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John Freund, who has worked for 30 years as a stockbroker for Warren Buffett, above, is retiring from Citigroup at the end of March.

How John Freund kept Warren Buffett’s stock picks secret for 30-plus years

June 16, 2018 at 2:32 a.m.

After more than 30 years working in Chicago as Warren Buffett's stockbroker, Citigroup Managing Director John Freund is retiring from the bank at the end of March, the company said....

Sharon Schneider, from left, Terri Brax, Riana Lynn and Bradley LaRocco, have created Women Tech Founders to help female entrepreneurs find funding.

If 1871 won’t help women in tech, give the funding to someone who will

June 16, 2018 at 1:30 a.m.

It has been nearly a year since Chicago's tech hub 1871 announced it was creating an incubator for female-led startups. Then it stalled ... just like these dots ... slow...

McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook has done a turnaround before

June 16, 2018 at 2:55 a.m.

McDonald's has a brand perception problem, especially among young people. And Wednesday, its board replaced Don Thompson with a new CEO who once did the unthinkable to try to improve...

Chicago’s Cuba expert on the next steps for tourism, business

June 16, 2018 at 2:14 a.m.

DePaul University law professor Alberto Coll just happened to be attending a conference in Cuba on the day President Barack Obama announced plans to normalize relations between the countries. Other...

The $38 million Morgan Street station in the West Loop has been the most important catalyst for redevelopment of that neighborhood.

Blackhawks, City Hall can lift up West Side with decked parking

June 16, 2018 at 3:33 a.m.

Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz said last week the team plans to build a two-rink practice facility on or near United Center land somewhere in Ald. Walter Burnett Jr.'s fast-growing Near...

William Ury offers advice on negotiating with yourself

June 16, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.

William Ury is the author of the Old and New Testaments on negotiations: "Getting to Yes" and "Getting Past No." I've been required to read both, first in public policy...

NATO Summit, Olympic bid organizer expected to head McPier

June 16, 2018 at 4:41 a.m.

NATO Summit and 2016 Olympic bid organizer Lori Healey is expected to succeed Jim Reilly as the head of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, or McPier, which oversees Chicago's...

Emanuel to unveil ordinance transferring parkland for Obama library

August 18, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday will introduce an ordinance to transfer at least 20 acres of public parkland to the city if President Barack Obama decides to build his library...

"With each passing month, we're getting more data pointing in that direction," Austan Goolsbee says of China and its role in falling gas prices.

Why are gas prices falling? Think China, not Saudi Arabia.

June 16, 2018 at 3:40 a.m.

Falling oil prices are a plot by Saudi Arabia to destroy the United States' emerging oil and gas industry and "probably a plot against West Texas, specifically." That's how University...

Sunny Fischer is the former executive director of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

Chicago Foundation for Women working on plan to improve lives of women

June 16, 2018 at 3:52 a.m.

The nonprofit Chicago Foundation for Women will unveil a plan this fall for the women and girls of Chicago along the lines of Daniel Burnham's 1909 lakefront plan and Chicago's...

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