CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel planned to introduce an ordinance Wednesday aimed at substantially improving the city’s chances of hosting the Obama presidential library by setting aside space…
Related: How Obama would close the ‘trust fund loophole’ The White House started pushing what it called State of the Union “spoilers” as soon as the New Year started, leading…
Brands are willing to pay a whopping $4.5 million for a 30-second ad in this year’s Super Bowl. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago…
The usual trend is that as more Americans get jobs, wages rise. So far, that’s not happening. Even the most recent data available for the fourth quarter of 2014 shows…
No more Internet Explorersorta. Microsoft is expected to introduce a new, stripped down browser that has been codenamed “Spartan.” The new browser will ship with Windows 10, and it will…
Simply put, greater access to health insurance has led to more customers for the insurance giants. And UnitedHealth is not the only company to benefit. The other four members of…
Over the weekend the magazine’s top editor, Gerard Biard, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that some of the surviving staff members are still hospitalized in critical condition. – Chicago…
But this doesn’t explain why these companies see your data in the first place. Federal health officials did not provide additional comment to CNNMoney on Wednesday morning. – Chicago Mercantile…
“Erm, that’s kind of dramatic,” responded Harvard economic professor Ken Rogoff, trying to calm things down. But his words were hard to hear over the delighted laughter of the Davos…
John Liu, the Marketing Director of Zenit, a Chinese company that sells high-quality wooden toys, said that he first realized two years ago that there was a strong opportunity to…
Perot’s comments come as a growing number of oil companies announce cuts to jobs, production and investment. BHP Billiton (BBL) announced Wednesday it was cutting its U.S. onshore rig operations…
O’Reilly accused Hidalgo of “playing to the left” and added, “The suit’s going nowhere. It’s ridiculous.” On Tuesday Hidalgo told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that Fox News had “insulted” her city…
More than 80% of government revenue comes directly from the casinos. When the industry booms and tax revenue jumps, residentsmost of whom are employed in the businessreceive payouts from the…
Both cars were perfectly legal to drive on public roads, but the Chrysler, of which 55 were built, felt absolutely ordinary compared to the one-and-only Jet Vette. While the Chrysler…
Whoever owns the skies has the opportunity to be the telecom operator of the future, creating a network in space akin to what AT&T (T, Tech30) made by laying down…
Related: NFL earns record profits despite ugly image NFL football is the most popular programming on television, with the Super Bowl regularly the most viewed show of the year in…
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White House officials sought to make the speech “go viral” by promoting policy proposal “spoilers” days ahead of time; by having Obama encourage tune-in through YouTube, Facebook and Twitter; and…
Related: Winners and losers of oil’s plunge – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved.
However, instead of being edited, Buress’ act went viral, leading to the public getting its news without any filter. “Because somebody just filmed it and put it out there, you’re…
Related: Why Paul Krugman is scared of China Even if it posts a faster growth rate, India will not approach China in terms of raw economic power. – Chicago Mercantile…
Since the beginning of this year, that correlation has jumped to 60% or even higher. On some three-day stretches it has even hit 90%. That’s because when prices of some…
Related: Paris mayor says she will sue Fox News The idea of “no-go zones” reached a fever pitch on Fox News following this month’s terrorist attacks in Paris. – Factset:…
The departure story: Alstead was just promoted last January to COO from Chief Financial Officer, and became responsible for the company’s daily business. His departure comes right after Starbucks had…
In one scene, a woman wearing HoloLens needs help fixing her leaking sink. A man in another city sitting in front of a tablet sees what she is seeing, makes…
Lawsuits for slander or libel need to identify a particular individual or entity, Hermes said. Little recourse in French courts Speech and media laws are different in France, but the…
Dangerous game: The fallout of the Swiss currency shock continues to reverberate around financial markets. Shares of FXCM plummeted over 87% on Tuesday, the first day they resumed trading since…
The country would also diversify, he said, by seeking new customers in Asia as Europe tries to reduce its dependence on Russia’s natural gas supplies. Dvorkovich said the ruble’s plunge…
Most notably, it invested in private shares of Facebook (FB, Tech30) in March 2011, more than a year before Facebook started trading as a public company. Fidelity has also taken…
Draghi is a regular at the World Economic Forum. In a sure sign of a big policy move to come, he’s not planning to attend this year. However, if anything,…