In blow to Starcom, GM parks $3B media biz at Carat Chicago Business | (Crain's) - General Motors has consolidated its $3 billion global media-buying and -planning account with Aegis' Carat as part of its ongoing effort to create efficiencies and cut costs and agencies. | The results of the review deal the biggest blow to Starcom, which had a very strong year in 2011...
CTA diverts Lake Shore buses, airlines nix 700-plus flights Chicago Business | (Updated 3:45 p.m.) | (Crain's) - The Chicago Transit Authority has rerouted all buses from Lake Shore Drive this afternoon as a winter storm bears down on the city. | The mass transit agency said that buses that use Lake Shore Drive due to road conditions. The agency said in a news release that 1...
Chrysler to add 1,600 jobs to Belvidere plant: report Chicago Business | (Crain's) - Chrysler Group LLC is expected to announce next week that it will add more than 1,600 jobs to its Belvidere plant, in part to help build the Dodge Dart. | The announcement should be made Thursday when Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and ...
CME delays start of new ag swaps Chicago Business | (Reuters) - The CME Group Inc. said on Friday it would delay the launch of eight new grain and oilseeds swaps for central clearing that had been planned for Feb. 13. | A CME spokesman said the exchange learned the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Com...
Chicago area unemployment rate rises to 9.3 percent Chicago Sun-Times | Updated: January 27, 2012 11:20AM | The unemployment rate in the Chicago metropolitan area rose to 9.3 percent in December from 8.6 percent a year earlier. But it fell from 9.8 percent in November, the Illinois Department of Employment Security sai...
DeVry shares take hit after weak earnings report Chicago Business | (Reuters) - Shares of DeVry Inc. fell as much as 11 percent on Friday, a day after the for-profit education provider posted weak second-quarter results as student enrollments continued to decline. | Enrollments at for-profit colleges like DeVry hav...
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Unemployment up in 5 Ill. metro areas, down in 5 The Tribune San Luis Obispo | Unemployment dropped in five of Illinois' 12 metro areas and increased in five others during December when compared to a year earlier. | The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday in its monthly report on metro unemployment that o...
Unemployment up in 5 Ill. metro areas, down in 5 Fresno Bee | CHICAGO -- Unemployment dropped in five of Illinois' 12 metro areas and increased in five others during December when compared to a year earlier. | The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday in its monthly report on metro unemploy...
Unemployment up in 5 Ill. metro areas, down in 5 The State | CHICAGO - Unemployment dropped in five of Illinois' 12 metro areas and increased in five others during December when compared to a year earlier. | The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday in its monthly report on metro unemploym...
CTA diverts Lake Shore buses, airlines nix 700-plus flights Chicago Business | (Updated 3:45 p.m.) | (Crain's) - The Chicago Transit Authority has rerouted all buses from Lake Shore Drive this afternoon as a winter storm bears down on the city. | The mass transit agency said that buses that use Lake Shore Drive due to road conditions. The agency said in a news release that 15 routes are affected, and all will make every loc...
