Loyola impresses with near-comeback vs. Indiana State, but rough first half looms large
Patrick Engel Medill Reports Gentile Arena has potent loudspeakers for the Missouri Valley Conference’s smallest gym. They aren’t, however, enough to drown out an exasperated coach. As Loyola’s cheer squad did its best to distract the paid attendance of 307 fans, Ramblers coach Kate Achter’s voice permeated their chants and the speakers’ music. Surrounded by […]
Health experts still advise late-season flu shots; some say ‘No, thanks’
By Ilana Marcus Medill Reports Liz Solheim waited to pick up a prescription at a Walgreens in Lakeview Tuesday evening, where the sign out front announced, “Come and get your flu shot” in red LED lettering. She had not gotten a flu shot this season, and doses of the flu vaccine were available for sale. […]
Kankakee women hold a march of their own
By Hannah Wiley Medill Reports When Lynn Bos and her fellow Connect group members in Kankakee, Ill. got together for a meeting two weeks before the national Women’s March, they disagreed on where they should participate. Should they travel 60 miles to be part of the march in Chicago? Or could the activist group make […]
Making Sense of Surface Chemistry
THESE NU SCIENTISTS WANT TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR WORK, AND THE VALUE OF OBSCURE SCIENCE. By David Thill Medill Reports There’s a language barrier between Mike Mattei and most of the rest of the world. Or maybe it’s more of a dialect barrier. Mattei, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Northwestern University’s Department of Chemistry, […]
Pending budget causes uncertainty amongst Cook County’s employees
By Giulia Petroni Medill Reports Three weeks into the new year, Cook County’s budget for 2018 remains stalled by an ongoing lawsuit contesting major cuts, leaving the county’s justice system in an atmosphere of uncertainty. After the county’s board of commissioners approved 320 layoffs and cuts of over $200 million in order to fill the […]
Wisconsin lures out-of-state anglers by waiving ice-fishing fees
By Rebecca Fanning Medill Reports Boating, fishing, cheese and beer. Wisconsin’s identity is rooted in summer fun. But plunging temperatures mean fewer tourists in the chilly months. In 2012 Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources launched free fishing weekends to attract more visitors to their state. For one weekend each January and June, the DNR waives […]
AbbVie share hit 5-year high with strong sales growth in fourth quarter
By Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu Medill Reports Stock of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) soared 13.8 percent, hitting a five-year high, after the North Chicago-based biopharmaceutical company reported Friday quarterly adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street expectations and strong growth in sales of flagship drug Humira. However, net earnings plunged 96.3 percent to $52 million, or 3 […]
New home sales drop in December
By Sarah Foster Medill Reports Americans purchased fewer homes than expected last month, but economists are still pointing to 2017 as a healthy year for the housing market. December sales of newly built single-family homes plunged 9.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of 625,000, the sharpest decline since August 2016, according to a report […]
U.S. Jobless Claims Point to a Healthy Labor Market
By Minghe Hu Medill Reports The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance benefits, seasonally adjusted, increased to 233,000 in the week ended Jan. 20 from the revised 216,000 in the prior week, according to the Labor Department. The four-week moving average of initial claims, a better indication of the recent trend, fell 3,500 […]
Cabot Microelectronics reports strong operating results but net loss due to tax charge
By Alexa Adler Medill Reports Despite record quarterly revenue and strong operating results, Cabot Microelectronics Corp., which supplies planarization polishing slurries and pads used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, reported a loss of 12 cents per share for its first quarter ended Dec. 31, 2017, compared with earnings per share of 88 cents in […]