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Chicago-area investment manager indicted on federal fraud charges

December 17, 2018 at 6:06 p.m.

A Chicago-area investment manager has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly duping 17 clients and lenders out of more than $10 million. Shawn Baldwin, 51, of Olympia Fields,...

Michael Unetich, vice president of cryptocurrencies at Trading Technologies, credits the rapid rise in bitcoin's price on Monday to "pent-up demand" from those investors who deemed standard bitcoin trading too risky.

Chicagoans are jumping into the world of bitcoin: ‘Everyone thinks I’m crazy’

December 17, 2018 at 6:02 p.m.

In January, Mike Haynes’ salary was cut in half as the tech startup he worked for restructured. By spring, he had burned through most of his savings. Now he’s one...

Travelers walk to their gates Nov. 29, 2015, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Workers at the airport's restaurants have voted to strike, but no walkout has been called.

O’Hare restaurant workers vote to strike, but timing of a walkout is unclear

December 17, 2018 at 5:35 p.m.

Workers at O’Hare International Airport’s restaurants, bars and coffee shops voted Thursday to strike in an effort to secure higher wages and more affordable health insurance, but as of late...

CBOE will be first to trade bitcoin futures

December 17, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.

The CBOE Futures Exchange will start trading bitcoin futures Sunday, making it the first traditional exchange to allow investors to bet on the future price of the digital currency. The...

CBOE, CME to jump into bitcoin futures trading

December 17, 2018 at 4:35 p.m.

Bitcoin futures are coming to Chicago’s two main financial exchanges, allowing investors to bet on price swings of the prevailing digital currency and providing perhaps the biggest validation yet to...

The company holiday party was once a lavish and sometimes debaucherous affair. But concerns over sexual harassment, budgets and employee lifestyles means many firms' parties, if they have them at all, will be toned down.

The office holiday party gets toned down amid a national conversation on workplace harassment

December 17, 2018 at 4:33 p.m.

There may be less booze and more daylight at your office holiday party this year. Some companies are rethinking their year-end celebrations amid a national conversation about sexual harassment. The...

This South Loop mural by artist Sam Kirk depicting labor leader Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers is sponsored by Columbia College. Part-time faculty members at Columbia are set to strike this week over wages, benefits and job security.

Columbia College part-time faculty set to strike this week over wages, benefits

December 17, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

The union representing part-time faculty members at Columbia College Chicago says it plans to hold a two-day strike this week in protest of low wages, lack of benefits and inadequate...

Byline Bancorp, which operates more than 50 full-service branches, has agreed to acquire First Evanston Bancorp in a $169 million deal.

Chicago’s Byline Bank to buy First Evanston for $169 million

December 17, 2018 at 3:59 p.m.

Chicago’s Byline Bancorp is buying First Evanston Bancorp in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $169 million. Byline, which went public this summer, said in a news release late Monday...

The McDOnald's #1 Store Museum is located in the 400 block of Lee Street in Des Plaines, Ill.

McDonald’s museum in Des Plaines will be demolished next month

December 17, 2018 at 3:09 p.m.

The McDonald’s museum in Des Plaines, a replica of Ray Kroc’s first restaurant, is slated to be torn down next month, the world’s largest burger chain said Monday. Kroc, considered...

At Wow Bao's new automated restaurant in Chicago's Near North neighborhood, customers will pick up their food from cubbies with LCD screens that will display their name when an order is ready. The eatery is scheduled to open Dec. 1.

A dumpling served by a robot? Wow Bao gives Chicago its first fully automated eatery

December 15, 2018 at 12:15 p.m.

Wow Bao is set to open a new location that will be missing something big: waitstaff. The quick-service Asian chain will open Chicago’s first restaurant with fully automated service Dec....

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