Articles filed under Chicago
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6 chimps in quarantine at Lincoln Park ZooMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Keepers at the Lincoln Park Zoo had six ailing chimpanzees in quarantine and under close observation Thursday after the recent death of another chimp from a mysterious r...
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NRG to Exelon: Drop effort to boardMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - NRG Energy Inc. urged Exelon Corp. to withdraw its proposal to expand NRG's board in an attempt to win approval of a $5.3 billion takeover aimed at creating the largest ...
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Medicare warns U of C Medical Center after ER deathMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Medicare officials are threatening to take away the University of Chicago Medical Center's certification after the death of a man who sat in the emergency room for hours...
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Trial of 3 cops to continueMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - The judge presiding over the bench trial of three Chicago police officers accused of beating two men at a tavern denied defense motions for directed verdicts of not guil...
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Boeing engineers in agree to contractMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. defense engineers in Wichita, Kansas, agreed to a three-year contract they rejected just weeks ago as union negotiators had little leverage because members ha...
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Johnson Controls to cut jobs, close 10 plantsMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Johnson Controls Inc. said Friday it will cut jobs and close 10 manufacturing plants as part of a restructuring effort that it said will cost between $200 m...
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IBM-Sun acquisition may hurt little guysMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - International Business Machines Corp.'s acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. could be bad news for the small suppliers that have grown up around the computer industry as...
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Chicago 2016 team promises details next weekMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - DENVER -- They kept saying "Yes We Can." More apt might have been another American president's once-popular catch phrase: "It's the economy, stupid." Mixed throughout th...
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Aide to former Chicago alderman gets 3 yearsMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - A former aide to convicted Chicago Alderman Arenda Troutman has been sentenced to three years in prison for mail fraud. A judge sentenced Steven Boone on Thursday. He wa...
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AMA sues WellPoint over databaseMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The American Medical Association is suing another large health insurer over what it claims was a scheme to underpay doctors for out-of-network medical cla...