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Sharon Schneider, center, co-founder of Moxie Jean, listens to introductions before presenting her startup to Chicago businesswomen at a networking event. Schneider seeks venture capital funds for Moxie Jean, an online market for secondhand infant and children's clothes.

Women-led startups get help from counterparts higher on the corporate ladder

May 20, 2019 at 6:22 p.m.

Sarah Press needed some ideas for retooling her year-old matchmaking startup. At a recent networking event with a group of high-powered female executives, she got what she was looking for...

Women-led startups get help from counterparts higher on the corporate ladder

December 24, 2018 at 5:18 a.m.

Sarah Press needed some ideas for retooling her year-old matchmaking startup. At a recent networking event with a group of high-powered female executives, she got what she was looking for...

Chicago Loop Alliance street team ambassadors Paul Guthrie, left, and David Marich give directions to a woman Friday while walking along State Street.

State Street group aims to help homeless, improve shopping district

November 3, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

On a good day, William Brewer said tourists and shoppers toss $70 to $90 into his cup as he stands outside the Garrett Popcorn Shop near State and Madison streets...

State Street group aims to help homeless, improve shopping district

December 24, 2018 at 5:08 a.m.

On a good day, William Brewer said tourists and shoppers toss $70 to $90 into his cup as he stands outside the Garrett Popcorn Shop near State and Madison streets...

Andersonville anchor Women and Children First bookstore for sale

December 24, 2018 at 4:52 a.m.

The owners of Women and Children First are looking to sell the independent feminist bookstore that they started in Chicago more than 33 years ago and that has been a...

Feminist independent bookstore looking to sell

December 24, 2018 at 4:52 a.m.

Volunteers helped move the Women & Children First bookstore to its Andersonville home in 1990 from Lincoln Park. Today its owners, Ann Christophersen and her business partner, Linda Bubon, are...

Uneven impact on 1st day of government shutdown

August 24, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

Workers were sent home, campers were roused from their tents and tourists were turned away at attractions Tuesday as the partial shutdown of the federal government took effect in the...

Shutdown at the Dunes: ‘Get out of your tent, lady’

December 24, 2018 at 4:44 a.m.

Mindy Habecker was sleeping when a park worker pointed a flashlight on her tent shortly after 11 p.m. Monday. The Wisconsin resident said she had pulled into Dunewood Campground at...

Model for iconic Picasso statue on display here

December 24, 2018 at 4:41 a.m.

Pablo Picasso never made it to Chicago, but his famed 50-foot-tall steel sculpture in front of the Daley Center helped turn the city into a hub of modern art. A...

Meteor lights up early-morning sky in Midwest

May 16, 2019 at 2:19 p.m.

Many Chicagoans' daily commutes were made extraordinary Thursday morning by a fireball that flashed across the sky shortly after 6 a.m. In the seconds before the fireball disappeared, WGN-TV helicopter...

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