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Oct 19, 2020
The million plus airline passengers screened Sunday is roughly 60% fewer than the 2.6 million checked on the same day last year, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
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Oct 19, 2020
The IRS is trying to connect with people who typically don't file a tax return and have not received a stimulus check or Economic Impact Payment yet. It is extending what had been an Oct. 15 deadline until Nov. 21 for non-filers to get their information to the IRS.
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Oct 19, 2020
A spokeswoman for American said the airline plans to operate a single daily 737 Max flight from Dec. 29 through Jan. 4 between Miami and New York's LaGuardia Airport, and American is reviewing its plans beyond that.
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Oct 19, 2020
CVS Health plans to hire 15,000 workers nationwide, including 250 in the Chicago area, to help handle the flu season and growing cases of COVID-19.
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Oct 19, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work. But many of those still working are fearful, distressed and stretched thin.
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Oct 19, 2020
College football brings in millions for communities across Illinois and northwest Indiana, but this year fewer games are being played and spectators are scarce.
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Oct 19, 2020
Big Ten and other college football means millions to communities across Illinois and northwest Indiana. But this year fewer games are being played and spectators are scarce.
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Oct 19, 2020
The international flair that distinguished Chicago's Little Italy and Greektown neighborhoods has been ebbing for years, a result of changes in demographics and consumers' palates. Now there are worries the pandemic may be the final straw.
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Oct 18, 2020
A fast-growing network of nearly 1,300 websites is aiming to fill a void left by vanishing local newspapers across the country. Yet the network, now in all 50 states, is built not on traditional journalism but on propaganda ordered up by dozens of conservative think tanks, political operatives, corporate executives and public relations professionals, a Times investigation found.
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Oct 18, 2020
"Rats have taken to the streets of Chicago, yet again," Orkin wrote in its announcement.
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Oct 18, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the hotel industry hard, particularly when stay-at-home orders were in effect, which required a shift in business operations like staggering which rooms to rent.
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Oct 16, 2020
Volkswagen's commercial truck unit, Traton, has agreed to buy the rest of Lisle-based truck manufacturer Navistar International for $3.7 billion.
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Oct 16, 2020
Twitter completed an about-face on Friday by lifting the ban on the unsubstantiated New York Post article about Hunter Biden, as the article has spread widely across the internet.
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Oct 16, 2020
College football is a big revenue generator for communities across Illinois and northwest Indiana, but this year fewer games are being played and spectators are scarce.
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Oct 16, 2020
TaB, Coca-Cola Co.'s original diet soft drink, is going down the drain.
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Oct 16, 2020
It could be spring break 2021, nearly six months from now, before airlines truly see whether passengers come back in large numbers. It will likely take even longer for airlines to stop bleeding money.
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Oct 16, 2020
The new testing program is an effort to stem the devastating downturn the pandemic has had on Hawaii's tourism-based economy. Officials had touted the mandatory quarantine rule as an integral part of Hawaii's early success in keeping the coronavirus at bay.
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Oct 16, 2020
The federal budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3.1 trillion in the 2020 budget year, more than double the previous record.
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Oct 16, 2020
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency's executive director, Patrick Ky, said he is satisfied that changes to the jet have made it safe enough to return to the skies before the end of the year, Bloomberg reported.
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Oct 16, 2020
Pfizer Inc. cannot request emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine before the third week of November, the company's CEO announced Friday.
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Oct 16, 2020
An association of entrepreneurs applying for licenses to grow relatively small amounts of pot, infuse edibles and other products with marijuana extracts, or transport recreational marijuana in Illinois have filed suit asking the court to order the state to award the licenses.
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Oct 15, 2020
Prolific Chicago developer Jim Loewenberg, whose projects include Lakeshore East and its Aqua and Vista towers, has died at 86.
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Oct 15, 2020
Prolific Chicago developer Jim Loewenberg, whose projects include Lakeshore East and its Aqua and Vista towers, has died at 86.
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Oct 15, 2020
Black Friday is more than a month away, but Amazon Prime Day got at least some shoppers to get a head start. Nearly 30% of people who shopped on Prime Day purchased holiday gifts, according to a report from Chicago-based research firm Numerator.
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Oct 15, 2020
The pandemic has hammered small businesses across the United States — an alarming trend for an economy that's trying to rebound from the deepest, fastest recession in U.S. history.
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Oct 15, 2020
By 2025, Starbucks wants people of color represented in at least 30% of roles in corporate operations and 40% of retail and manufacturing roles. Currently, 18.5% of its 43 top executives — senior vice-presidents and higher — are people of color, the company said.
