Kelly Yamanouchi

Masked passengers fill a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank, California, to Las Vegas on June 3, 2020, with middle seats left open. Southwest plans to lift seat capacity limits on Dec. 1.

Thinking of flying? One airline is blocking middle seats through March 30.

November 19, 2020 at 4:04 p.m.

Delta Air Lines will extend its policy of blocking middle seats through March 30, the carrier announced Wednesday. Most other major airlines have stopped blocking middle seats, while Southwest Airlines...

United Parcel Service pilots can opt out of China flight assignments

February 6, 2020 at 9:41 p.m.

The pilots union at UPS has struck a deal with the company to allow pilots to opt out of flight assignments to China. The deal between UPS and the Independent...

UPS has ordered 10,000 electric delivery trucks from electric vehicle maker Arrival.

UPS orders 10,000 electric delivery trucks, plans test of self-driving vans

January 31, 2020 at 6:53 p.m.

UPS has ordered 10,000 electric delivery trucks from electric vehicle maker Arrival, in what it calls a move to accelerate fleet electrification. It's the Sandy Springs-based shipping giant's largest-ever single...

Delta Air Lines is discontinuing a ban on emotional support animals on flights longer than eight hours. However, the airline is not changing its ban on pit bulls as service animals.

Delta ends ban on emotional support animals on long flights — but keeps pit bull ban

October 9, 2019 at 7:21 p.m.

To comply with new federal guidance, Delta Air Lines is discontinuing a ban on emotional support animals on flights longer than eight hours. However, the airline is not changing its...

Brand new names for malls

August 20, 2021 at 2:13 a.m.

The names are synonymous with shopping in suburban Chicago: Old Orchard, Hawthorn, Fox Valley. But now three of the area's largest regional malls are on their way to becoming "Westfield...

Offbeat indicators point to upswing

August 20, 2021 at 7:07 a.m.

In search of answers to crucial economic questions, Chicago companies employ the latest data-modeling tools--and scan the city skyline, check out action on the golf course, tally pedicure treatments and...

Shoppers hand stores mixed bag on sales

August 20, 2021 at 2:21 a.m.

Discouraged by unseasonably cold weather in the Midwest, shoppers held back on spending for spring clothes and Easter goodies, depressing sales at some of the nation's major retailers in March....

Beers, tears, cheers flow for workers

August 20, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Not many people attend their own wakes. But that's what happened Monday night as scores of Andersen employees killed time waiting for the stroke of 8 p.m. when they could...

Chicago bundles up for the summer

August 20, 2021 at 4:37 p.m.

The sun finally peeked out Monday afternoon, briefly making for a lovely April day. Unfortunately, it's June. With a windchill whipping in from Lake Michigan that dropped the temperature below...

Mortgage blues color Fed’s cuts

January 30, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

Every time the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, mortgage brokers are deluged by calls from homeowners looking to refinance their home loans at lower rates. Lately, though, a lot of...

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