Customers go to Pete’s Barber Shop for the haircut, but stay for the atmosphere
By Shen Lu Goofy, silly, friendly. This is how Chicago barber Pete Huels, 40, describes his shop. Pete’s Barber Shop, located in Avondale, offers traditional, low-maintainance men’s haircuts and shaves but with a hipster twist. It has been a staple neighborhood hangout for men since 2011, when Huels opened the place.
Durable goods orders rebound in January
By Shen Lu U.S. durable goods orders rose 1.8 percent in January after two months of declines. Orders increased by a seasonally-adjusted $4.0 billion to $230.4 billion last month, following a revised 0.8 percent decline in December, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported Monday. Durable goods are items supposed to last longer than three years.
Opportunities open up for women truckers, but their numbers remain small
By Shen Lu If you ask Cania Eubanks, 32, what it’s like to be one of the few female truck drivers on the road, she doesn’t mince words: “It is a dirty man’s job.” But Eubanks, who lives on Chicago’s South Side when she’s not driving, has adapted. “I’ve found my own world in it. It’s […]
Japanese novelty food you wish you could get in Chicago
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A hazy outlook for Chinese investment in Chicago
By Shen Lu First it was Japan. Now China. The investment capital that China, Chicago’s shiny new investment star, injects into the local economy has reached new highs almost every year since the Great Recession. Chinese investment in Illinois — primarily concentrated in the greater Chicago area — hit a whopping $5.5 billion last year, […]
Protesters rock O’Hare over immigration ban
By Shen Lu America feels like a “huge prison” to Hadia Zarzour now. Zarzour, 37, a Muslim Syrian who holds a green card and works as a mental health therapist in Chicago, can’t leave her host country at the moment, nor can she reunite with her family due to come next week, whom she hasn’t […]
Shares jump as Boeing reports strong profit and rosy outlook
By Shen Lu Boeing Co. on Wednesday reported a 59 percent surge in fourth-quarter earnings and a “robust” multi-year order backlog. The increase well topped analysts’ estimates, and shares leapt 4 percent.
Exec hired as “key leader” leaves United
By Shen Lu United Continental Holdings Inc.’s chief commercial officer, Julia Haywood, has stepped down after less than six months on the job, the airline confirmed Friday. Haywood’s responsibilities included sales, network planning, pricing and revenue management. Haywood, a former Boston Consulting Group partner, was hired on August 18, along with Andrew Levy, chief financial […]
United fourth-quarter earnings beat expectations
By Shen Lu United Continental Holdings Inc. on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected 1.6 percent decline in its fourth-quarter passenger unit revenue, a key metric to determine the efficiency of an airline, as its net income slipped 52 percent.
Trump, Boeing CEO work to lower cost of Air Force One
By Shen Lu Boeing Co. will reduce the costs of an Air Force One upgrade, the company’s CEO Dennis Muilenburg said after a Tuesday meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York. The meeting was held at Trump’s request after he pressured the Chicago-based aerospace and defense company last month to lower prices on the […]
