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President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016.

Trump courted small business. Now entrepreneurs wait to see if he’s for real.

June 2, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

There's a maxim about small business and politics: Before an election, politicians say they love entrepreneurs. But after an election, they usually break up. Right now, small-business owners hope President-elect...

CEOs take heed of Grubhub’s Trump hubbub

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Some corporate chief executive officers are masters at writing heartfelt memos to their employees that strike just the right tone. Matt Maloney, CEO of locally based online food ordering and...

Illinois forcing Volkswagen to clean up its act

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Even those who never owned a Volkswagen car could benefit from the beleaguered company's desperate need to make "dieselgate," a moniker for its massive auto emissions scandal, fade in the...

President-elect Trump’s business adventure has only begun, so hang on

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Think about this: Donald Trump, chief executive officer of the United States of America. Yes, it's going to take time for everyone, especially business people, to wrap their minds around...

The Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, Ind., had been scheduled to be razed but the company that owns the theater has revised its plans and the 3,400-seat theater will be spared from the wrecking ball.

Merrillville’s Star Plaza Theatre reprieve a good act to follow

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Followers of geezer rock bands, aficionados of country music groups, even lovers of romantic balladeers — and we're talking Engelbert Humperdinck here, folks — can breathe easy. That's because the...

NorthShore University HealthSystem's Evanston Hospital is seen April 5, 2016, in Evanston. NorthShore's proposed merger with Advocate Health Care has lost a key court ruling.

It’s time to halt North Shore medical system merger

February 14, 2020 at 12:17 p.m.

A proposed area hospital merger, one that would combine large health care systems along the lucrative suburban North Shore, appears to be on life support — courtesy of a federal...

Chicago Treasurer Kurt Summers, center, listens Sept. 22, 2016, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel, not shown, delivers the city budget address at City Hall in Chicago. Summers wants the Emanuel administration to join a lawsuit over interest-rate swaps.

Mayor, treasurer Summers at odds over antitrust lawsuit against big banks

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Chicago Treasurer Kurt Summers Jr. would like City Hall to step up. More to the point, Summers advocates the Emanuel administration, along with other government entities, back a lawsuit alleging...

In 2008, Forbes Magazine said Bensenville topped its list of America's fastest-dying small towns — but the suburb near O'Hare International Airport refuses to die.

Bensenville’s reported death is greatly exaggerated

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Not so long ago the village of Bensenville, a suburb immediately west of O'Hare International Airport, was given up for dead. In 2008, Forbes Magazine said Bensenville topped its list...

When the World Series is over, Cubs players will divvy up a sizeable pot of money. Last year, their postseason reward was more than $120,000 each.

How Cubs divvy up playoff spoils is a glimpse behind the curtain

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

It's the type of personal finance quandary many of us would like to run into: How to spend extra money that comes your way. Make that a lot of extra...

Cubs owner Tom Ricketts and president Theo Epstein watch a tribute to catcher David Ross on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016.

Fly the ‘W’ for Cubs business strategy

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Right now, the best business story in town is the Chicago Cubs. While the baseball team's loving public is justifiably focused on the Cubs prevailing in the World Series, businesspeople...

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