Companies that offer benefits and advancement opportunities for hourly employees, including Oak Brook-based McDonald’s Corp., top the list of Working Mother magazine’s “2011 Best Companies for Hourly Workers,” being released today. The 12 companies are recognized for...
It doesn’t take much imagination to think of ways in which all of the data being recorded into electronic health records (EHRs) could be used study diseases and map trends. [More]
Legendary investor George Soros says Berlin's austerity doctrine is a threat
to democracy and political stability in Europe.
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental.
Mandatory nanny: In the EU, new cars with type approval...
Raising interest rates too soon could actually worsen Britain's inflation problem, according to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club. Here, we take a look at how the organisation was formed.
Chicago's best-known architect for condominiums has filed for bankruptcy and will retire. The firm of Lucien Lagrange submitted a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, citing debts of between $1 million and $10 million. The firm listed assets in the same range. Lagrange, 69, said his decision to retire...
Sugar Beet Half the U.S. sugar supply comes from sugar beets like this one. via Flickr/ elizabeth.mcquiston
95 percent of the existing crop is genetically modified
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Readers with a sweet tooth had better start stockpiling candy -- first Choc Finger started hoarding all the...
President Barack Obama has admitted that America faces a "dangerous stalemate" over how to prevent the country defaulting on its debt, as he and John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, blamed one another for the impasse on national television.
Investors hope deal announced by Obama following lengthly negotiations will help US avoid calamitous default, but market rise is tempered by continuing doubts over credit rating.
25 Cars Worth Waiting For.
What it is: The new Ford Focus with plenty of horsepower and handling tweaks.
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