Chicago Tribune: Business
- Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have wider privacy concerns
Saturday - 01/04/2025 - 01:46 PMNEW YORK — Your car is spying on you.
That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that Tesla collected on the driver of one of its Cybertrucks that exploded in Las Vegas earlier this week.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hearthside child labor settlement approved by Texas judge
Friday - 01/03/2025 - 04:58 PMDowners-Grove based Hearthside Food Solutions will pay $4.5 million to settle an Illinois child labor probe after a Texas bankruptcy judge approved a settlement between the company and the Illinois Department of Labor and attorney general Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 2 dead and 18 injured in Southern California plane crash
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 10:10 PMFULLERTON, Calif. — Two people died and 18 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in Southern California where at least 200 people were working, police said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Opioid overdose deaths plummeted in Cook County in 2024
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 05:59 PMThe number of opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Last year in Cook County, 1,026 people died from opioid overdoses — a nearly 44% drop from 2023.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As bird flu increases, officials add biosecurity requirement for farmers looking for reimbursement
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 02:55 PMFederal officials are cracking down on poultry operations looking for taxpayer relief from bird flu losses and will now require a biosecurity audit before insuring birds against future avian influenza outbreaks.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Dartmouth basketball players end attempt to unionize in anticipation of shifting NLRB
Tuesday - 12/31/2024 - 01:01 PMBOSTON — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team is dropping its attempt to unionize, ending a push to become the first college athletes to bargain for a contract in order to avoid a potentially damaging precedent from a National Labor Relations Board that soon will be controlled by Republicans.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Startup aims to use rails to transport renewable energy
Tuesday - 12/31/2024 - 04:56 PMFreight trains criss-crossing the country carry cars of coal and tanks of oil and natural gas to power plants to help keep the nation’s electric grid going. Could freight trains haul electrons generated by renewable energy sources for the same purpose?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon begins requiring workers in office five days per week; some are not happy
Tuesday - 12/31/2024 - 11:52 AMAs Amazon prepared for its workers to be back in the office five days a week, Christian Carron decided to quit.
Carron thought virtual work was here to stay. In 2022, when Amazon was still allowing employees to work entirely from home, he moved into a van, hoping to live out his dream of a nomadic lifestyle.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Column: Change comes rolling in with cashless I-PASS stickers
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 02:50 PMLife is change, they say, and many of us will be seeing that in 2025. With nearly 300 new state laws to take effect in the new year, there will be change galore.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Former Bears guard Nate Davis lists home in Highland Park for $5 million
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 11:33 AMFormer Chicago Bears guard Nate Davis has placed his recently renovated, four-bedroom, 5,537-square-foot house on 1.28 acres in Highland Park on the market for $5 million.
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The often-injured Davis, 28, signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Bears last year but was released from the team in November after he lost his starting role.
- Consumer protection agency sues Walmart, Branch alleging illegal pay practices for gig drivers
Friday - 01/03/2025 - 04:18 PMNEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Walmart and work scheduling platform Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers that are part of the discounter’s gig program to use costly deposit accounts to get paid and mispresented how they could access their wages.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bally’s Chicago launches $250 million IPO for minority investors, as casino site demolition remains on hold after river spill
Friday - 01/03/2025 - 12:41 PMWhen Bally’s won the competitive bidding process nearly three years ago to build Chicago’s first casino, it pledged to give minority investors a piece of the action as part of its agreement with the city.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Apple users could soon see payout as company agrees to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping and reco
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 05:34 PMApple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man killed by Metra train near Waukegan-North Chicago border
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 01:39 PMA man was killed Thursday morning when he was hit by a Metra train near the Waukegan-North Chicago border, a spokeswoman for the commuter rail agency said.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office said an autopsy was being scheduled for the victim.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hemp business owner sues over what he calls illegal raid, as officials in several towns consider bans
Wednesday - 01/01/2025 - 06:18 PMA raid and criminal charges against a suburban smoke shop owner have ignited a dispute over enforcement of hemp laws, with the store owner filing a lawsuit claiming improper arrest — all while officials in several towns consider bans and Illinois legislators debate new hemp regulations.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Tech titans trying to engage Trump through Mar-a-Lago trips
Tuesday - 12/31/2024 - 01:38 PMThe most powerful leaders in the tech industry are trying out a new playbook to engage Donald Trump, who has been historically opposed to their dominance: in-person dining.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
Tuesday - 12/31/2024 - 11:34 AMA looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business.
Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic in Conyers, Georgia, started her business solo as a mobile mechanic.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cafe opens in historic spot on East Side of Aurora
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 02:02 PMA new cafe has opened in Aurora that offers something fresh in a historic spot in the city.
Atrevete Cafe 1888 opened on Dec. 23 at the site of the old City Hospital of Aurora which was built in 1888.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Value-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 08:22 AMValue was in vogue in 2024.
Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CTA says bus service is back to prepandemic levels. A new analysis shows which neighborhoods were slowest to get service back.
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 06:00 AMSheridan Fitzpatrick stopped taking the bus to work some two years ago when the waits became too long and passengers on board became too disrespectful.
She recalled one instance when, with snow on the ground, she waited an hour for a bus that never arrived.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Vintage home near downtown Aurora sells for $410,000
Saturday - 01/04/2025 - 11:20 AMA vintage, six-bedroom, 3,630-square-foot house near downtown Aurora sold recently for $410,000.
Built in 1900 and located in Aurora’s Tanner Historic District, the Victorian-style house on North View Street sits on a corner lot and has a wraparound front porch and a turret that rises three levels.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - President Joe Biden rejects Nippon Steel’s proposed deal to acquire US Steel
Friday - 01/03/2025 - 08:39 AMWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has rejected the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his vow in March to block the acquisition.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Marijuana recession’ threatens Denver’s fledgling cannabis delivery businesses
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 03:50 PMThe day before Thanksgiving, Michael Diaz-Rivera was delivering goods to customers in the snow and cold, more focused on “Green Wednesday” than Black Friday.
Diaz-Rivera, who contracts with Denver cannabis stores, figured he and his drivers could end up making about 25 deliveries if people chose to stay inside for the day.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tesla sales dropped 1.1% in 2024, its first annual decline in a dozen years
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 02:33 PMDETROIT — Tesla posted its first annual sales drop in more than a dozen years Thursday, sinking a stock that has soared since Donald Trump’s victory on optimism Elon Musk’s close relationship to the president-elect will help the company.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Americans are drinking less milk, but devouring butter and cheese like never before
Thursday - 01/02/2025 - 03:39 PMFor the nation’s leading butter brand, consumer demand for all things health-and-wellness has been an unexpected boon for business.
“There’s certainly been a trend toward more wholesome, natural foods: I can understand the ingredient label, I can pronounce the items on that ingredient label,” said Heather Anfang, president of dairy foods at Land O’Lakes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US stock markets to be closed in honor of Jimmy Carter on National Day of Mourning
Tuesday - 12/31/2024 - 04:10 PMNEW YORK — U.S. stock markets will be closed on Jan. 9 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long-held Wall Street tradition in mourning the nation’s leaders.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Kenilworth 6-bedroom home with 6 cedar closets: $1.9M
Tuesday - 12/31/2024 - 06:00 AMAddress: 312 Sterling Road, Kenilworth
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Listed: Dec. 2, 2024
Price: $1,925,000 - Amazon targets influencer reviews on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 02:13 PMAmazon.com Inc. is asking online shoppers to provide information about product testimonials they’ve posted on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, suggesting the e-commerce giant is more aggressively targeting paid reviews that merchants can use to gain a competitive edge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Costco board stands firm on DEI policies as think tank pushes for review
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 03:01 PMA Costco shareholder proposal brought by a conservative activist asked the company to probe its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, with an eye toward eliminating them.
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The Washington state-based company’s board wasn’t amused with the pitch. - Chicago-area doctors increasingly using artificial intelligence to take notes during appointments
Monday - 12/30/2024 - 06:00 AMIt was easy to miss Dr. Robert Gray’s quick movements, tapping the screen of his smartphone at the beginning and end of patient visits on a recent day.
But Gray said those fast finger taps have changed his life.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share