CHICAGO – Meeting your neighbors used to be as simple as knocking on the door and delivering a plate of cookies. The growing residential networking site LifeAt.com, however, now allows some Chicago condominium owners to interact without so much as a glance through a door’s peephole.
CHICAGO – Though health care insurance remains a coveted employment benefit, there are many firms that have dropped insurance or significantly underinsured employees.
CHICAGO – Cablevision Systems Corp. will buy the Long Island, N.Y. newspaper Newsday from Chicago’s Tribune Co. for $650 million, the companies announced on Monday.
Published: 5/12/2008 11:49:00 AM | State: Illinois | Source: MidwestBusiness.com
CHICAGO – Virgin America says it will petition the Federal Aviation Administration this week for landing rights to operate eight daily flights out of Chicago’s O’Hare more...
Published: 5/12/2008 11:41:00 AM | State: Illinois | Source: MidwestBusiness.com
INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Lilly in Indianapolis dedicated its recently completed $1 billion biotech R&D lab on Monday in a ceremony that was attended by Indianapolis mayor more...
Published: 5/12/2008 11:35:00 AM | State: Illinois | Source: MidwestBusiness.com
CHICAGO – Since taking control of the Chicago-based Tribune Co., chairman Sam Zell has made quick work of restructuring his new acquisition. The question now is how more...
INDIANAPOLIS – A cure for cancer, a solution to rising fuel prices or a new generation of super-strong materials coming out of Indiana? This and much more possibly lies more...
GLENVIEW, Ill. – Illinois Tool Works will pay $2.1 billion to acquire British food equipment manufacturer Enodis as a way to further broaden its diverse holdings.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday signed a $38 million compensation package to help victims of the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse.
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. – St. Francis Hospital & Health Center and MSMC Investors signed an agreement on Thursday to transfer control of the hospital to MSMC Investors.
CHICAGO – There’s a fire sale going on now in the U.S. As I sit here in New York while attending the NanoBusiness Alliance nanotech conference, the city is mobbed with more...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Clearwire Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. will combine their wireless broadband networks to create a $14.55 billion communications company.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in Motorola to 7.6 percent from 6.4 percent, according to a Wednesday filing with the SEC.
MINNEAPOLIS – Medtronic in Minneapolis said on Tuesday it will cut 350 jobs in Minnesota. This move is part of a larger, 1,100-job layoff at sites around the globe.
CHICAGO – Echo Global Logistics is taking pages from corporate cousin InnerWorkings with its own IPO. The founders and investors of both companies have funded MediaBank more...
CHICAGO – After shopping for a new address, BP has chosen the Chicago Mercantile Exchange complex at 10 and 30 S. Wacker as the new home for various operations.
CHICAGO – Millions in unpaid bills have brought the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago a foreclosure lawsuit. Its founder does not dispute the money is owed.
WARRENVILLE, Ill. – Navistar Defense, which is an affiliate of Navistar International Corp., said on Tuesday it has received a $1.3 billion contract from the U.S. Army.
CHICAGO – The 2007 buyout of Chicago-based LaSalle Bank will become all the more visible on Monday as the familiar green and yellow signs come down and are replaced more...
CHICAGO – Merger talks between United Airlines parent UAL Corp. and U.S. Airways have intensified, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Monday.
Attention, Earthlings: A Spring n-Counter Had Professionals Landing at the W CHICAGO – On April 24, 2008, Business Network Chicago welcomed a wide array of Chicago professionals to the Spring n-Counter. This evening at the W Hotel in downtown Chicago gave individuals from all facets of business an opportunity to network with class. The evening drew people from Chicago in marketing, IT and many other segments and allowed them to make connections, promote and share their enthusiasm for business and technology in the Windy City.
4/29/2008 4:20:00 PM
CHICAGO – Meeting your neighbors used to be as simple as knocking on the door and delivering a plate of cookies. The growing residential networking site LifeAt.com, however, now allows some Chicago condominium owners to interact without so much as a glance through a door’s peephole.
CHICAGO – On April 24, 2008, Business Network Chicago welcomed a wide array of Chicago professionals to the Spring n-Counter. This evening at the W Hotel in downtown Chicago gave individuals from all facets of business an opportunity to network with class. The evening drew people from Chicago in marketing, IT and many other segments and allowed them to make connections, promote and share their enthusiasm for business and technology in the Windy City.
