Features Who’s Up? Who’s Down?by Jan Parr and Ted ShenThings are rough all over. Unemployment has risen. Stocks have struggled. People fret about making ends meet. Why, even many of the city’s wealthy aren’t as flush as they once were. Here’s a look at the richest Chicagoans. A Terrorist’s Taleby Richard CahanIn 1941, Chicago’s Herbert … Read more
Features False Profitby Shane TritschFor thousands of investors, the promise of Clyde Hood and his Omega Trust & Trading – at least a fiftyfold return on their investment – looked like the answer to a prayer. But it turned out to be an empty guarantee from a ruinous, widespread scam. Different Strokesby Ann WiensThe short … Read more
Features The Day Clout Struck Outby Steve RhodesWith its powerful principals, political backing, and good location, a casino in Rosemont should have had smooth sailing. But despite the favorable odds, so far everyone is still losing. No Regretsby Marcia Froelke CoburnSixties radical Bill Ayers’s group used bombs and white-hot rhetoric to rage against war and … Read more
There’s a reason why part-time workers covet jobs at Starbucks: the company offers them health care coverage and other generous perks. But amid rising competition, can even this hegemonic juggernaut continue such benefits?
Chicago and organic food; most charitable states; the midwest loves botox
Sara Lee Corporation was once a star of the local business scene but has struggled in recent years. Can CEO Brenda Barnes restore the luster?
On the morning of November 2, 1948, as voters headed to the polls to choose between the incumbent Harry S. Truman and New York governor Thomas E. Dewey for president, the Chicago Daily Tribune’s Washington bureau chief, Arthur Sears Henning, had already begun his story for the next day’s papers. Based on polling results, he … Read more
Coming soon to an airport (or kitchen) near you: One of Kelly Dempski’s big inventions.
The lottery has hit the jackpot. Last year, for the first time in Illinois history, sales of the assorted lottery games surpassed the take at the state’s casinos. The lottery is such a cash cow that Governor Blagojevich has proposed leasing or selling it off saying the deal would produce a big payoff for school funding and construction projects. Here’s a look at the numbers.
