Business Columns
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Swiss billionaire gives up bid for Chicago TribuneApr 17, 2021 1:00 am - On second thought, cancel the ticker tape parade and key to the city for Hansjörg Wyss. The Swiss billionaire who burst on the scene last month as the “potential savior...
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Feder: Top bidder for Chicago Tribune called influential liberal donorApr 14, 2021 1:00 am - Hansjörg Wyss, the Swiss billionaire who has his sights set on owning the Chicago Tribune, has been a major donor to progressive causes and the Democrats who support the...
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Feder: Media Burn wins grant to launch Guerrilla Television NetworkApr 05, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago's Media Burn Independent Video Archive has received a $459,150 grant from the Council on Library Resources to collaborate with the University of Chicago on digit...
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Rival group steps up to outbid Alden for Tribune Publishing, report saysApr 04, 2021 1:00 am - Maryland hotel magnate Stewart Bainum and Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss appear to have topped the bid of hedge fund Alden Global Capital to win full control of Tribune...
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Feder: Moody Bible Institute sells AM radio flagship WMBI after 95 yearsApr 02, 2021 1:00 am - WMBI 1110-AM, radio flagship of Chicago's Moody Bible Institute since 1926 and the oldest noncommercial Christian radio station in the country, has been sold, according ...
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Feder: DraftKings acquires VSiN from Chicago entrepreneursMar 30, 2021 1:00 am - VSiN, the Las Vegas-based sports information network founded by a group of Chicago entrepreneurs in 2017, has been acquired by DraftKings, the sports betting operator an...
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Feder: Swiss billionaire steps up to bid for Chicago TribuneMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Could an 85-year-old billionaire environmentalist from Wyoming turn out to be the savior of the Chicago Tribune? Hansjörg Wyss, Swiss-born former chief executive of the...
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Should gun owners help schools fund trauma response? Bill would add 1% tax to ammo salesMar 26, 2021 5:00 am - Should gun owners be on the hook to pay for training, counseling and other programs that help schools prepare for and deal with traumatic events like on-campus shootings...
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Starting a new family businessMar 22, 2021 1:00 am - In middle school Karen Pauly would bring home rescue dogs, her father, Jim, remembers. She just always had a passion for dogs. Despite her family's 102-year history in t...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago enjoys a blockbuster weekMar 20, 2021 1:00 am - It's been a week to celebrate for Block Club Chicago, the must-read neighborhood news site that just keeps getting better and better, Robert Feder writes. First it was ...