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An Air New Zealand plane is seen in 2015. Starting Nov. 30, Air New Zealand will fly Boeing 787 Dreamliners between Chicago and Auckland three times a week.

New nonstops to New Zealand will be O’Hare’s longest flights

December 14, 2018 at 5:58 p.m.

Get ready for some jet lag. A new route connecting Chicago and Auckland, New Zealand, is set to become the longest flight operated out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Starting...

People pass by Water Tower Place on March 27, 2018, in downtown Chicago. The urban mall is owned by GGP. The real estate investment trust may be acquired by Brookfield Property Partners.

Mall owner GGP set to be sold, leaving fate of 700-person Chicago HQ unclear

December 14, 2018 at 5:44 p.m.

The planned sale of GGP to a Canadian real estate behemoth pushed down share prices of the real estate investment trust and other big shopping mall landlords Tuesday, while creating...

Rambler fans shop for Final Four merchandise on March 26, 2018, at a Loyola campus bookstore.

Final Four fame: Loyola OKs ‘Sister Jean’ T-shirts, bobbleheads

May 31, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

As the Loyola Ramblers prepare for Saturday's Final Four game against Michigan, makers of fan apparel are scrambling to release merchandise featuring the breakout star of the men’s basketball team’s...

Graffiti cleanup ‘blitz’ ahead of Amazon visit wipes out street art at Cards Against Humanity HQ

December 14, 2018 at 5:14 p.m.

A Chicago alderman is planning to introduce an ordinance letting property owners protect graffiti as art after a cleanup blitz near a site being pitched to Amazon claimed an unintended...

A "store closing" banner hangs on a Sears in Hagerstown, Md., last year. Sears Holdings Corp. closed 123 Sears department stores and 303 Kmarts from Jan. 28, 2017, through Feb. 3 of this year.

Sears slashed more than 50,000 jobs last year

December 14, 2018 at 5:14 p.m.

Sears Holdings Corp.’s efforts to turn around its struggling chains led the retailer to shutter hundreds of Sears and Kmart stores and shed more than 50,000 jobs over the past...

Lincoln Yards — Sterling Bay's more than 70-acre site along Lincoln Park and Bucktown, including the former A. Finkl & Sons Co. steel plant — was one of five proposed second headquarters sites Amazon officials visited this week, sources said.

Graffiti removals spiked near HQ2 sites ahead of Amazon visit this week

December 14, 2018 at 5:12 p.m.

The city and Chicago real estate developers did a lot of sprucing up over the past week, but it was no ordinary spring cleaning. City crews were blasting away graffiti...

A United Airlines airplane rolls down the runway after landing at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

United suspends new bookings for pets in cargo after loading 3 dogs onto wrong flights

December 14, 2018 at 4:43 p.m.

United Airlines is suspending new reservations for pets traveling in the cargo compartment after three dogs were loaded onto the wrong planes last week and a fourth died in an...

Where Toys R Us stores are closing

December 14, 2018 at 12:03 p.m.

The 31 stores and one distribution center in Illinois that will likely be liquidated as part of the Toys R Us bankruptcy will leave 1.9 million square feet vacant. Most...

As Amazon visits Chicago, city keeps an eye on public image

May 2, 2018 at 11:07 a.m.

Amazon is heading to Chicago this week to scout potential sites for its second headquarters, renewing speculation about the city's odds of landing the $5 billion project that could eventually...

Becky & Me Toys owner Ron Sebert plays with Heidi Schatz, 22 months, on March 13, 2018, at the Evanston store.

A world without Toys R Us: Chicago-area toy stores and toymakers could be hit by ripple effect

December 14, 2018 at 11:44 a.m.

For a retailer that is preparing to shutter all its U.S. stores, Toys R Us still has a lot of fans. There are plenty of places consumers can shop for...

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