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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange work frantically as panic selling swept Wall Street in this Oct. 19, 1987 file photo.

30 years since Black Monday: Chicago investors in a daze: ‘There are guys who are ready to jump out the window’

June 1, 2018 at 8:40 p.m.

This article ran on the front page of the baiduhai on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1987, a day after "Black Monday," when the stock market suffered its biggest loss ever....

California flame retardant development, and its context

June 14, 2024 at 6:49 p.m.

Though obscure, fire-safety rules in California have a huge impact on consumers everywhere in the country because they influence how manufacturers make furniture sold in all states.Under a current California...

California flame retardant development, and its context

June 14, 2024 at 6:50 p.m.

Though obscure, fire-safety rules in California have a huge impact on consumers everywhere in the country because they influence how manufacturers make furniture sold in all states.Under a current California...

From watchdog to reform: Behind our pension reporting

May 9, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Since September, the Tribune and WGN-TV have been collaborating on Pension Games, a series detailing abuses and insider deals that undermine public pension systems in Chicago and Illinois. In the...

From watchdog to reform: Behind our pension reporting

December 23, 2018 at 8:31 p.m.

Since September, the Tribune and WGN-TV have been collaborating on Pension Games, a series detailing abuses and insider deals that undermine public pension systems in Chicago and Illinois. In the...

Our Watchdog mission

May 9, 2019 at 8:56 a.m.

The Tribune's watchdog mission means our reporters often spend time in government offices fighting for public records or on the phone asking tough questions. For the series continuing Thursday, it...

TALK OF THE TOWN

August 19, 2021 at 2:07 a.m.

Talk show novice and comedian Bertice Berry, profiled in the magazine March 20, 1994, was supposed to put the "fun" back in dysfunctional, as one of her staffers put it....

UPTON SINCLAIR UPDATED: WHAT EXACTLY IS IN TODAY’S SAUSAGE, ANYWAY?

August 19, 2021 at 1:46 a.m.

Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian-German lawmaker who, with the turn of a phrase in the 19th Century, created a sturdy clich and cast lasting aspersions on sausage (and politics)....

THE LOWDOWN ON LOW-FAT SAUSAGE

August 19, 2021 at 1:44 a.m.

Low-fat sausage, though it may seem like a contradiction in terms, is here to stay. Actually, according to sausage traditionalists, good-tasting low fat is the real incongruity. But you'll have...

INDICTMENTS OPEN DOOR FOR NEXT GANG

August 19, 2021 at 1:55 a.m.

An experienced gang crimes police officer was speculating Friday about which gang may profit most from the difficulties facing the Gangster Disciples in the wake of major federal indictments aimed...

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