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The Chicago-based company also said it would postpone its fourth-quarter earnings call as it evaluates the timing of revenue recognition in its revenue cycle management business.
The nonprofit wants a federal judge to order a Canadian firm to uphold its agreement to pay.
Kwang-Wu Kim, appointed today by Columbia College Chicago's board of trustees, says he won't arrive with a set plan on how to lead the private school. But he knows there are "some obvious challenges."
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has an agreement to but a northwest suburban outpatient center for $5.5 million, edging out the physicians' practice of Northwestern University's medical school, which is hiring the doctors.
The public university on the city's South Side once again is searching for a new president — its third leader in the past five years.
Their blessing is a key step in Related Midwest's plans for a mixed-income housing development on the Near West Side.
(AP) — Americans seem to be more confident in the economy than they have been in the past few months. But that doesn't mean they're willing to spend more money.
(AP) — One of the country's busiest federal courts could close one day a week without a deal in Washington to avert spending cuts.
Also, the City Council's zoning panel takes up Wolf Point again today, and CBRE is tapped to lease Randhurst Village in Mt. Prospect.
Also, Pangea borrowed $25 million to refinance a 33-property apartment portfolio and a foreclosure suit hit a Highland Park office building.
The Web startup is fighting with a Southern California insurance brokerage over $1.5 million in advance commissions and fees, a dispute that underscores the importance of brokers to GoHealth's growth strategy.
Also, Franciscan St. James Health plans to open an urgent care facility next month in Frankfort, where rivals' similar proposals have been rejected by a state panel; and Akorn's fourth-quarter earnings beat estimates by a penny.
The actor cut the price to $16.8 million last year for the five-bedroom, 12,000-square-foot condominium.
Firm promises goods ordered online can be delivered within 90 minutes.
But the increase was significantly lower than national gains, according to new S&P/Case-Shiller data.
(AP) — Shares of Telephone Data & Systems Inc. fell Tuesday after the company posted a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss and announced the acquisition of Baja Broadband in New Mexico for $267.5 million.
Doctors who treat cancer patients outside of hospitals gathered recently to discuss the value they offer to patients and the difficulties that confront their professional niche.
A new report points to a massive decline in the region's private investment in research and development.
Also, an Aon unit exec lists a Hinsdale home for almost $3 million, and a longtime broker joins Baird & Warner as vice president of sales.
Chicago-area home prices rose 2.2 percent in 2012 compared with the previous year but significantly lagged national gains, according to new S&P/Case-Shiller data. Crain's has the details.
(AP) — President Barack Obama is arguing that looming government-wide spending cuts could idle military resources like naval aircraft carriers, while Republicans are criticizing the president for taking his arguments outside Washington instead of staying to work out a plan before
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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