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Penny Pritzker resigns from the school board

December 24, 2018 at 12:36 a.m.

Billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker has resigned from the Chicago Board of Education effective Thursday, according to a letter she sent to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.A spokeswoman for Pritzker declined...

Boosters want to turn Pullman into national park

August 24, 2021 at 12:36 a.m.

A group of Chicago residents and preservationists are working to win federal approval to turn the entire Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side into a national park. If approved...

TribU: Smart Negotiating — get what you want

May 9, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

At Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, course registration is a case in economics. Every student is allotted a bag of points and must spend them bidding against each other...

TribU: Smart Negotiating — get what you want

December 24, 2018 at 12:30 a.m.

At Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, course registration is a case in economics. Every student is allotted a bag of points and must spend them bidding against each other...

Groupon Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky, shown here in April 2012, says he looks forward to hiring a CEO "who has experience dealing with the issues we're dealing with … who has been there and done that."

Next Groupon CEO will have experience, Chairman Eric Lefkofsky says

November 3, 2021 at 5:18 p.m.

Groupon has fired its chief executive and the money-losing company faces several challenges, but Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky is undeterred. The Chicago-based e-commerce site, he said, is "inches away from...

Penny Pritzker could be nominated by President Barack Obama to be commerce secretary.

Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?

November 3, 2021 at 5:18 p.m.

In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms...

Next Groupon CEO will have experience, Chairman Eric Lefkofsky says

December 24, 2018 at 12:26 a.m.

Groupon has fired its chief executive and the money-losing company faces several challenges, but Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky is undeterred. The Chicago-based e-commerce site, he said, is "inches away from...

Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?

December 24, 2018 at 12:26 a.m.

In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms...

Daley turns focus toward Gary

August 23, 2021 at 11:23 p.m.

Richard M. Daley has kept a low profile since leaving office in 2011. That doesn't mean he has lost interest in urban issues. The former mayor has turned his attention...

Harris: U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder to head Chicago Council on Global Affairs

August 23, 2021 at 11:16 p.m.

Ivo Daalder, U.S. ambassador to NATO and a national security expert, will become president of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs effective July 1. Daalder, 52, is succeeding Marshall Bouton,...

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