U.S. Cellular faces price competition, other challenges
By Wenjing Yang United States Cellular Corp. is expected to maintain modest growth by focusing on less competitive rural markets amid Wall Street’s downbeat forecast
Kohl’s profit and sales decline, stock drops
By Katherine Hyunjung Lee Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE:KSS), a Wisconsin-based department store chain with more than 1,100 stores nationwide, Thursday reported its net income declined by
Smartphones are revolutionizing diagnostics and disease management
By Teresa Manring The cell phone in your pocket may soon help you diagnose and monitor diseases. As mobile phones become more advanced and ubiquitous,
NiSource Inc. misses Q4 expectations, pledges more infrastructure spending
By Hannah Levitt NiSource Inc.’s profit in the final three months of 2016 missed Wall Street’s expectations, but the natural gas and electric utility company
Gas prices expected to rise as inventories decline
By Urvashi Verma Consumers can expect to pay more at the gas pump this spring as gasoline inventory levels are showing signs of dwindling.
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
West Siders Train For New Life
By Mengjie (Jessie) Jiang When Zachary Wright, 23, quit his job as a burger maker at McDonald’s six months ago and enrolled in Bethel New
Existing-Home Sales Jump to 10-Year High
By Christine Huang Existing-home sales leapt to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.69 million in January, up 3.3 percent from an upwardly revised 5.51 million
Blockchain 2017: experimentation abounds, Illinois hopes
By Jingnan Huo It has been a busy winter for Moran Cerf, Northwestern University professor in business and neuroscience and a self-described former hacker. From
Tokyo pharmacies cater to foreign shoppers
By Beixi (Bessie) Xu Yuhong Liu, a traveler from Beijing, was shopping with his friends in Matsumoto Kiyoshi, Japan’s most popular pharmacy, near Shibuya station.
Coach Defies Death, Lives to Help Others
By Jennifer Lee When he was shot in fourth grade, his mother said it would only make him stronger. When he was stabbed in eighth
Japanese cool animes heading overseas
By Yemeng Yang Perhaps surprisingly, North America and Europe hold the largest number of fans of the Japanese anime character Hello Kitty. The smartphone game