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Glenview-based Anixter to be acquired by investment firm in $3.8 billion deal

October 30, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

Anixter International on Wednesday said it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in a $3.8 billion transaction that will make...

Sarah Zwolfer and her 2-year-old son, Grayson Zwolfer, squirt water at each other at the water park inside the Gurnee Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018. Blackstone Real Estate Partners is acquiring a 65% stake in the Chicago-based water park operator, which has 18 resorts.

Willis Tower owner is buying a majority stake in Great Wolf Resorts, which plans to expand its chain of water park lodges

October 2, 2019 at 11:27 a.m.

The owner of Willis Tower is getting into indoor water parks, buying a majority stake in Great Wolf Resorts. Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX, an affiliate of Blackstone Group, will...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to the media April 24, 2019, in Chicago. On Aug. 27, 2019, Pritzker signed a bill that requires Illinois' publicly traded companies to report on the gender, racial and ethnic diversity on their corporate boards.

Pritzker signs stripped-down corporate diversity bill, calls it a ‘big first step’

August 27, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will lead to an annual report on the gender, racial and ethnic diversity on the corporate boards of Illinois' publicly traded companies. Beginning...

John W. Rogers Jr. and Mellody Hobson are seen at a May 14, 1999, news conference in New York. Hobson began at Ariel Investments almost 28 years ago as a summer intern and became a full-time employee after her graduation from Princeton University.

At Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson gets promoted to co-CEO and becomes largest shareholder

July 12, 2019 at 1:32 p.m.

Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments for the past 19 years, has been named co-CEO of the firm and will purchase a portion of the ownership stake owned by founder...

Water pools in a rain-soaked farm field on May 29, 2019 near Gardner, Ill. Near-record rainfall in Illinois caused farmers to delay their Spring corn planting, but they're starting to catch up, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report.

Illinois farmers’ game of catch-up continues

June 19, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

Illinois farmers — and their fields — are finally catching up. After many weeks of cold, wet weather, the latest report from the Agriculture Department's weekly review of crop progress...

On Tuesday, the White House announced plans to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods after a public comment period. The new list of more 6,031 items that could be subject to a tariff fills 194 pages.

Furniture, baseball mitts and dog leashes: 20 products that could be hit with tariffs

December 12, 2018 at 9:10 p.m.

Kids who take up baseball or softball as well as anyone remodeling their kitchen, dealing with a flat bicycle tire or getting a dog could be caught in the crosshairs...

Chicago-area home prices are rising, but not as fast as in other parts of the country. Homebuyers will be able to apply for larger mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac next year. The maximum "conforming" loan size will be $453,100 for a single-family house.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to support bigger mortgages next year

December 17, 2018 at 4:06 p.m.

Chicago-area homebuyers next year will be able to apply for larger mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as the local housing market benefits from home prices that are...

Amid lawsuits, Zillow launches data competition to improve ‘Zestimates’

June 4, 2018 at 6:23 p.m.

Real estate site Zillow is launching a $1 million competition among data scientists to improve its "Zestimate" home valuations, but said the crowdsourcing initiative is unrelated to recent lawsuits filed...

Birgitt Peterson, who was <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-birgitt-peterson-trump-rally-met-0313-20160312-story.html" target="_blank">photographed by a Tribune photographer giving a nazi salute</a> at a canceled Donald Trump rally earlier in the year, holds up a sign outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower while protesters rally across the street the day after Trump won the presidential election, Nov. 9, 2016.

Would you want to live in Chicago’s Trump Tower right now?

June 9, 2018 at 1:11 a.m.

The latest accouterment at Trump International Hotel & Tower, known for its sweeping views, luxury hotel-quality amenities and location just off the Magnificent Mile, isn't a new spa or another...

USA Today, baiduhai and other newspapers are displayed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on April 25, 2016. Gannett, publisher of USA Today and other newspapers, is asking shareholders of Tribune Publishing, owner of the baiduhai, to withhold support for board nominees at Tribune Publishing's annual meeting June 2.

Gannett asks Tribune Publishing shareholders to withhold support for directors

June 24, 2019 at 7:03 a.m.

Gannett is ramping up its efforts to acquire Tribune Publishing by going directly to shareholders, but not going so far as to initiate a hostile takeover bid for the Chicago-based...

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