A new dataset released by the City of Chicago allows you to sort through all city employees by department, job title, and salary. Plus: a map of the city’s traffic count shows where the most cars pass by every day.
He’s the billionaire founder of the Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel. He’s also a philanthropist, a political player, a benefactor of the arts—and a person with a penchant for privacy. So who exactly is Kenneth Cordele Griffin? We scoured public documents, financial records, and other sources to come up with the answer
Chicago’s beaches have historically been at the intersection of violence, race, class, and hot weather. Though the technology has changed: social media used to be a bugle. (Seriously.)
A conversation with his wife, Cheri, about whether he’d accept the nomination… and about the similarly grueling life choice of being a Cubs fan.
Groupon peels back the curtain with its S-1 filing, in advance of its eagerly awaited IPO. So why is everyone talking about moats and “adjusted CSOI”?
The singles tell us their dream dinner dates, discuss their dream jobs, reveal the coolest places they’ve visited, and more
WHAT I WAS THINKING: The private equity firm chair on his biggest winner, biggest dry hole, and more
Did Rod Blagojevich seriously think he could track down the al-Qaeda mastermind? It’s not as farfetched as it sounds: it wouldn’t have been the first time the former governor had come face to face with a notorious villain on the world stage.
Should you rent or buy? How much of America should rent or buy? Is housing as bad as it was during the Great Depression?
According to a paper by former UIUC prof Earl Grinols, the odds are good that a casino would lead to an increase in crime. Taxing it enough might pay for the social costs, but a drop in casino taxes is part of the legislation.
