Mortgage rates little changed
Mortgage rates were little changed this week, lender Freddie Mac said Thursday. The relatively stagnant rates follow some seesawing over the last few weeks, coming off of a two-year high...
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JetBlue adds premium lie-flat seats
JetBlue said Monday it will add premium, lie-flat seats on some of its transcontinental flights next year. The move is a huge departure from the 13-year old discount carrier's previous...
Tablet shipments fall from winter to spring
Tablet shipments slowed this spring, research firm IDC said Monday, blaming a lack of new products to spur purchases. Worldwide, tablet shipments in the second quarter fell 9.7 percent from...
Mortgage rates resume climb
Mortgage rates rose this week after two consecutive weeks of decline, lender Freddie Mac said Thursday. Rates earlier this month had touched a two-year high. The rate on a 30-year,...
Southwest fined $200K over ‘fare sale’ practices
The Department of Transportation fined Southwest Airlines $200,000 on Tuesday for allegedly not having enough seats available for the discounted price during a fare sale. DOT accused the Texas airline...
Chicago unemployment climbs to 10.3%
Unemployment rates fell in three-quarters of the state's metro areas last month despite a lack of job growth in many regions, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reported.The largest decreases...
Airfares up just $1 in 1st-qtr, government says
Fliers in the U.S. paid an average fare of $379 in the first three months of the year, just $1 higher than the same period last year, the government reported...
Brodsky named chairman of Navy Pier
Chicago Board Options Exchange executive William J. Brodsky on Tuesday was named chairman of Navy Pier Inc., the non-profit corporation that oversees the city landmark. Other Navy Pier officers named...
Stock drops 17% after Heidrick & Struggles scraps sale plan
Shares of Chicago-based executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. dropped Tuesday as investors reacted to its plans to scrap a potential business sale and the resignation of its...
Sirott coming back to WGN Radio full time
Husband-and-wife team Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano are returning to WGN-AM 720 full-time to host a show with a still undetermined timeslot. Sirott and Murciano host the "Sunday Night Radio...