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The most pressing questions for Sears after the $400 million loan

May 23, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings is spiraling so bad that one Wall Street analyst titled his Thursday forecast for the retailer, "Thinking about 'The End.'" But Wall Street has been foreshadowing...

Chicagoan Ben Weprin launching Graduate Hotels

June 17, 2018 at 9:03 a.m.

The night after I graduated from Northwestern, I stayed with my parents in a Fairfield Inn in Gurnee, 32 miles north of campus. It was the closest room my family...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

2 Chicago universities among Obama presidential library semifinalists

May 21, 2019 at 1:33 p.m.

The University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago have been selected to enter the next round of bidding to host President Barack Obama's presidential library and museum,...

City makes amends with Lois Weisberg, ex-cultural affairs commissioner

June 18, 2018 at 8:14 a.m.

On Wednesday night, the public is invited to gather in Millennium Park to honor a crop of legendary Chicago artists and to watch equally legendary performers fete them, free of...

2 longshot South Side sites out of running for Obama library

May 21, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

The Barack Obama Foundation has begun informing bidders for the presidential library that they will not advance to the next round, with two South Side long shots being told they're...

Pro-Lucas museum group forms to oppose open-space advocates

June 18, 2018 at 8:16 a.m.

A group of civic leaders calling themselves "Friends of Lucas Museum" launched Thursday in advance of a potential legal challenge to the art museum's proposed lakefront location and public hearings...

Friends of Lucas Museum forms ahead of possible legal challenge

June 18, 2018 at 8:15 a.m.

A group of civic leaders calling themselves "Friends of Lucas Museum" launched today in advance of a potential legal challenge to the art museum's proposed lakefront location and public hearings...

New blood sugar monitor for diabetes — with a Chicago connection

June 17, 2018 at 8:39 a.m.

A new company to be led by former Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman won regulatory approval this week for a device that will help diabetics better monitor their blood sugar levels...

As part of a one-day promotion during Techweek, Uber will offer investors on demand in Chicago to eligible entrepreneurs who want to pitch to them.

Uber CEO to speak at next month’s Chicago Venture Summit

May 20, 2019 at 8:29 p.m.

Controversial Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will be a featured speaker at the inaugural Chicago Venture Summit, scheduled for mid-October, organizers announced Monday. The San Francisco-based ride-sharing company is perhaps the...

Abbvie Headquarters on the Abbott Labs campus in Abbott Park.

Chicago misses out in AbbVie-Calico pharma deal

June 17, 2018 at 9:35 a.m.

A few days ago, Calico, a Google-backed biotech company, announced that it would build a California-based research and development facility to invent new drugs to combat diseases afflicting the elderly....

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