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Threat of immigration raids turns Chicago’s ‘Little Village’ into ghost townJan 21, 2025 10:31 am - The second busiest retail corridor in Chicago is typically a bustling area dotted with taquerias and Mexican grocery stores in the southwestern part of the city. By Monday afternoon it had turned into a ghost town.
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A rundown of Trump’s executive actions, from tariffs to immigrationJan 21, 2025 8:06 am - President Donald Trump wasted no time announcing steps to implement many of his campaign pledges, including on immigration, energy, the military and federal workforce, ca...
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China weighs sale of TikTok US to Musk as a possible optionJan 14, 2025 4:24 pm - Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on ...
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Trump’s impact on wind sector limited by sole term, Taiwan saysJan 10, 2025 2:28 pm - Taiwan’s economic minister said the impact of Donald Trump in certain areas will be somewhat limited because he can only serve a single term, rare frank comments that sho...
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TikTok Shop rival Whatnot raises funds at $5 billion valuationJan 08, 2025 10:30 am - Whatnot Inc., a livestream shopping platform that competes with TikTok Shop, raised $265 million at a valuation of $4.97 billion in a funding round led by Greycroft Partn...
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Bezos’ Miami neighbor seeks $200 million for empty lotJan 01, 2025 5:45 pm - A mystery seller is asking $200 million for an empty waterfront lot next door to the properties Jeff Bezos bought in South Florida. The roughly 1.84 acre lot (0.74 hectare) is at Indian Creek, a man-made barrier island that’s been dubbed “Billionaire Bunker.”
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Kirkland for Christmas: Holiday shoppers are ditching logos for store brandsDec 23, 2024 1:23 pm - Jewelry reviewers on TikTok are recommending Costco’s $140 gold heart earrings for Christmas presents. Consumer Reports is championing an Amazon Basics blender among its best gifts under $40. And holiday shoppers are ditching Zara for Target for the quality, not just the price tag.
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AT&T hopes to sell landline holdouts on a new kind of home phoneDec 21, 2024 2:22 am - AT&T Inc. hopes to persuade people across the country to break up with their landlines by the end of 2029. To do so, it’s deploying a new weapon that might help: a wireless home phone.
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Container Store prepares to file for bankruptcy in coming weeksDec 13, 2024 2:12 pm - The Container Store Group Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy in the coming weeks following mounting losses and escalating liquidity woes, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
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Cloud computing tax threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley dreamDec 10, 2024 11:06 am - Chicago’s bid to become the Silicon Valley of the Midwest has registered some major wins in recent years: Google bought a huge downtown building, PsiQuantum Corp. announced a $1 billion investment in the city, and local startups raised a record $19 billion in 2022.