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Wine Spectator’s restaurant awards include 59 Chicago winners
Wine Spectator announced the winners of its 2024 Restaurant Awards, and 59 Chicago spots made the list. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. The popular Mediterranean fast-casual chain is rapidly expanding its Midwest presence. Newcastle has become the latest to implement a clampdown on fast food restaurants.
Nike bets its China comeback on $1,000 Air Jordans
Cashmere ponchos, lambskin bras and $1,000 Air Jordans. A 1,000-square meter retail homage to Michael Jordan in Beijing’s trendiest neighborhood. Affiliations with China’s domestic basketball elite and limited-edition Jordan collabs with local street artists. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Food companies are betting patients...
Gold Coast auction ends with high bid from a dark horse
At the auction of a Jazz Age penthouse on Astor Street last week, a dark horse emerged with a bid nearly half a million dollars above the next-highest offer. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. The Chicago Tribune reports the three-time Stanley Cup winner is asking $4.7...
Vote on Sterling Bay project at heart of aldermanic prerogative fight delayed
A showdown over a Sterling Bay development supported by Mayor Brandon Johnson but opposed by local Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, was delayed today until at least next month. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Justin Laurence is a reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business covering politics and policy...
Opinion: ComEd, fix this billing mess — and don’t make customers pay for your mistakes
It’s ironic that Commonwealth Edison, a company that touts itself as a clean energy champion, has bungled its billing system so severely that it has stalled a program that has been a clean energy success story in Illinois: Community Solar. Create your free account to continue reading. The neighborhood,...
Speaker Welch slams lawsuit from would-be staff union as 'forum shopping'
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is urging a Cook County judge to dismiss a lawsuit members of his staff filed against him last month seeking to force recognition of their union. Create your free account to continue reading. As similar measures roil football towns like Kansas City...
SCOTUS ruling could open door for Illinois ban on abusers owning guns
After the U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld a federal law that bars those under domestic violence-related restraining orders from owning guns, victim advocates say Illinois lawmakers should pass a measure to ensure firearms are actually confiscated in those situations. Create your free account to continue reading. As similar measures...
Carolina Panthers win $650 million for stadium upgrade
The owner of the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers and Major League Soccer’s Charlotte Football Club has secured $650 million of public funds for a $1.3 billion renovation of Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Speaker Welch...
Outcome Health founder Rishi Shah gets seven and a half years in prison
Outcome Health founder Rishi Shah was sentenced to 90 months, or seven and a half years, in prison today, ending, at least for now, one of the strangest startup odysseys in Chicago history. The sentence was half of what prosecutors had asked. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago...
Auto dealers redefine business as usual as cyber outage reaches 7th day
A clearer picture has emerged of how much the June 19 CDK Global cyberattacks are disrupting the largest U.S. auto dealership groups. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. BlackSuit appears to be a group of Russian and Eastern European hackers with a history of working with a...
Thoma Bravo is exploring a sale of Canadian auto marketplace Trader
Thoma Bravo is exploring the sale of Trader, a Canadian automotive marketplace and software provider, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Griffin sued over a data breach that resulted in ProPublica’s revealing private data on some of the nation's...
Ken Griffin's data leak suit against IRS ends in settlement
The Internal Revenue Service agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by hedge fund manager Ken Griffin that accused the agency of failing to protect his confidential financial information from a contractor who stole his tax data and leaked it to ProPublica. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business.
MedMen creditors likely out millions, trustee and receiver documents say
The receiver for the company has been slowly winding down, giving away, or selling assets in California while fielding interest in other states. When MedMen Enterprises went belly-up in April, it left behind more than $560 million in debts and a shell of a company that had just $1 in immediate value, according to court documents and reports from financial experts working to liquidate the company’s assets.
Supreme Court rejects challenge to $2.67B Blue Cross settlement
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from Home Depot and other employers to hear a challenge to policyholders’ $2.67 billion antitrust settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision overturning...
Blackhawks great Jonathan Toews selling Lincoln Park condo
Three-time Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is selling his condo on Orleans Street in Lincoln Park. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. After she was fired in the wake of a discrimination complaint, Roshani Sheth claims, the trade association tried to stifle her career prospects...
Cava sets opening date for second Illinois location — this time in the northern suburbs
Cava is set to open its second Illinois restaurant on June 28, just two months after making its Chicago debut. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Jack Grieve is a Crain’s reporter covering the news people are talking about, from Chicago and West Michigan to Cleveland, Detroit and New York.
Jump Trading's crypto chief is stepping down
Kanav Kariya, the head of Jump Trading’s crypto unit, said he is leaving the company, a departure that follows a difficult two years that saw both Kariya and Jump at the center of one of crypto’s largest collapses. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Within...
Opinion: How to turbocharge the Loop's growth through smart planning
What’s Chicago’s fastest-growing neighborhood? Here’s a hint: its population spikes at 9 a.m. every weekday and declines at 5 p.m. Although it’s long been defined by its towering office blocks, people are rapidly making the Loop their 24/7 home. From 2020 to 2023, the Loop grew by 9% to 46,000. This is up from around 12,000 residents in 1990. More impressive yet: this makes Chicago’s downtown the fastest growing in the country.
Car sellers warn investors of possible financial hit from CDK cyberattack
Some of the largest auto dealers in North America are warning of a potential “material” impact to their finances from a cyberattack that has slowed operations at thousands of stores. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Dealerships, which typically have busy sales days on Saturdays,...
Ann Lurie, multifaceted philanthropist who backed children's hospital, dies at 79
Ann Lurie, a prominent philanthropist who promoted health care, food security and animal welfare, among other causes, including gardens in Millennium Park, died today at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Northwestern University. She was 79 and had been diagnosed with the brain cancer known as glioblastoma. Create your free account...
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