Local haunts for Pats and Eagles fans prepare for Sunday’s big matchup
By Dena Khalafallah Medill Reports The New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles will face off Sunday in Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII. It’s a big day for football fans, but perhaps an even bigger one for local fans of the Patriots and Eagles and the bars that regularly host them. PHOTO AT TOP: Kinzie […]
Madison Square Garden beats estimate
By Richard Foster-Shelton Medill Reports Madison Square Garden Co. (NYSE:MSG), based in New York City, reported healthy increases in revenues and net income, exceeding analysts’ expectations, for the second quarter ended Dec. 31. Helped by a tax benefit, the company reported net income of $189.6 million, or $7.96 per diluted share, up from $57.7 million, […]
Northwestern men’s tennis: It’s never too diverse for unity
Athena Liu Medill Reports With players coming from three different continents, the Northwestern men’s tennis team shows their strong ability to leverage diversity into unity. Among the 19 sports teams at Northwestern, the men’s tennis team has the second highest proportion of international players this season. Four of the nine players, or 44.4 percent, come from […]
CME Group Earnings Beat Expectations
By Minghe Hu Medill Reports CME Group Inc.(Nasdaq:CME), the world’s largest futures exchange, reported Thursday net income roared to $2.9 billion, or $8.63 per diluted share, in its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from $373.4 million, or $1.10 per diluted share a year earlier, assisted by a $2.4 billion tax benefit as a result of […]
Ingredion Earnings Miss Estimate, Stock Dips
By Juliette Rocheleau Medill Reports Shares of Ingredion Inc. (NYSE: INGR), the food and industrial ingredient supply company based in Westchester, Ill., dropped 4.3 percent after the company reported earnings below analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2017. Profit in the quarter rose 5.1 percent to $99 million, or $1.35 per diluted […]
Baxter tops Wall Street expectations, but sees share price drop
By Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu Medill Reports Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), Deerfield-based medical product manufacturer, reported adjusted earnings that surpassed Wall Street expectations and declaraed an intention to continue share buybacks. Nevertheless, Baxter shares dropped 2.9 percent Thursday. On a GAAP basis, the company lost $71 million, or 13 cents per diluted share, in the […]
After cold start, Flames fired up by Ferguson’s return
By Robbie Weinstein Medill Reports The 2017-18 season was supposed to represent a step forward for UIC. Picked third in the Horizon League’s preseason poll, the Flames returned a roster full of talented sophomores who played well as freshmen. But after a 86-51 stomping at the hands of Northern Kentucky on December 30 that sent […]
U.S. manufacturing expanded at rate close to peak
By Jinman Li Medill Reports The U.S. manufacturing sector continued to show strong momentum in January, beating the market consensus. The Institute of Supply Management reported Tuesday that its January purchasing managers index, or PMI, a composite indicator of the manufacturing sector, slipped 0.2 percentage point to 59.1 from a December reading of 59.3. A […]
Gone astray: Behind the numbers of Chicago animal euthanization
By Jessica Villagomez Medill Reports Chicago is not a good place to be a stray cat. According to a Freedom of Information Act request, Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) euthanized 1,007 animals from June 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017. The euthanizations, the act of putting an animal down, came at a time when […]
For scuba instructor, diving is more than recreation: it’s public safety
By Tiffany Chen Medill Reports Even on the coldest days of winter, scuba diving instructor Nick Kouris is teaching, and some of his students go on to save lives. At the Berry Diver Center in Northfield, Kouris trains officers from fire and police departments to become public safety divers. “Scuba diving is one of the […]