New spin for Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s
Chicago's popular Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's will be replaced by a two-story McDonald's with retro trimmings -- in a sort of super-sized version of a 1950s drive-in. Plans for the...
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Space made for TV craftsman at Sears
Could television carpenter Ty Pennington be the next Martha Stewart? Sears, Roebuck and Co. Wednesday said it has signed the craftsman of cable's TV's "Trading Spaces" and ABC's "Extreme Makeover:...
Sears to sell tools for tots
Daddy has his own ?toy? section at Sears. Now the kids? wish list might start looking like his. A line of toy Craftsman tools will be showing up at Sears...
United seeks 10% pay cuts
United Airlines is giving its unions new wage proposals, with support personnel presented 10 percent givebacks. The scale of the proposals suggested that pilots are in line for a sizable...
Donnelley’s net falls 66%, but company affirms ’02 outlook
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., which has been struggling due to the sharp fall in printing activity, said Wednesday that first-quarter net income, excluding one-time items, fell 66 percent, to...
USG posts $9 million loss
Construction-products maker USG Corp. today posted a $9 million loss for its year-ending quarter, writing off $42 million in plant closings and job cuts. The results were in marked contrast...
Bank One cuts more jobs, shores up earnings
Bank One Corp. has shed another 2,282 employees since October, the bank disclosed today, or 3 percent of its workforce. And its cost cutting is falling to the Chicago-based bank?s...
Internet phones adding takeout to menu
Ordering takeout food soon may mean calling up an Internet bookmark, not a phone number. Restaurant delivery site Food.com is in beta testing for an ordering system using Internet-enabled cell...
All city squads mark crime drop
Twelve of Chicago's police districts posted 1999 crime rates lower than city as a whole, according to preliminary city statistics. Overall crime dropped 8.9 percent compared with 1998 figures, with...
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Not all landlords have to pay interest on security deposits. Here are the rules by community: Chicago: In buildings of six or more units, landlords who don't live on the...