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Oct 15, 2020
The popular Open House Chicago architecture festival opens Friday, featuring online and outdoor tours of more than 20 neighborhoods in the city and suburbs.
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Oct 15, 2020
With legions of consumers staying away from stores this year, the parcel carriers are already handling record deliveries and bumping against capacity constraints.
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Oct 15, 2020
Running Nov. 27 through Dec. 27, and marking the first time the theme park will be open this year, the sights, sounds and smells of the holidays are sure to make for a "delightful season," Six Flags spokeswoman Caitlin Kepple said.
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Oct 15, 2020
The Deerfield-based drugstore chain said Thursday that it made $373 million in the final quarter of fiscal 2020 after losing $1.7 billion the previous quarter, when millions of shoppers stayed home to avoid the rapidly spreading pandemic.
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Oct 15, 2020
Many retail workers will receive a new sort of preparation for this year's holiday season: training on how to manage conflicts with customers who resist mask-wearing, and social distancing.
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Oct 15, 2020
Six years after launching a brand of college-focused hotels, a well-known Chicago developer is ready for a homecoming. Graduate Hotels on Friday will open its 29th hotel, and its first in the Chicago area, near the Northwestern University campus in Evanston.
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Oct 15, 2020
Evanston's Graduate hotel is a 119-room hotel in the former Homestead apartment and hotel building. It's an eight-story building, designed by architect Philip A. Danielson and built in the 1920s, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Oct 15, 2020
United CEO Scott Kirby said, "The next 12 to 15 months are still going to be difficult and the recovery will not be a straight line. But we've done what we believe it takes to get through."
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Oct 15, 2020
After an ambitious expansion of the safety net in the spring saved millions of people from poverty, the aid is now largely exhausted and poverty has returned to levels higher than before the coronavirus crisis, two new studies have found.
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Oct 15, 2020
Santa won't be self-quarantining at the North Pole to escape the coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn't mean he's ready to let thousands of kids hop on his lap.
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Oct 15, 2020
Santa won't be self-quarantining at the North Pole to escape the coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn't mean he's ready to let thousands of kids hop on his lap.
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Oct 15, 2020
Santa won't be self-quarantining at the North Pole to escape the coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn't mean he's ready to let thousands of kids hop on his lap.
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Oct 15, 2020
Six Flags Great America has announced the third season of Holiday in the Park will open as a lights experience on Nov. 27.
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Oct 15, 2020
The Deerfield-based drugstore chain said Thursday that it made $373 million in the final quarter of fiscal 2020 after losing $1.7 billion the previous quarter, when millions of shoppers stayed home to avoid the rapidly spreading pandemic.
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Oct 15, 2020
California has been under near-constant siege by wildfires for nearly two months. It's still too early how much winemakers across the state have lost, but some vineyard managers are preparing for the worst.
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Oct 15, 2020
Shares in Big Hit Entertainment, the company that manages global pop sensation BTS, nearly doubled after their initial public offering netted more than $800 million.
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Oct 14, 2020
The consultant's assessment quickly spread through parts of the investment world. Traders spotted the immediate significance: The president's aides appeared to be giving wealthy party donors an early warning.
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Oct 14, 2020
United Airlines said the 2,700 corporate jobs it has cut since the coronavirus pandemic began likely won't return, even once air travel starts to pick up.
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Oct 14, 2020
Metra filed a breach of contract lawsuit Wednesday against Union Pacific, alleging UP's refusal to allow conductors to collect tickets during COVID has damaged Metra's bottom line, reputation and customer experience
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Oct 14, 2020
Metra filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Union Pacific, alleging UP's refusal to allow conductors to collect tickets during COVID has damaged Metra's bottom line, reputation and customer experience.
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Oct 14, 2020
Paying rent while closed will cost the company less money than paying rent in addition to operating expenses, says the owner.
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Oct 14, 2020
A high-dose flu shot designed for people 65 years of age and older is in limited supply in Illinois, with a number of pharmacies and doctor's offices saying they're temporarily out of the special vaccine.
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Oct 14, 2020
Applicants who won a chance to receive a license to sell recreational marijuana said Wednesday the state is trying to rush an illegal do-over of the cannabis licensing process before they can be heard in court.
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Oct 14, 2020
Little Italy and Greektown, two of Chicago's ethnic dining destinations grapple with an uncertain future.
