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