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Two passengers linger near the check in area for United Airlines at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 1 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.

United Airlines will get $5 billion to avoid layoffs until the fall. It might only be a reprieve.

April 16, 2020 at 4:53 p.m.

United Airlines expects to get $5 billion in financial assistance from the federal government to keep paying employees as the COVID-19 pandemic devastates passenger air travel. Even with those funds,...

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, cars line up to pick up merchandise from Best Buy employees at the front door to the North Ave. location in Chicago on Saturday, March 28, 2020.

Best Buy to furlough 51,000 store employees amid coronavirus sales slump

April 15, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

Best Buy will furlough about 51,000 store employees in the U.S. on Sunday, adding to the thousands of retail workers thrown out of work when efforts to contain the coronavirus...

Dawn Rice restocks shelves at Mariano's in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood on March 19, 2020.

Workers now deemed ‘essential’ want more: How the coronavirus crisis might bring permanent labor gains on unionizing, sick leave and other issues

April 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.

Businesses operating through the coronavirus pandemic are rolling out new safety measures as COVID-19 cases proliferate inside and out of their workplaces. Masks are being distributed. Temperatures are being checked....

Potbelly is now selling groceries along with its menu items to generate sales during the coronavirus shutdown.

Want a pound of salami with that sandwich? As consumers stay home, some restaurants are selling groceries along with meals.

April 10, 2020 at 6:10 p.m.

Six weeks ago, Potbelly executives were celebrating signs that the sandwich chain's turnaround was finally paying off. Now, with fears of COVID-19 keeping diners home, it's trying to sell cold...

American Airlines Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport, Thursday, March 19, 2020.

American Airlines expands flight cuts into summer amid ‘record low’ demand during COVID-19

April 3, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.

American Airlines is canceling flights in the peak summer travel season amid restrictions on travel and "record low" demand from passengers during the coronavirus pandemic, the airline said Thursday. American...

Brad Schlueter, who just retired two days ago, looks for items to stay busy at home during a stop at Village True Value Hardware store in Western Springs on April 1, 2020.

Yes, hand sanitizer and toilet paper are COVID-19 quarantine essentials. So, apparently, are jigsaw puzzles, bread machines and paint.

April 2, 2020 at 11:59 a.m.

Kari DeHaven has been baking since she was a kid, learning from her grandma. But she'd never tried sourdough until a new work-from-home routine and inspiration from social media convinced...

The parking lot outside the Kohl's store at 251 N. Randall Road in Batavia was just about filled Thursday morning as customers enjoyed some post-Christmas shopping.

Macy’s, Gap, Kohl’s furlough employees at closed stores during coronavirus shutdown

March 31, 2020 at 8:18 a.m.

Gap and Kohl's joined Macy's in saying they will furlough employees at stores that remain closed indefinitely during the coronavirus pandemic. Gap will temporarily stop paying nearly 80,000 out of...

Rationing of high-demand goods, shoppers in masks and reminders to keep your distance. This is the brave new world of pandemic shopping.

March 31, 2020 at 8:47 a.m.

One week after Illinois' stay-at-home order went into effect, Chicago-area stores are no longer thronged with shoppers anxiously piling carts with toilet paper, canned beans and bottled water. Instead, a...

Chroma K8 Salon owner Kate Jotzat poses for a photograph at her salon on March 26, 2020, in Chicago. Jotzat had to close her business on March 14 because of COVID-19, or coronavirus, and hopes to receive low-interest loans to prevent permanent closure.

Illinois small businesses scramble for grants, loans to endure coronavirus. ‘We’re pursuing everything because we need it.’

March 27, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

Like many boutique hotel owners in Chicago, Bedderman Lodging is in crisis mode. The Chicago-based company has shuttered the 21-room Wheelhouse Hotel near Wrigley Field and the 52-room FieldHouse Jones...

Online shopping won’t get you hard-to-find items during coronavirus. ‘They’re not going to have any more success getting toilet paper than you are.’

March 24, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Think you're going to find online the frozen vegetables and toilet paper you can't find in stores? Think delivery is going to be quick? Think again. Grocery stores aren't just...

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