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Cortlon Cofield helps millennials afford both mortgages and avocado toast
On the 28th floor of a South Loop high-rise, Cortlon Cofield, owner and financial planner at Cofield Advisors, has to get creative with his 20- to 30-year-old clients to help...
For many women, college debt means dreams delayed
It’s a struggle each month for Khallilah Beecham-Watkins to balance her student loan payment with the expense of supporting a young family. The 28-year-old education program specialist for a local...
Lakeview businesses brace for the unknown during Thursday’s anti-violence protest
Come Thursday evening, customers on the rooftop at the Old Crow Smokehouse in Wrigleyville may notice that access to the edge is cordoned off farther back than usual. That’s to...
Sears is closing stores. Carson’s is going out of business. But discount retailers are expanding and racking up sales.
Idris Seghilani doesn’t mind the stuffed racks or long lines at Last Chance in Lombard’s Yorktown Center. He doesn’t even mind the 45-minute drive from Chicago to get to the...
Not just a feel-good step: Businesses are increasingly hiring people with disabilities, and it’s helping the bottom line
When Glynis Harvey and Mark Cagley opened Hidden Manna Cafe four years ago, the couple did not set out to hire people with disabilities. But then a social service agency...
Chicago Boat Rentals sues Groupon, alleging fraudulent refund scheme
Groupon is facing a lawsuit alleging the Chicago-based online deals site kept hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds from boat rental vouchers without reimbursing the rental company or its...
Peet’s Coffee taps former Wrigley executive as new CEO
Peet’s Coffee has tapped a former longtime Wrigley executive as its new CEO, the California-based chain announced. Casey Keller will take over effective Aug. 6, replacing Dave Burwick, who had...
CVS fires 2 Edgewater store employees after white manager calls cops on black customer
CVS has fired two employees at a store in the Edgewater neighborhood who called the police on a black female customer Saturday after she attempted to use a coupon. “We...
Build-A-Bear offers customers vouchers after shutting down lines for ‘Pay Your Age Day’ promotion
Katie Nanak used Build-A-Bear Workshop’s “Pay Your Age Day” promotion as a bribe all week, encouraging daughter Claire, 5, and son Teddy, 3, to go to bed on their own...