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Oct 14, 2020
United shares have dropped 60% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $35.61, a fall of 59% in the last 12 months.
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Oct 14, 2020
The proposed Vegas Loop would connect downtown Las Vegas to the newly opened Allegiant Stadium, a distance of about 7 miles. A connection to McCarran International Airport is also being considered.
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Oct 14, 2020
Illinois has collected more than $100 million in recreational marijuana tax revenue since legalizing sales on January 1, according to the Department of Revenue.
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Oct 14, 2020
Google was one of the first to announce that July 2021 was its return-to-office date. Uber, Slack and Airbnb soon jumped on the bandwagon. In the past week, Microsoft, Target, Ford Motor Co. and The New York Times said they, too, had postponed the return of in-person work to next summer and acknowledged the inevitable: The pandemic isn't going away anytime soon.
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Oct 14, 2020
More than a year after withdrawing plans to replace a Barnes & Noble bookstore with a residential tower, a Chicago developer is unveiling a scaled-down design for the Near North Side property. Newcastle Ltd. has reduced its proposal for the site at 1120 to 1130 N. State St. by more than 100 feet.
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Oct 14, 2020
This holiday season, many stores are starting their holiday deals early. Amazon, which usually holds its annual Prime Day sales event in mid-July, delayed it to this week.
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Oct 14, 2020
Finnair will start selling business-class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed and to offer a taste of the airline experience to those missing flying in the COVID-19 times.
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Oct 14, 2020
The 0.4% September rise in the producer price index was bigger than economists had been expecting and reflected in part a 1.2% increase in food costs, reflecting higher prices for corn, fresh vegetables and beef.
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Oct 14, 2020
The average asking price of a used vehicle that was 10 years old or less rose more than 9% from $19,800 in May to $21,600 in September. But prices are dropping as inventory increases.
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Oct 13, 2020
As a result of delaying this year's Prime Day event to Oct. 13-14, Amazon is expected to notch record sales for the heavily marketed event. Competitors including Walmart, Best Buy, Kohl's and J.C. Penney have announced their own plans to offer sales promotions.
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Oct 13, 2020
Joseph Sullivan, a former Wall Street Journal, helped found the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1973 as an offshoot of the Chicago Board of Trade, creating the first marketplace for trading listed stock options.
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Oct 13, 2020
Independent monitors have paused enrollment in a study testing the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir plus an experimental antibody therapy being developed by Eli Lilly.
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Oct 13, 2020
Boeing failed to sell any airliners last month and suffered more cancellations of a grounded model, further evidence of the company's battle to overcome a drop in air travel during the pandemic and crashes involving the 737 Max.
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Oct 13, 2020
The iPhone models unveiled Tuesday will launch at different times. The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro will be available starting Oct. 23; the Mini and the Pro Max will follow on Nov. 13.
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Oct 13, 2020
The iPhone models unveiled Tuesday will launch at different times. The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro will be available starting Oct. 23; the Mini and the Pro Max will follow on Nov. 13.
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Oct 13, 2020
A lawsuit filed by Black McDonald's workers in Rock Island, Illinois, alleges that managers called Black employees and customers "ghetto" and said Black employees were "lazy."
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Oct 13, 2020
On Tuesday, the trade group launched the "Boxed Out" campaign, for which a handful of bookstores around the country will have windows boarded up and boxes piled up out front that resemble Amazon delivery containers, with one label reading "Don't Accept Amazon's Brave New World."
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Oct 13, 2020
The highlight of Apple's event is expected to be the unveiling of the iPhone 12 series. Four new iPhones will be launched under this series. These will be called iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Mini.
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Oct 13, 2020
The highlight of Apple's event is expected to be the unveiling of the iPhone 12 series. Four new iPhones will be launched under this series. These will be called iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Mini.
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Oct 13, 2020
Spirit Halloween is once again open for business. The store known for selling costumes and spooky fall décor at temporary pop-up locations across the United States is making bullish moves in a brutal year for retail.
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Oct 13, 2020
The United States had argued that the illegal support merited no more than $412 million in penalties, while the EU had countered that they deserved some $8 billion. The award in essence was 10 times more than what the U.S. had claimed, and half that the EU wanted.
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Oct 13, 2020
Under the new structure, the studios will continue to develop and produce originals for Disney's streaming services -- which include Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus -- and legacy platforms.
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Oct 13, 2020
Delta CEO Ed Bastian offered a cautiously optimistic outlook, predicting that ever-increasing numbers of people will return to flying the rest of this year and beyond.
