Planned Layoffs Surged 37 Percent Last Month; More Coming Due To Sequester
Ahead of a key government jobs report to be issued Friday, a Chicago firm said layoffs are picking up in the U.S.
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Ahead of a key government jobs report to be issued Friday, a Chicago firm said layoffs are picking up in the U.S.
The billionaire family that owns the Cubs sweetened the pot Wednesday in an apparent attempt to prod Mayor Rahm Emanuel into siding with the team in the dispute over Wrigley Field signage that's holding up a $300 million plan to renovate the historic ballpark.
Gas prices continue to climb in the Chicago area with the highest prices ever for the start of the month of March, AAA reports.
Have you ever imagined you could create your own web application? Probably not. Well, wait until you check out this boot camp. CBS 2's Susanna Song reports.
The deep fryers are on overdrive as the kitchen at Jimmy Green's in the South Loop prepares for another big Blackhawks crowd.
Stock in Chicago-based Groupon plummeted on Thursday, falling more than 20 percent as of midday.
Where's the best place in Illinois to play those recently legalized video gambling games. CBS2's Mike Parker found it.
Starting this coming Monday, Metra will be giving away free tickets to try to get more people to try the commuter rail line.
Mayor Emanuel is warning Chicago will be hurt if lack of a budget deal triggers automatic budget cuts known as Sequestration, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
A University of Chicago economist says sequestration might help a bit, certainly will not hurt nearly as badly as the administration is warning, reports WBBM's John Cody.
The University of Chicago, encouraged by early success of its Harper Court redevelopment, is pushing forward with plans to build a retail and apartment building less than a half-mile away from it.
A plainspoken Illinois tire company executive was defending his labeling of workers at a French tire plant as "lazy," after deciding not to buy the facility.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the City of Chicago is upping the ante in its bid to promote tourism here.
After watching the Taste of Chicago lose $1.3 million last summer, despite significantly scaling back the festival to cut costs, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he's asked his team at the Department of Cultural Affairs to come up with more changes for the Taste this year.
The move would combine the No. 2 and No. 3 office supply retailer and lead to consolidation in an industry that analysts have said for years is overstored. It reflects the changing retail landscape as "big box" stores become outmoded and more people shop online.
