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Chicago, retailers and restaurants saddle up to the Year of the Horse

Chicago, retailers and restaurants saddle up to the Year of the Horse

Journalism

Originally appeared on Medill Reports When Chicagoans walk into department stores downtown this month, they shouldn’t be surprised to be greeted with a red envelope and a cheerful “Gong Hei…

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Facebook creates Paper; investors hit like

Facebook creates Paper; investors hit like

Journalism, Top Work

Originally appeared on Medill Reports Facebook, the world’s largest and most profitable social network, may soon directly take on the traditional media outlets that have been losing market share to…

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Yahoo not yodeling over weak sales

Yahoo not yodeling over weak sales

Journalism

Originally appeared on Medill Reports Much like the VCR, rotary phones and dial-up modems, Yahoo Inc. may be slowly headed for the digital dumpster. Analysts argue that Yahoo is losing…

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Web business costs may rise after court ruling

Web business costs may rise after court ruling

Journalism

Originally appeared on Medill Reports It may soon become more costly to run businesses that use more than their fair share of Internet bandwidth, thanks to a ruling in a…

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Polar Vortex freezes out shoppers in January

Polar Vortex freezes out shoppers in January

Journalism

Originally appeared on Medill Reports Frigid temperatures and snowstorms ravaged the U.S. in January, causing retail sales for the month to fall slightly, according to a report released Thursday by…

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Divvy looks to Chicago for its road map

Divvy looks to Chicago for its road map

Journalism, Top Work

Originally appeared on Medill Reports Since the first bike was rented last June, riders of Divvy bikes have taken more than 750,000 trips. When that data is turned into a…

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CME Group and UK’s Saracens rugby team to scrum together in jersey deal

CME Group and UK’s Saracens rugby team to scrum together in jersey deal

Journalism

Originally appeared on Medill Reports London’s Saracens Rugby Football Club announced Tuesday it will be joining forces with Chicago-based CME Group Inc. as a result of a long-term six-figure business…

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Going for gold, eating Greek yogurt and wearing meggings

Journalism

Originally appeared on Medill Reports Today on the Business Week in Review, hosts Mike Murphy and Epiphany Acevedo of the Medill News Service discuss the rising popularity of Greek yogurt…

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James Blake

James Blake

Journalism, Photography

Here’s some photos I took at a James Blake concert at the Riviera Theatre. This is, in reality, a placeholder post.

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