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(AP) — "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her.
For the new head of the digital advertising firm's Chicago and San Francisco offices, his private space represents the convergence of several core messages important to how he runs the business. “We all need to work together, so I try to make a microcosm of that here,” he says.
Actress Sonja Sohn spoke, as did an alum of the program who said it changed him from bully to outspoken anti-violence advocate. “I faced history one day and I found myself," he said. The gala grossed $1.7 million to fund teacher training and curriculum development.
The newly appointed chairman of the city's tourism arm, Choose Chicago, aims to increase the city's national and international profile.
Our weekly startup roundup spotlights a service that preps meal ingredients for home cooks. Plus: a new West Side kitchen for food trucks, art lessons blended with socializing and more.
The city's largest convention, bumped last year because of NATO, starts Saturday.
When fashion's your job, you dress for it. The former Groupon exec, now CEO of Closet Angels, likes a little bling.
(AP) — The Illinois House is gearing up to consider a key part of President Barack Obama's health care law, an expansion of Medicaid that would provide coverage to low-income adults who don't have children at home.
(AP) — A sharp fall in the cost of gas drove a measure of U.S. consumer prices down last month by the most since December 2008. Outside the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged.
Best-selling author David McCullough received the Newberry Award.
As Chicago Craft Beer Week kicks off, brewers with pubs find little reason to celebrate.
There's plenty for locals to enjoy at area hotels besides their restaurants and bars, even without checking in. Here's a roundup.
"It's been tremendously difficult to come to the conclusion to cease operations, but the financial reality could not be avoided any longer," said board president Jorge Solis.
New in Chicago is just that: a listing of businesses getting off the ground in and around Chicago. Please send us your startup announcements. Email is best: newchicagobusiness@gmail.com.
(AP) — McDonald's is adding three new Quarter Pounders to its core menu as the fast-food chain looks to offer cheaper premium burgers while capitalizing on one of its most popular brands.
Hospitals nationwide struggle to shorten the time it takes for patients to move through their emergency rooms to a hospital bed.
(AP) — For those financially strapped shoppers who can't wait for layaway, Sears has another option.
Hilton Chicago's Grand Ballroom turned into a university lecture hall May 4 as former President William Jefferson Clinton accepted the 2013 Lincoln Leadership Prize from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
(AP) — CNN plans an unscripted series about Chicago that will be executive-produced by Robert Redford.
The geographic disparity in Chicago's wealth can be seen by tracking household income in the ZIP codes of Metra train stations.
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