Business Stories from September 15, 2024 (Change date)
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Back from the dead? Haunted house helps revive long vacant nightclub space in West ChicagoSep 15, 2024 4:45 pm - 5 Points Haunted House — a commercial offshoot of the Lehman Manor Halloween attraction run for years by the McCabe family outside their West Chicago home — will open Oct. 4 in the former site of Club 38 and Synergy nightclubs on Roosevelt Road.
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Job rate for women in tech has hardly budged since 2005, EEOC findsSep 15, 2024 5:58 am - The share of women in the high-tech industry has barely budged over the past two decades even as the number of lucrative jobs in the field has soared in that time, accord...
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Rent, utilities rose faster than home values for first time in a decadeSep 15, 2024 5:44 am - The cost of rent and utilities in 2023 rose faster than home values for the first time in a decade, the latest sign that a distorted housing market has pushed more people...
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High drug prices hurt small businessesSep 15, 2024 5:30 am - Politicians talk a lot about small businesses during elections, and this has certainly been a hot topic as the race for our next president enters the final stretch. As c...
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How to talk politics at work without upsetting anyoneSep 15, 2024 5:27 am - Can you believe what happened during the presidential debate? If the idea of that question popping up at work makes you cringe, you’re not alone. As the race for the Whit...
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The Biz Week That Was: Movie house turns 100, business maven moves onSep 15, 2024 5:23 am - ‘Old-school downtown USA’: Antioch Theatre celebrating 100 years and counting Over the past century, the Antioch Theatre has been down but never out as a simple fixt...
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Mortgage rates just fell again. Here’s what you need to know.Sep 15, 2024 5:22 am - Mortgage rates fell on Thursday to their lowest level since April 2023 — 6.2% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, down from 6.35% a week before, according to Freddie Mac.That’s a sharp drop from the high of 7.8% recorded last October and welcome news for would-be home buyers who have been priced out of the property market, as well as homeowners who bought at high rates and are eager to refinance.
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How the Richardson Farm in Spring Grove grew to be the ‘world’s largest’ corn mazeSep 15, 2024 1:31 am - The corn maze at Richardson Farm in Spring Grove, a 28-acre labyrinth with annual themes, has grown significantly since it started 24 years ago.
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