Flu outbreak continues with a rising number of child deaths
By Yvaine Ye Medill Reports This year’s flu outbreak is hitting the country hard. The death toll among children is particularly high. It rose to 53, after 16 more children died from the flu last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The circulating flu virus, H3N2, is particularly virulent. It’s more […]
Restaurant Week partners with the Greater Chicago Food Depository
By Rebecca Fanning Medill Reports It’s Chicago Restaurant Week, the best time to find deals and the worst time to make a reservation at foodie hotspots. But this year there’s a chance to give back. As part of a partnership between Restaurant Week organizers Choose Chicago and the Greater Chicago Food Depository, diners can make donations […]
ICE Earnings Narrowly Beat Estimate
By Minghe Hu Medill Reports Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange, reported Wednesday net earnings roared 248 percent to $1.2 billion, or $2.08 per diluted share, in its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2017, from $352 million, or 59 cents per diluted share, a year earlier, assisted by a $764 […]
