Alejandra Cancino

A Chicago scrap metal dealer has agreed to plead guilty to federal tax and currency transaction charges in a scheme involving checks issued to people who didn't exist and cash...

In what's become yearly tradition, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said Tuesday they will suspend evictions at foreclosed single-family properties during the holiday season. People will be allowed to stay...

A Schaumburg-based company could be fined up to $69,300 for failing to protect workers during trenching operations, according to the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. During a...

For those midnight dress cravings — and last minute Christmas shopping — Kohl's has your back. Kohl's Department Stores said on Tuesday it will keep its stores open for more...

For many, the party's over. Eighty-eight percent of companies are set to have an office party this year, compared with 96 percent in 2013 and 91 percent in 2012, according...

Chicago on Tuesday joined the growing ranks of major cities that have raised their minimum wage, a move decried by business groups as a jobs killer but touted by labor...

Citing a market slowdown that affected sales of large farm machinery, including some of its most profitable models, agricultural equipment maker Deere on Wednesday said its fiscal fourth quarter profit...

Three Chicago-area women sued a dry cleaning franchisee for allegedly requiring them to work "off the clock" and failing to compensate them for overtime. The women, Hortensia Castaneda, Naivi Cobos...