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37signals changing name to Basecamp, shedding products

December 23, 2018 at 3:38 p.m.

Chicago software development company 37signals is changing its name to match its most popular product, Basecamp, and shedding its other offerings to focus on it alone, chief executive Jason Fried...

Foundation taking bids for Obama library

June 17, 2018 at 4:54 p.m.

The push to build Barack Obama's presidential library officially got underway Friday with the establishment of a foundation managed by three of his longtime supporters. Chicago businessman Marty Nesbitt, a...

President Barack Obama walks with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, his first White House chief of staff, as he moves from Air Force One to Marine One shortly after landing in town for a pair of Democratic fundraisers Wednesday, May 29, 2013 in Chicago.

Push to get Obama library officially begins

May 16, 2019 at 3:12 p.m.

The push to build President Barack Obama's presidential library officially got underway on Friday with the establishment of a foundation, managed by three of his longtime supporters, to oversee the...

Push to get Obama library officially begins

December 23, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.

The push to build President Barack Obama's presidential library officially got underway on Friday with the establishment of a foundation, managed by three of his longtime supporters, to oversee the...

Foundation taking bids for Obama library

December 23, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.

The push to build Barack Obama's presidential library officially got underway Friday with the establishment of a foundation managed by three of his longtime supporters. Chicago businessman Marty Nesbitt, a...

The torch is carried into Soldier Field to mark the opening of the Special Olympics spring games in 2013. Chicago's top supporters of Special Olympics locally are in the early phases of planning a permanent athletic facility and headquarters for the organization, which was founded here in 1968.

Special Olympics Chicago plans for permanent home

November 3, 2021 at 7:55 p.m.

The city's top supporters of Special Olympics locally are in the early phases of planning a permanent athletic facility and headquarters for the organization, which was founded here in 1968....

Special Olympics Chicago plans for permanent home

December 23, 2018 at 3:18 p.m.

The city's top supporters of Special Olympics locally are in the early phases of planning a permanent athletic facility and headquarters for the organization, which was founded here in 1968....

Harper Reed hopes to debut Chicago's most-anticipated technology startup, called Modest, by the end of the first quarter.

Harris: ‘Ones to Watch’ in Chicago business in 2014

November 3, 2021 at 7:53 p.m.

Barack Obama campaign veterans Harper Reed and Dylan Richard will launch a tech company. Don Thompson will be under pressure to improve sales at McDonald's. And with Tribune Co. spinning...

Harris: ‘Ones to Watch’ in Chicago business in 2014

December 23, 2018 at 3:11 p.m.

Barack Obama campaign veterans Harper Reed and Dylan Richard will launch a tech company. Don Thompson will be under pressure to improve sales at McDonald's. And with Tribune Co. spinning...

Mayor’s deputy communications director named COO of 1871

December 23, 2018 at 3:09 p.m.

Tom Alexander, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deputy communications director, has been named chief operating officer of 1871, the city's hub for technology startups. Alexander will report to 1871's new chief executive...

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