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Maker of Huggies and Kleenex to bring 250 jobs here, open Fulton Market office

Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, plans to bring 250 new jobs to Chicago, and open an office in the Fulton Market district next year. It will be a commercial center for its North American consumer products bu.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneApr 14th, 2021

Downtown Chicago hotels are starting to reopen. Laid-off workers worry they might not get their jobs back.

Downtown hotels are starting to reopen after closing last year because of the pandemic, but the pace of recalling employees has been slow. Some .....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneApr 13th, 2021

Red Line ‘L’ extension? New Lake Shore Drive? Biden’s jobs plan has Illinois and Chicago officials pushing infrastructure wish lists.

As President Joe Biden pushes his $2 trillion American Jobs Plan to shore up and transform the nation’s infrastructure, the dusting off of old transportation studies and the writin.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneApr 2nd, 2021

With millions of jobs likely gone for good, the pandemic is forcing unemployed Chicagoans to rethink their careers

Across Chicago, the job market is tight as the ongoing health crisis continues to batter parts of the U.S. economy, forc.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneFeb 23rd, 2021

Wayfair to bring warehouse and 250 new jobs to Chicago area

Boston-based e-commerce furniture company Wayfair plans to open a new fulfillment center in Chicagoland that will bring hundreds of new jobs to the area......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 19th, 2021

Local newspaper cluster adds Morning Call in $630M sale of Tribune Publishing to Alden Global Capital

Tribune Publishing Co. has agreed to be sold for $630 million to Alden Global Capital, the New York hedge fund known for cutting jobs, and in many cases, newsrooms of its publications. Chicago-based Tribune (NASDAQ: TPCO), which owns the Chicago T.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 17th, 2021

Boeing to outsource IT work to Dell, eliminate 600 jobs

Chicago-based Boeing.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneFeb 4th, 2021

United warns 14,000 employees their jobs are at risk in April, as airline unions push for third stimulus

Chicago-based United Airlines has notified 14,000 employees that their jobs will be at risk in April after the second round of federal payroll support expires, saying the coronavirus pandemic still weighs heavily o.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneFeb 1st, 2021

By the numbers: A snapshot of Chicago’s economy six months into the pandemic

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Chicago-area jobs were lost, consumer spending dropped 43%.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneJan 21st, 2021

Voices of 2020: Construction execs from Barr, Knutson, Stantec, others reflect on 2020

For 2020, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal asked top local executives acros.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 23rd, 2020

United Airlines plans to cut more than 3,400 management jobs. Chicago could be especially hard-hit.

United Airlines is planning to eliminate more than 3,400 management and administrative positions this fall as the COVID-19 pandemic devastates passenger air travel, and the airline’s hometown of Chicago could b.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneMay 4th, 2020

Boeing to cut 16,000 jobs, reduce jet production. CEO calls pandemic ‘a body blow.’

Chicago-based Boeing is cutting about 10% of workers and slowing production of planes to cope with a downturn that started with the grounding of its 737 Max jet.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneApr 29th, 2020

Boeing to cut 16,000 jobs, reduce jet production. CEO calls pandemic ‘a body blow to our business.’

Chicago-based Boeing is cutting about 10% of its workforce and slowing production of planes to deal with a downturn in business that started with the grounding of its 737 Max jet and has accelerat.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneApr 29th, 2020

$500B lending plan won"t require companies to save jobs, limit execs" pay

Critics say the program, set up jointly by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department, could allow large companies that take the federal help to reward shareholders and executives without saving any jobs......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralApr 28th, 2020

Industrial minerals and logistics cuts jobs, execs" pay

Katy-based U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) laid off more than 100 workers over the past two months and is temporarily reducing top executives' pay in response the downturn in the energy industry. The base salaries of CEO Bryan Shinn, members.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 27th, 2020

Boeing makes sweeping executive changes, shifting more power to Chicago

Boeing revealed the changes as it prepares to eliminate thousands of jobs, significantly reduce airplane production and receive a federal government bailout amid the deadly global pandemic......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 22nd, 2020

Economic Report: Chicago Fed economic index plunges, latest measure to reflect crippling effect of coronavirus on U.S. growth

A slump in factory output and a hit to employment indicators as the globe buckled under the coronavirus pushed the Chicago Federal Reserve’s monthly index tracking the national economy deep into negative territory last month.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 20th, 2020

If America is going to survive the coronavirus, the GOP is going to have to give up on a 40 year crusade

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Even the midst of a global pandemic when millions of Americans are losing their jobs every week, the GOP is writing rescue bills to reflect their view that government s.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 10th, 2020

The 31 best US cities to live in if you want to work from home

Antenna/Getty Images Many Americans find themselves working from home during the novel coronavirus pandemic as a precautionary measure. Researchers from The University of Chicago examined the share of jobs that could likely be done .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 9th, 2020

CBJ Morning Buzz: CLT workers said to have COVID-19 amid growing pressure for protective measures; Local leaders named among influential black execs

While large swaths of the Charlotte-area workforce are figuring out ways to get their jobs done remotely or with new operational protocols — and still others are laid off or furloughed — amid efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, s.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 2nd, 2020