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Oct 13, 2020
The COLA increase, which affects 1 in 5 Americans, amounts to $20 a month for the average retired worker. The Medicare "Part B" premium for 2021 has not been released yet.
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Oct 13, 2020
The COLA increase, which affects 1 in 5 Americans, amounts to $20 a month for the average retired worker. The Medicare "Part B" premium for 2021 has not been released yet.
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Oct 13, 2020
AMC Theatres Could Run Out of Cash By the End of 2020, Early 2021
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Oct 13, 2020
As a result of delaying this year's Prime Day event to Oct. 13-14, Amazon is expected to notch record sales for the heavily marketed event. Competitors including Walmart, Best Buy, Kohl's and J.C. Penney have announced their own plans to offer sales promotions.
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Oct 13, 2020
As a result of delaying this year's Prime Day event to Oct. 13-14, Amazon is expected to notch record sales for the heavily marketed event. Competitors including Walmart, Best Buy, Kohl's and J.C. Penney have announced their own plans to offer sales promotions.
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Oct 12, 2020
Old Country Buffet, once a strip mall staple, has closed its last restaurant in Illinois as the pandemic threatens the American tradition of communal serving tongs and endless helpings of macaroni and cheese.
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Oct 12, 2020
As a result of delaying this year's Prime Day event to Oct. 13-14, Amazon is expected to notch record sales for the heavily marketed event. Competitors including Walmart, Best Buy, Kohl's and J.C. Penney have announced their own plans to offer sales promotions.
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Oct 12, 2020
The Paycheck Protection Program, enacted in March to speed loans to small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, delayed most of the paperwork until the forgiveness application. But small-business groups and lenders complain that detailing how the emergency funds were spent is a burden.
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Oct 12, 2020
Kashif A. Ahmed of American Private Wealth remembers speaking at a Black church about stock investing. "One person sitting in the audience said, ‘That's all fine and wonderful, but this is all for white folks,'" he said.
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Oct 12, 2020
In a letter, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Secretary Melissa Hughes told the company "Foxconn's activities and investments in Wisconsin to date are not eligible for credit" under the contract signed in 2017.
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Oct 12, 2020
The developer of the $6 billion Lincoln Yards on Chicago's North Side plans to start building a new north-south bridge across the Chicago River by summer, in the first of several infrastructure projects that will accompany the megadevelopment.
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Oct 12, 2020
Southwest Airlines plans to begin flying out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport by the middle of 2021. But it's not abandoning Midway Airport.
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Oct 12, 2020
Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to drain bank accounts and spread ransomware.
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Oct 12, 2020
Southwest Airlines plans to begin flying out of Chicago O'Hare International Airport by the middle of next year, the airline said in a news release Monday.
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Oct 12, 2020
Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.
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Oct 12, 2020
Patients are using telehealth to stay physically distant and avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, but it's unclear how such visits will be covered by insurance in the future.
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Oct 12, 2020
Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."
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Oct 10, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday dismissed the latest White House offer in COVID-19 aid talks as "one step forward, two steps back."
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Oct 10, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday dismissed the latest White House offer in COVID-19 aid talks as "one step forward, two steps back."
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Oct 10, 2020
The CDC drafted a sweeping order last month requiring all passengers and employees to wear masks on all forms of public and commercial transportation in the U.S.
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Oct 10, 2020
With more companies cutting jobs and some ramping up qualifications for open positions, recent college graduates in the Chicago area are worried they'll fall behind in their careers.
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Oct 10, 2020
With more companies cutting jobs and some ramping up qualifications for open positions, recent college graduates in the Chicago area are worried they'll fall behind in their careers.
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Oct 09, 2020
A Chicago woman was not allowed to board a Southwest Airlines flight from LaGuardia to Midway this week after airline personnel determined her black halter top was too revealing.
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Oct 09, 2020
With more companies cutting jobs and some ramping up qualifications for open positions, recent college graduates in the Chicago area are worried they'll fall behind in their careers.
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Oct 09, 2020
In the year of the new coronavirus, when new gardeners came out in droves to try growing their own vegetables, tomatoes were still king. And in a twist, the respect-seeking turnip actually turned some heads.
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Oct 09, 2020
Companies that retreated from corporate deal-making after the virus pandemic struck are now roaring back because of pent-up demand and a clearer view of how the disease is impacting their business.
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Oct 09, 2020
Developer Sterling Bay has a deal to sell McDonald's headquarters building for about $420 million, the highest-priced property sale in the city this year and a record price for the booming Fulton Market district.
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