Business Stories from July 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Ice cream truck by smartphone coming to ChicagoJul 19, 2013 11:13 am - Don’t scream for ice cream. Just pick up your smartphone. Uber, the San Francisco startup known for letting people order private drivers in sleek black cars using a smar...
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Moody’s downgrades Chicago’s debt ratingJul 18, 2013 1:50 pm - Moody’s Investors Service is downgrading its debt rating for Chicago because of the city’s “very large and growing” pension liability. The agency said late Wednesday it’...
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Ousted Metra CEO describes rough Illinois politicsJul 20, 2013 4:04 pm - A former California transit executive tapped to clean up Chicago’s scandal-tarnished Metra commuter rail agency said Wednesday he was pushed out barely two years into th...
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44 community groups to tout insurance marketplaceJul 18, 2013 6:54 am - Gov. Pat Quinn says $27 million in federal funds will be distributed to 44 community organizations that will help educate the public and push enrollment in the Illinois ...
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Federal Reserve supervisor pleads guilty to theftJul 18, 2013 6:54 am - A former supervisor at Chicago’s Federal Reserve Bank pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing confidential computer files. The offense is considered a misdemeanor. Brian M...
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Quinn signs law helping minority-owned businessesJul 19, 2013 7:17 am - Gov. Pat Quinn says a new law helping minority-owned business compete for state work will broaden participation in public works projects. The Democrat signed a law Wedn...
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