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"Farm to Bowl" is a new dog food being produced by Slagel Family Farm, which is a meat supplier to some of Chicago's best restaurants.

Slagel Family Farm, meat supplier for Chicago restaurants, starts dog food line

December 17, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.

Slagel Family Farm, a meat supplier to Chicago restaurants like Acadia, Bad Hunter and Girl & the Goat, is extending its reach to four-legged diners. The Fairbury farm has started...

Nippon Sharyo, a Japanese rail-car maker with a manufacturing plant in Rochelle, has lost a lucrative contract to build high-speed Amtrak passenger trains in Rochelle after years of safety problems, technical failures and layoffs.

Rochelle rail-car plant loses $352 million Amtrak contract to California

December 17, 2018 at 1:37 p.m.

A Japanese rail-car maker with a manufacturing plant in Rochelle has lost a lucrative contract to build high-speed Amtrak passenger trains after years of safety problems, technical failures and layoffs....

More women join Illinois boards, but diversity still lags other states

December 17, 2018 at 1:26 p.m.

Illinois companies have made progress in an effort to add more women to their boards, but the state still lags behind others in the pace of female director additions, a...

John Bouman, president of Chicago-based Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty.

Racial disparity is major component of poverty, Shriver Center president says

December 17, 2018 at 1:09 p.m.

Poverty is a complex problem. One of the biggest challenges faced by the nation’s poor is that they don’t have the resources to advocate for themselves when something goes wrong....

James White, of Chicago, eats a Beyond Burger on Nov. 8, 2017, at the Epic Burger restaurant in on North Avenue in Chicago's Ranch Triangle neighborhood. The Beyond Burger is made from plant-based ingredients.

Why veggie burgers are the hot new menu item — for meat lovers too

December 17, 2018 at 1:15 p.m.

Chicago restaurants are betting that meat-loving Midwesterners will opt for a veggie burger in disguise. A new group of plant-based burgers that are made to mimic the taste and texture...

McDonald’s, Kmart, others settle suits over website access for the blind

December 17, 2018 at 12:28 p.m.

McDonald's, Kmart, Grubhub and home supply company Empire Today have all settled cases that alleged their websites and smartphone apps weren’t properly accessible to the blind. The settlements were confidential,...

Brad Keywell, co-founder and CEO of Uptake, speaks Sept. 14, 2017, at the Chicago Venture Summit at Google's Chicago Headquarters. Keywell, a co-founder of Groupon, is leaving that company's board.

Groupon co-founder Brad Keywell leaves board amid other director shifts

December 17, 2018 at 11:42 a.m.

Groupon on Wednesday announced several changes to its board, including the departure of co-founder Brad Keywell, and said it’s shifting toward deals that are easier to redeem and intensifying its...

Josh Rozman, of Tampa, Fla., speaks last year during a news conference to announce legal action against a Chicago-area debt collection operation. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, left, on Tuesday announced a settlement with the firms.

Accused debt-collection scam operators to relinquish gold bar, homes, cash in $47 million settlement

December 17, 2018 at 11:39 a.m.

State and federal agencies have settled civil charges against the operators of a collection of Westmont-based businesses they said ran a fake debt collection scheme. The three defendants have agreed...

How Harvey Weinstein is altering the landscape of workplace sexual harassment

December 15, 2018 at 4:08 p.m.

Will Harvey Weinstein reshape the national discussion about sexual harassment at work? The scandal that rocked Hollywood and toppled the career of the famous producer has raised the discussion of...

McDonald's reported a jump in third-quarter profit Oct. 24, 2017, boosted by better sales worldwide, including the U.S. Globally, same-store sales rose 6 percent.

McDonald’s earnings surge as customer counts rise again

December 15, 2018 at 3:14 p.m.

McDonald’s said Tuesday its third-quarter earnings surged as more customers came through the doors and ate more once they did, but revenue was hit by the company’s ongoing plan to...

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