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United Airlines has joined airlines offering cheaper but more restrictive fares on some flights from the U.S. and Canada to Europe.

United rolls out version of basic economy fares on trans-Atlantic flights

December 13, 2018 at 6:09 a.m.

United Airlines has joined the fray of carriers offering cheaper but more restrictive fares on some trans-Atlantic flights. At Chicago-based United, the new fares went on sale last week on...

People stand for photographs before VIPs arrive June 11, 2018, after an Ethiopian Airlines flight arrived from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at O'Hare International Airport. It was the first direct scheduled flight between Chicago and Africa.

First direct flights from Chicago to Africa begin this week

December 13, 2018 at 6:09 a.m.

A flight that arrived at O'Hare International Airport on Monday marked the start of the first direct flights between Chicago and Africa. The Chicago Department of Aviation and Ethiopian Airlines...

Workers exit the Orangeteory Fitness facility at the Yorktown Center shopping mall on June 5, 2018, in Lombard.

Rooftop pools, UFC gyms and cycling studios: Fitness centers filling retail void at Chicago-area malls

December 12, 2018 at 8:53 p.m.

While mall walkers strolled Yorktown Center’s quiet corridors before most shops opened Monday morning, a handful of visitors in search of a tougher workout strode straight from their cars to...

Kit Naramore, of the Alabama-based company Shipt, is helping roll out the shopping and delivery service at the Target store in the 1100 block of West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago.

As pickup and delivery options proliferate in Chicago, retailers hope to add convenience, avoid confusion

December 13, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

The questions shoppers faced at the checkout counter used to be as simple as “cash or credit?” and “paper or plastic?” Today — especially online — it’s a little more...

Sears announced earlier this year that it would close its last Chicago store, located in the Six Corners shopping district on the edge of the Portage Park neighborhood.

Sears gets more time to repay lenders, including funds tied to CEO Edward Lampert and Bill Gates

December 13, 2018 at 5:46 a.m.

Sears has won additional time to repay money borrowed from lenders including affiliates of Chairman and CEO Edward Lampert and Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment. Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. extended...

5 Illinois Sears and Kmart stores among dozens identified in latest round of closures

December 14, 2018 at 9:29 a.m.

Sears Holdings announced plans Thursday to close 63 unprofitable stores — including five in Illinois — after another quarter of losses and slowing sales. The latest round of closures will...

Protesters gather outside of a Starbucks in Philadelphia on April 15, 2018, where two black men were arrested after employees called police to say the men were trespassing. Starbucks is giving anti-bias training to all employees.

‘All eyes are on Starbucks’ as it seeks to fight discrimination

June 24, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

Starbucks will close all 8,000 of its company-owned U.S. stores Tuesday afternoon to train employees to combat unconscious bias, marking the start of an effort by the coffee giant to...

Ulta Beauty arch expert Erica Castillo works on a customer's eyebrows May 24, 2018, at Ulta's Michigan Avenue store in downtown Chicago.

Target and Macy’s give beauty departments makeovers to compete with Ulta and Sephora

December 14, 2018 at 8:45 a.m.

Blame the selfie, if you will, but there’s plenty of cash at stake in the battle for the dollars consumers spend on their faces. In recent years, it’s a battle...

Jane Garvey, then head of the Federal Aviation Administration, prepares to testify before the House transportation committee on April 25, 2001. She has been named the new chairman of the board of United Continental Holdings.

United taps FAA trailblazer as airline’s first female board chairman

December 14, 2018 at 8:38 a.m.

The United Continental Holdings board has chosen Jane Garvey, the first female administrator of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, as its new chairman — a role that was once promised...

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz delivers remarks in New York in 2016. Munoz addressed United shareholders on May 23, 2018. He said the airline has not changed its forecast for full-year earnings.

United CEO: Rising fuel prices putting pressure on airfares

December 14, 2018 at 8:20 a.m.

As the summer travel season kicks off, passengers could end up paying more to fly because airlines are paying more for fuel, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz said after the...

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