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Will ‘power hungry’ Amazon get too big for its own good?

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

Ever since Amazon made its blockbuster bid for Whole Foods last week, there's been speculation over what the e-commerce powerhouse is going to try and buy next. Chicago-based Grubhub, the...

This Wednesday, March 1, 2017, file photo, shows an exterior view of the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco.

Uber can’t ride out any more big mistakes

August 21, 2019 at 11:47 p.m.

As ride-sharing ballooned in popularity throughout the Chicago area and the rest of the world, it wasn't always easy to tell the difference between its two large players, Uber Technologies...

Cars pass the new Whole Foods Market March 10, 2017, in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. The grocery chain, known for its organic options, had been facing increased pressure from rivals. Its sale to Amazon is expected to close in the second half of 2017.

With Whole Foods buyout, Amazon shakes, rattles and rolls

August 21, 2019 at 11:47 p.m.

Amazon, kingpin of the industry disruptors, is rattling the grocery business like never before with its estimated $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods. The deal, which woke up Wall Street...

Paperwork providing information to immigrants and others on what to do if confronted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers is available at the Latino Union workers center Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Chicago.

Business pushes Rauner to sign bill to protect immigrants

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

For the second time this year, an influential group of Chicago-area business leaders is openly challenging the Trump administration's tough anti-immigration policies. But this time around, the more than 170...

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, speaks to the media accompaniedby House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on June 7, 2017, in Washington, D.C. They addressedhealth care and the Dodd-Frank Act.

This new banking bill would make consumers pay

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

In Washington, a powerful movement is underway to kill the consumer protections and bank industry regulations that arose from the ashes of the 2008 financial crisis. Perhaps you haven't heard...

A new report calls Chicago a "stagnant giant," and suggests a plan that pulls together four major areas — commercial, academic, cultural and civic — would translate into greater international interest, and eventually, more business and other opportunities.

A plan to protect Chicago’s global trade

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

Over the past 20 years, Chicago has made its way onto the international stage, especially as more local businesses expand globally and many overseas firms open outposts here. For a...

Consumers are at risk and very much on their own when it comes to picking a mover.

When picking a mover, it’s buyer beware of rip-off artists

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

Hundreds of Chicago-area households this summer will leave their old homesteads for new digs. But before going anywhere, they'll probably make one of their hardest and scariest decisions: hiring a...

Target’s Streeterville store is an example of the small-format, urban-oriented outlets the company hopes will help boost its fortunes.

Target shoots for retail comeback, and Chicago area is on front line

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

Beleaguered retailer Target Corp. is counting on the Chicago area to help trigger its revival and rescue the company. Under attack from giants Amazon and Walmart, Target is fighting back...

Demonstrators hold signs as they march down Jorie Boulevard toward the McDonald's Corporate office headquarters during a protest, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Oak Brook. Fast food workers and supporters gathered from all over the nation to protest for a raise in their minimum wages and the formation of a union as a shareholders meeting took place inside the McDonalds Corporation headquarters office Wednesday.

A headline from the future? ‘Rauner signs minimum wage bill, economy improves’

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

The typical business owner or operator can bristle at being told what to do, especially when it's the government doing the telling. This is particularly true when it comes to...

Packages of Colgate toothpaste are seen in 2004. Wall Street speculation says Colgate-Palmolive might be acquired by Kraft Heinz, which has headquarters in Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Amid rumors that Kraft Heinz wants to buy Colgate, has anyone asked why?

May 23, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

Another round of big deal speculation is underway on Wall Street and locally based Kraft Heinz is, once again, in the thick of such megamerger talk. This time around, the...

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