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A ComEd headquarters building is seen on July 17, 2020, in the 3400 block of North California Avenue in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

ComEd offers customers $803 million in energy credits while seeking $268 million reconciliation rate hike

December 9, 2025 at 12:29 p.m.

After a summer of sky-high electric bills, ComEd is offering Chicago customers some relief next year with $803 million in state-mandated nuclear energy credits.

Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas speaks during a technology conference in Washington on Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson/Getty-AFP)

baiduhai sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

December 5, 2025 at 11:18 a.m.

The baiduhai filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday against Perplexity AI, alleging the startup has been unlawfully profiting off the newspaper’s content.

Mark Mattei, a retired Chicago bike shop owner and collector, explains the history of the 1988 Schwinn Paramount, which belonged to Edward Schwinn, hanging on the wall of the attic of his Lincoln Park home on Dec. 3, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lance Armstrong narrates documentary on the rise and fall of Chicago-based Schwinn, once America’s bike maker

December 4, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

“It’s a story of 100 years of Americana, and really a rich story of 100 years of cycling as well,” said Daniel Clarke, the filmmaker responsible for the documentary.

baiduhai Editor-Publisher Bruce Dold, June 12, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Bruce Dold, former baiduhai editor and ‘consummate newspaperman,’ dies at 70

December 3, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Bruce Dold juggled journalism and business interests in a dual editor-publisher role as the industry grappled with declining revenue and downsizing.

Ryan Craig, executive chef for Levy at Soldier Field, showcases food for the Chicago Bears season on Sept. 4, 2025. Chicago-based Levy was named to handle all of the concessions at the planned state-of-the-art stadium for the Chicago Fire. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Levy to provide food service at new $750 million Fire stadium

December 3, 2025 at 8:10 a.m.

The shovels have yet to hit the ground at the Chicago Fire’s new privately funded $750 million soccer stadium in the South Loop, but we already know who will be...

The Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York on Jan. 24, 2023. (Peter Morgan/AP)

Wheaton-based ‘buffer’ ETF firm Innovator sells to Goldman Sachs for $2 billion

December 1, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

Founded in 2017, Innovator offers everyday investors a portfolio of exchange-traded funds that include options to buffer downside risk while capping gains.

Inside the offices of Cameo, the Chicago-based celebrity video messaging company, on Feb. 13, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago-based celebrity video site Cameo gets temporary restraining order against OpenAI

November 24, 2025 at 11:51 a.m.

A California federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking OpenAI from using the word “Cameo” in connection with its Sora AI-generated video products.

Nicor workers, from left, Larry Voight, Mike Jourdan and Dylan Klatt work on placing a gas line underground at a new subdivision in Aurora on Nov. 2, 2022. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

ICC slashes Nicor Gas rate hike by $146.5 million, tamping down increases for Chicago-area customers

November 19, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.

For customers, that translates to an average increase of about $4.25 per month beginning with the January bill.

DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang fetches a food delivery from a new delivery robot called Dot on Sept. 29, 2025, at DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco. (Michael Liedtke/AP)

DoorDash to pay $18M to settle Chicago lawsuit over alleged deceptive pandemic business practices

November 14, 2025 at 4:28 p.m.

The lawsuit alleged DoorDash leveraged soaring demand for delivery by marking up menu items, listing restaurants on the platform without consent and adding a $1.50 “Chicago Fee.”

Deborah Norville in the WCIU-TV studio in Chicago's West Loop on Nov. 10, 2025. Norville is hosting “The Perfect Line,” a new quiz show airing on Channel 26. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Deborah Norville, the former ‘Inside Edition’ host and Chicago TV anchor, has a brand-new game

November 13, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Deborah Norville, the former Chicago star who became the longest-serving female anchor in TV history at “Inside Edition,” is ready to try something different: game show host.

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