A promising future for Mondelez, if cost-cutting succeeds
By Sony Kassam Known for its Cadbury chocolates and Oreo cookies, the snacks food and beverage company Mondelez International Inc. has a hopeful long-term future, analysts say, if it continues to shrink costs, improve efficiency, and survive the volatile commodity market. The Deerfield, Ill.-based company is a leading provider of confectionary products with over $3 billion […]
Righteous Fighters: how boxing can save lives in Chicago’s Southside (Video)
By Iacopo Luzi 40-year-old Ramon Zavaleta is a 4th District police officer with the Chicago Police Department. He is not just a cop. Every day, when his shift is over, he goes to the Community Christian Church and he becomes a boxing coach. Four years ago, he took an empty room in an East Side […]
World Health Organization calls emergency meeting on global threat of Zika virus
By Neil Murthy The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting Monday to consider whether Zika should be designated a global health crisis, in light of the spreading virus linked to birth defects. “We need to take action now,” said Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO’s Director-General, speaking at an informational session at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva Thursday. […]
White privilege is real, Black Lives Matter founders tell Loyola crowd
By Rebekah Frumkin and Carlos D. Williamson It’s wrong for people to say all lives matter when certain races clearly have an advantage, said Black Lives Matter founder Alicia Garza during a celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday at Loyola University. “What we’re trying to shift here is a paradigm, where the […]
The long and (very) short of bonsai
By Claire Donnelly Chris Baker has 269 children. His children are green, grow leaves and live at the Chicago Botanic Garden. They’re bonsai trees.
Analysts disagree, but not entirely, on U.S. Cellular
By Lucia Maffei Stating that analysts are “divided” in their outlook for United States Cellular Corp. is a euphemism – they flatly disagree with each other. Bulls say that the nation’s fifth-largest wireless service provider, located in Chicago, holds a number of assets with considerable value, including wireless spectrum and licenses, partnership interests and one […]
Shooting hoops with Under Armour Inc.
By Poroma Pant Under Armour Inc. stock surged 22 percent to $84.07 following sharply higher earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations. Net income increased 21 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 to $106 million, or 48 cents per diluted share, from $88 million, or 40 cents per share, in the prior year’s period. Analysts estimated 46 cents. […]
Immigrant mother of deceased veteran fights to keep family together
By Hannah Rank Olivia Segura remembers it in bits and pieces. The before and after. Everything before hearing the news is clear and chronological. Everything after is hazy and nightmarish. [Listen to Olivia Segura tell her story below.] “They asked me if I had any sickness, if my heart was okay,” she recalls. “I knew […]
Hema Rajagopalan: A dancer unfurling Indian culture in Chicago (Video)
By Nikita Mandhani Hema Rajagopalan, an acclaimed Indian classical dancer, moved to Chicago from India in 1974. With a master’s degree in nutrition, she chose to quit dancing and work as a dietician in the city. But, her passion for the dance of Bharata Natyam won over. A leading member of the Indian-American community persuaded […]
Police recruitment numbers down
By Iacopo Luzi In East Side, on a cold night with no one on the streets, the lights of Taylor Elementary School are turned on to welcome aspiring police officers. But almost no one shows up. Taylor is open to host a Chicago Police Department recruitment fair, organized by Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza (10th Ward). […]