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(AP) — Senators voted 44-11 Tuesday to override Gov. Quinn's veto earlier this month. Quinn claimed the bill undermined oversight and would force automatic rate hikes.
(AP) — The Chicago carrier is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the Boeing plane to be grounded worldwide.
(AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation today.
(AP) — Severe weather led to $216 million in catastrophe losses in April for Allstate Corp., the insurer said Thursday.
(AP) — Longtime tenants are suing the Chicago Housing Authority for allegedly reneging on pledges to return them to their neighborhood after redevelopment.
(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.
(AP) — A federal judge scolded Donald Trump and a lawyer questioning the developer-turned-TV personality to stop their verbal sparring during his testimony at a civil trial today.
(AP) — Bad weather and weak economies will hinder sales growth this year, Deere & Co. said today.
(AP) — Citi analyst says shares have room to grow, raises price target.
(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.
(AP) — With a growing list of congressional panels saying they will investigate reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups, President Obama said people are properly concerned.
(AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of governmentwide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress, the Transportation Department said Friday.
(AP) — The legislation would impose tougher punishment on anyone convicted of using social media to plan or incite a mob attack.
(AP) — The Federal Reserve has broadened its oversight beyond banks and now monitors a wide-range of financial institutions that could hasten another financial crisis, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday.
(AP) — WMS Industries Inc. shareholders approved a deal to sell the gambling equipment company to instant-win lottery ticket company Scientific Games Corp. for about $1.42 billion.
(AP) — For those financially strapped shoppers who can't wait for layaway, Sears has another option.
(AP) — When Michael Gore stands, it's a triumph of science and engineering. He's paralyzed from the waist down, yet he rises from his wheelchair and walks across the room with help from a lightweight wearable robot.
(AP) — A Senate committee approved a union-backed approach for dealing with Illinois' pension crisis Wednesday, saying it gives the state its best chance at surviving an inevitable court challenge and getting out of its nearly $100 billion mess.
(AP) — CNN plans an unscripted series about Chicago that will be executive-produced by Robert Redford.
(AP) — McDonald's Corp. said a key sales figure slipped again in April, with company citing fears over a new strain of avian flu for weakness in China.
(AP) — He told the Associated Press that his wife has been battling "very serious" cancer for two years and he wants to focus on her and their four children.
(AP) — The Lake Forest company missed Wall Street expectations and cut its forecast for 2013 earnings and revenue in part to account for slower-than-expected sales from products launched late last year.
(AP) — Food may not have been their first calling, but coming late to the culinary scene clearly hasn't slowed David Chang and Paul Kahan.
(AP) — OfficeMax Inc. said today that its fiscal first-quarter net income soared, driven by a large deferred gain tied to its investment in Boise Cascade Holdings LLC.
(AP) — The race is on in Illinois for $28 million in grants to help consumers learn how to shop for health insurance.
(AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he doesn't like owning bonds right now and doesn't think average investors should either.
(AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 15,000 for the first time after a federal report shows the U.S. job market is improving.
U.S. Cellular customers are finally going to be getting iPhones.
(AP) — Walgreen Co.'s revenue from established stores climbed 1.2 percent in April, but analysts expected more from the nation's largest drugstore chain.
(AP) — Only six insurance carriers have told the state of Illinois they want to sell a combined 165 health policies on the state's online insurance marketplace under the nation's new health care law — numbers far lower than expected.
(AP) — The company expects to take a total of $128 million in charges in 2013, related to its medical device plans, amortization, capacity expansions and ongoing problems with quality at some of its medical device facilities.
(AP) — An Illinois House committee is endorsing a plan by Speaker Michael Madigan to tackle a Goliath-sized public-employee pension deficit.
(AP) — House Republicans cranked up the pressure today for a vote on legislation regulating high-volume oil and gas drilling in the state, saying Illinois is losing out on jobs and revenue by dragging its heels and the bill would easily pass, as it has the blessing of industry and some
(AP) — Shares of mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. rose today after the company said yesterday that a key measure of profitability improved in its first quarter, bolstered by higher rental income.
(AP) — The air traffic system will resume normal operations by tomorrow evening, the agency said.
(AP) — The move should ease the delays seen at airports this week.
(AP) — U.S. economic growth accelerated from January through March, buoyed by the strongest consumer spending in more than two years. The strength offset further declines in government spending that are expected to drag on growth throughout the year.
(AP) — The local jobless rate last month compares with 9% in March 2012, while the statewide unemployment rate remains among the highest in the country.
(AP) — Shares of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. soared today after the printing company topped Wall Street expectations for the first quarter.
(AP) — Caterpillar announced a $1 billion accelerated stock buyback program Friday, its first stock repurchase in more than four years.
(AP) — Earnings rose as higher prices for the infant formula maker's products in Latin America and part of Asia countered a drop in volume from North America and Europe.
(AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the second-lowest level in more than five years. The decline suggests hiring is improving from last month's sluggish pace.
(AP) — DeVry Inc. stock was down 20 percent today after the company said yesterday that its fiscal third-quarter profit dropped more than 15 percent drop because of declining enrollments in its namesake school.
(AP) — A proposed merger between Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp. and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana has cleared a major regulatory hurdle.
(AP) — Shortly before 8 p.m., the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing had been taken into custody. Here's a look at how it played out on television.
(AP) — Activist investor Nelson Peltz has disclosed stakes in Mondelez International Inc. and PepsiCo INc., following earlier reports that the billionaire could be pushing for a marriage between the sweet and salty snack giants.
(AP) — Boeing Co. said it will slow down production of its superjumbo 747-8 because of weak demand.
(AP) — McDonald's managed to eke out a higher profit for its first quarter even as the world's biggest hamburger chain failed to lift sales with its Dollar Menu.
(AP) — Air traffic controller furloughs scheduled to kick in on Sunday could result in flight delays of more than three hours in Atlanta, as well as significant delays in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York-area airports, federal officials said Thursday.
(AP) — The storm that pummeled the Chicago area ripped open a sinkhole that swallowed three cars, shut segments of major expressways and scrapped hundreds of flights.
(AP) — Unemployment held steady in Illinois in March at 9.5 percent with 629,000 people looking for work.
(AP) — The carrier resumed most flights Wednesday, a day after a massive technology failure forced the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all planes from coast to coast.
(AP) — Equipment maker Dover Corp. said today that first-quarter net income rose as business picked up in the energy and consumer electronics businesses.
(AP) — A judge has finalized a $700,000 settlement between McDonald's and members of Michigan's Muslim community over claims a Detroit-area restaurant falsely advertised food as prepared according to Islamic law.
(AP) — Arris Group Inc. closed on its acquisition of Motorola Mobility's TV set-top business.
(AP) — Amid unusual secrecy, top Minnesota lawmakers acknowledged Tuesday that they're trying to get a major pharmaceutical company to add 200 high-paying jobs with incentives anchored by a tax break and a $5 million loan that are both gaining steam at the Capitol.
(AP)— It has been six decades since doctors concluded that addiction was a disease that could be treated, but today, the condition still dwells on the fringes of the medical community.
A local woman was anxious to hear from her brother, who ran in the race, and officials of a marathon scheduled for April 27 Downstate were taking calls from worried runners and families.
(AP) — Gov. Rick Perry announced a weeklong print and Internet ad buy in Crain's Chicago Business and on ChicagoBusiness.com claiming that the "Escape route from Illinois to economic freedom leads to Texas."
(AP) — Abbott Laboratories is recalling its FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meters after finding that they display and store incorrect test results for dangerously high blood sugar levels.
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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