Rob Kaiser

Walk into Jim Brady's business and you won't see much evidence of what economists are calling the "jobless recovery." Brady, owner of Corley Financial in Chicago, has been bombarded with...

The Women in Business Yellow Pages looks a tad different this year, having undergone a name change, put on a significant amount of weight and added a risque cover image....

With its October issue, Black Enterprise magazine is rolling out a new publication targeting teens interested in business. The new publication, called Teenpreneur, is slated to become a stand-alone magazine...

The Chicago public school system is holding a vendor fair later this month to try to connect with more minority- and women-owned businesses. The school system has held similar events...

Do you want the bad news or the bad news? Health insurance premiums increased 12.7 percent this year at all companies, the biggest jump in the past dozen years. And...

When the Women's Business Development Center held its first conference 16 years ago for female entrepreneurs, 150 people attended. "Nobody was very interested," concedes Hedy Ratner, the center's co-president. Today,...

Ford Motor Co. is developing a program with the Small Business Administration to help minority car dealers take control of their businesses. The dealers are often forced to slow growth...

The City of Chicago is tossing its litter tax. Already struck down by two courts, the tax on fast-food purchases died after the city let a deadline for a second...

The total number of micro-loans, defined as loans of less than $100,000, to small businesses jumped more than 10 percent last year, but the number of traditional loans was flat....

During a recent swing through Chicago, Don DeBolt, president of the International Franchise Association, was asked about hot franchising concepts. His response: Dogs. More specifically, a Houston-based company called Interquest...