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Chicago PMI slows to 29-month low in April

A gauge of Chicago-area manufacturing slowed in April to the weakest growth rate in 29 months, according to a survey released Monday, data that may raise doubts about the health of a national index due for release in a day’s time. ISM-Chicago...

Plane quarantined at Chicago airport

Passengers are being let off a plane that was quarantined after landing in Chicago. The Centers for Disease Control determined there was no threat, and normal operations have resumed at Midway Airport.

Chicago medical debt collector’s methods chastised

Accretive Health Inc., the Chicago-based medical debt collection company, routinely pressured patients in Minnesota hospitals to pay for services before treatment was given, going so far as to collect at a patient’s bedside and in some cases...

Chicago Infrastructure Trust Sails Through City Council

The Chicago City Council approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $1.7 billion, privately financed Chicago Infrastructure Trust today by a vote of 41-7. It’s easier to simply name the aldermen who voted against the plan: Bob Fioretti (2nd),...

CME sells part of iconic Chicago building

CME Group, the US’s biggest futures exchange operator, has sold most of the Chicago Board of Trade building – one of the city’s best-known landmarks – to a joint venture between two US property developers for $151.5m.

The Kardashians Get A Very Warm Welcome In Chicago

The Kardashians were mobbed by fans as they touched down in Chicago yesterday and seemed a little shaken by the excited welcome they received.

Chicago coach fined 10K for criticizing officials

The NHL fined Chicago coach Joel Quenneville $10,000 on Thursday for criticizing officials following the Blackhawks’ overtime loss to the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night.

Coyotes’ Raffi Torres suspended indefinitely

Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres was suspended indefinitely Wednesday for a hit that knocked Chicago’s Marian Hossa out of Game 3 in the teams’ opening-round playoff series.

Coyotes, Blackhawks meet for Game 3 in Chicago

After earning a split in the first two games in Arizona, the sixth-seeded Chicago Blackhawks will try to take their first lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals when they host the Phoenix Coyotes in tonight’s Game 3...

Chicago faces $200 million claim over Aqua parking

Under the $563 million, 99-year deal that privatized four city-owned parking garages in downtown Chicago, City Hall made a promise: It wouldn’t allow any parking facilities to open nearby.