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O’Hare revamp turns contentious after going billions over budget
Chicago is struggling to advance an $8.5 billion airport upgrade that’s key to bolstering its status as a crucial air hub.
Archer-Daniels-Midland looks to bounce back from $8 billion wipeout
The Chicago-based agricultural commodities trader is promising a turnaround as it undergoes a federal investigation of its accounting practices.
Pritzker says he’d veto any Chicago financial transaction tax
Governor J.B. Pritzker said he would veto any legislation to impose a financial transaction tax that could harm Chicago's storied exchanges and cause them to leave the state. "Let me...
Zuckerberg cash is helping to propel Chicago’s biotech ambitions
For about a year, Northwestern University professor Shana Kelley and a group of more than 20 Chicago scientists met every Saturday morning to solve a complex challenge: how to win...
Avocados are in, pork bellies out in the era of pandemic eating
The pandemic has totally transformed the way the world eats. There is no trend, exactly, other than this: People want comfort. They also want to eat their way to stronger...
With panic buying waning, Big Food sees life without restaurants
Some of America's largest food companies are finally feeling the pinch with restaurants across the U.S. remaining closed for weeks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. After weeks of...
How European barley became a staple of American craft beer
When Ron Barchet set up his Pennsylvania craft brewery after quitting his job as a financial analyst, he turned to Europe for the malted barley needed to make a distinctive-tasting...