Orders for big jets make a splash in Paris
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 16:45:44 -0700 | business-news
Big finance waded into a rain-soaked Paris Airshow with more than $10 billion in orders for jumbo passenger jets as planemakers dueled over strategy for large aircraft on Monday. The world's biggest aircraft lessor, a unit of General Electric ,...
Boeing's Dreamliner becomes commercial reality
Source: Reuters
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-10-27 16:01:33 -0700 | travel-news
Analysis & Opinion The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to launch customer All Nippon Airway (ANA) leaves the paint hangar at Boeing's Everett factory August 6, 2011. After years of headaches and occasional heartbreak, Boeing Co is ready...
Tropical depression forms over Bahamas
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Miami :: FL :: USA | updated 2011-09-22 01:45:05 -0700 | travel-news
A tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic Ocean near the northern Bahamas and forecasters say it could strengthen into a tropical storm in the next day. Authorities in the Bahamas issued a tropical storm watch for Grand Bahama and...
Report: Wal-Mart's low pay drives employees onto public benefits
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-06-06 20:01:22 -0700 | business-news
Select a date range Create a custom date range This post has been updated...Wal-Mart wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new...
More Than 500 Sears Employees Dressed Up As Superman To Break A World Record
Source: BusinessInsider
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-06-05 14:35:47 -0700 | business-news
Sears employees descended upon Chicago dressed up as the "Man of Steel" today to break a Guinness World Record. The gathering, which took place at the Sears Holding Place, broke the Guinness World Record for the most people dressed...
CTA eliminates 200 positions to save about $22 million annually
Source: Daily Southtown
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-12-12 22:24:54 -0800 | political-news
Facing a $277 million budget shortfall, CTA President Forrest Claypool (pictured in June) is challenging unions: It's only in the Alice in Wonderland' world of these crazy work rules that people are paid millions of dollars to do nothing.
GM crop fails to protect against bugs
Source: News 24
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-10-30 20:26:23 -0700 | green-news
A voracious pest which has long plagued corn farmers is devouring a widely used variety that was genetically modified to thwart the rootworms, raising fears of a new superbug. So far, there is no evidence that a significant number of...
After debt deal, Obama focuses on jobs, economy
Source: Washington Post
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-10-04 23:43:33 -0700 | political-news
In the coming months, I'll continue also to fight for what the American people care most about: new jobs, higher wages and faster economic growth, Obama said. While Washington has been absorbed in this debate about deficits, people across the...
Comcast Internet outage affecting Chicago area
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-02-20 20:29:13 -0800 | technology-news
The outage of high-speed Internet started at 7:30 p.m., said Angie Amores, a Comcast spokeswoman...Officials did not have an estimated time of when the service will be restored, Amores said. Amores said that cable and phone service were not been...
Chicago Ideas Week Announces Speakers for Inaugural Event October 10-16
Source: PR Newswire
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-10-04 23:41:25 -0700 | political-news
Chicago Ideas Week (CIW), together with Mayor Rahm Emanuel , today announced thought leaders and innovators set to speak at the inaugural seven-day public platform of ideas and innovation, to be held Oct. 10 16, 2011. Presented by Brad Keywell...
Cullerton proposes tax breaks for Chicago exchanges
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-12-25 02:20:57 -0800 | political-news
Chicago's financial exchanges would see a dramatic drop in their Illinois corporate income tax bills under legislation introduced this afternoon by Sen. Pres...Illinois would tax only a fraction of the income generated by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board...
Tollway budget ties in rate hikes with new construction spending
Source: The Daily Herald
South Holland :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-12-20 15:07:37 -0800 | political-news
The agencys preliminary 2012 fiscal plan anticipates $973 million in spending and a similar amount in revenue, compared to $680 million this year. Next year is a ramp-up year for us, tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said. Rate hikes of...
Lisa Madigan says she’s concerned about gambling expansion
Source: Daily Southtown
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-12-21 01:44:17 -0800 | political-news
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she's concerned about an enormous expansion of gambling. The Illinois Radio Network reports Madigan feels Gov. Pat Quinn did the right thing when he suggested changes to legislation lawmakers have passed but still haven't...
Cook County to join sales tax battle against Kankakee and Channahon
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-12-04 10:51:34 -0800 | political-news
Cook County is expected to join the sales-tax fight against Kankakee and Channahon this morning with an announcement that it is filing a 12-count lawsuit against those outlying towns. The lawsuit, expected to be announced by Cook County Board...
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