
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

Tokyo real estate prices rise ahead of 2020 Olympics
By Zhu Zhu Since Tokyo was selected as the host city of the 2020 Olympics Games more than three years ago, home prices in the

For February golfers, Chicago weather ‘on par’ with San Diego
By Elan Kane When Chris Novak moved to Chicago from San Diego last June, the last thing he expected was to be playing golf here in

Corporate tax cut would hit financing of low-income housing
By Mindy Tan As the price of low-income housing tax credits, or LIHTC, comes under pressure, market watchers fret over the future of these housing

Northwestern football springs into 2017 season
By Katy Winge The Northwestern Football team felt a warm welcome to the 2017 season. The first spring practice was held outdoors in the 60