Chicago
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General Growth hires as debt adviserNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the real-estate investment trust that said this month it might file for bankruptcy, hired law firm Sidley Austin as financial adviser as ...
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Boeing warns employees of job, cost cutsNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Boeing Co. will cut jobs and reduce costs in 2009 to help offset expenses from aircraft program delays and to brace for possible order cancellations, Chief Executive Off...
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Chicago bid uses newspaper wraparound promotion
Nov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Chicago got a jump on its three rivals for the 2016 Summer Games ahead of Friday's presentations to the European Olympic Committees. Delegates at the...
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Airlines seek downsizing of O'Hare expansion
Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The Chicago Tribune, citing documents it has obtained, is reporting major airlines serving O'Hare International Airport have called for a halt to an expansion project. T...
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MLB: Tribune set Dec. 1 deadline for Cubs bids
Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK _ Bidders for the Chicago Cubs have until Dec. 1 to submit offers, Major League Baseball said Wednesday after a meeting of its ownership committee. Bob DuPuy, ...
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Local restaurants honoredNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Four Illinois restaurants were awarded the Restaurant Neighbor Award, a program by the National Restaurant Association that recognizes outstanding community service. The...
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Sara Lee to close Chicago plant, lay off 185Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Downers Grove-based Sara Lee Corp. will close its Chicago kosher hot dog and meat processing facility and lay off around 200 workers sometime before the end of this Janu...
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Chicago aldermen approve $6 bil budget
Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Aldermen have approved Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's $6.2 billion budget amid worries over the economy. The budget, approved 49-1 on Wednesday, calls for as many as 635 ...
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Family of drowning victim sues school, YMCANov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The mother of a Chicago teen who drowned at a leadership retreat last week has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the parties that sponsored the retreat. The lawsuit...
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Dentist gets 3 years for laundering money
Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A downtown Chicago dentist has been sentenced to three years and a month in federal prison for laundering money for an interstate prostitution ring. Dr. Gary Kimmel admi...