgreens store at State and Randolph streets is seen July 20, 2015 in Chicago. Walgreens Boots Alliance is reportedly in talks with private equity firm KKR to take the drugstore chain private.

Walgreens in talks with private equity firm KKR for leveraged buyout: report

November 11, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is in talks with private equity firm KKR to take the drugstore chain private in what could be one of the largest leveraged buyouts, Bloomberg reported Monday....

Anne Anglin, senior manager for financial reporting, is seen at Morningstar's headquarters in Chicago on Sept. 24, 2019. Anglin likes the collaborative spirit at Morningstar. "People just feel like they can go to someone's desk and not have to knock on their door," she said. "That's a big deal."

‘No barriers, no hierarchies’ at Morningstar, where a paid sabbatical helps make employees more productive

November 8, 2019 at 8:10 a.m.

Morningstar senior software engineer Piyali Kamra is already thinking about three years from now, when she'll take her teenage daughter to college. "I told her 'I'm probably going to just...

Starbucks will give a total of $10 million to four Chicago-based community development groups, the coffee giant said Monday.

Starbucks gives $10 million to help boost small business in Chicago’s neighborhoods

October 29, 2019 at 7:44 a.m.

Starbucks is giving a total of $10 million to four Chicago-based community development groups to boost their economic development initiatives. The groups, Accion Chicago, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Local Initiatives...

Women in the workplace: The glass ceiling may be breaking — but now the ‘broken rung’ blocks advancement

October 20, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

The glass ceiling has long been talked about as the barrier keeping women from top roles in the workplace. A new report says there's a more pervasive problem facing women...

More than 1,000 television stations must move frequencies to make room for wireless services, and that means viewers need to rescan their TVs.

If you use an antenna, you must rescan your TV by Friday. Here’s how and why.

October 16, 2019 at 11:06 a.m.

If you're not a cable subscriber and use an antenna to watch free TV, you'll have to tinker with your television by Friday. Viewers of free "over the air" television...

Bill Penzey, right, founder of Penzeys Spices, talks to quality control manager Scott Nelson in the retail shop in Brookfield, Wis. in 2007.

A Wisconsin-based spice-seller is second only to Trump in spending on impeachment ads

October 11, 2019 at 12:33 p.m.

Bill Penzey minces no words when it comes to his feelings about President Donald Trump. The owner of Wauwatosa, Wis.-based Penzeys Spices, which has a store in Naperville, was thrust...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot stands with Chicago Public Schools leaders at a news conference about contract negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union, at City Hall on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019.

CPS teachers want an affordable housing provision in their contract. It’s among the new topics starting to land on bargaining tables.

October 9, 2019 at 3:25 p.m.

A new topic has landed on the bargaining table as the Chicago Teachers Union hammers out a new contract with the Chicago Public Schools: affordable housing. On Tuesday, Mayor Lori...

Kate Bensen, CEO of the Chicago Network, will step down from her post next spring.

Chicago Network CEO Kate Bensen to step down from leading organization that promotes female leadership

October 1, 2019 at 2:51 p.m.

Chicago Network President and CEO Kate Bensen has decided to leave the invitation-only networking organization next spring, the organization said Tuesday. Bensen has worked at the Loop-based group, which represents...

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