Consumer Confidence Helps Drive Down Jobless Rate
The U.S. Labor Department says the jobless rate fell in November to 8.6 percent, down from 9 percent the month before. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker takes a look at the face on the newly employed.
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The U.S. Labor Department says the jobless rate fell in November to 8.6 percent, down from 9 percent the month before. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker takes a look at the face on the newly employed.
The Alberto Culver plant in Melrose Park is shutting down, and about 600 workers will lose their jobs or be forced to transfer.
If you were a member of any of the 23 Chicago area Bally Total Fitness clubs, your membership has been transferred over to LA Fitness as the gyms change hands.
Sears Holdings Corp. says it is disappointed after the Illinois House of Representatives voted down legislation that would have provided tax breaks to keep the retailer, as well as the CME Group, in the state.
Hyatt hotel workers rallied outside company headquarters downtown Wednesday to protest what they see as threats to cut off health care.
A Wal-Mart store is now open in Lakeview, although not the one that generated a flurry of controversy among neighbors earlier this year.
Illinois lawmakers went home Tuesday night after hitting an impasse over a $250 million package of tax relief designed to keep several high-profile companies from leaving the state.
A group that promotes downstate business says Caterpillar's investment in building more machines in East Peoria and Decatur will pay over and over again.
All is not lost if you didn't close some online deals on "Cyber Monday," one expert says.
A Chicago business owner claims he felt pressured into signing up for a service, and now he's being sued for more than $17,000 to fulfill a contract. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The historic Belden-Stratford building on Lincoln Park West has been sold to a Chicago investment firm.
The night before Thanksgiving is considered to be the biggest night out of the year, to the point where bar owners call it "Black Wednesday."
The shuttered Borders bookstore at the busy juncture of Diversey Parkway, Clark Street and Broadway will reopen as a multi-level Walgreens drugstore, according to an architectural firm.
A renowned Swedish deli in Andersonville is back open for business after being closed during the summer, and says it is not going anywhere.
Downers Grove-based Dover Corporation reported quarterly profits that blew away Wall Street on the strength of its energy and consumer electronics markets. It reported sales growth of 20 percent.
