Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Chicago’s $8.5 billion O’Hare upgrade falters as costs balloonMar 22, 2024 12:49 pm - Chicago, already reeling from population declines and the loss of key employers, is struggling to advance an $8.5 billion airport upgrade that’s key to bolstering its sta...
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Ultrawealthy are souring on Chicago’s most elite neighborhoodMar 19, 2024 7:03 am - When Ken Griffin left Chicago, the billionaire listed several of his high-end properties in the Gold Coast, the city’s most exclusive neighborhood. Two years later and he...
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Meeting-free Fridays aim to boost slumping end-of-week productivityMar 01, 2024 12:52 pm - Hibaaq Abdillahi says meeting-free Fridays have dramatically boosted productivity at Oyster, a human resources firm where the 32-year-old brand manager works. At previous...
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Jobless aid, checks, PPP: Adding up $900 billion in virus reliefDec 28, 2020 7:35 am - The $900 billion in pandemic relief that passed the House and Senate late Monday is aimed squarely at shoring up the U.S. economic recovery into the early spring as batt...
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How to give meaningfully, directly and fastDec 22, 2020 5:31 am - In October, my friend JJ Ramberg, founder of social podcasting app GoodPods in Los Angeles, put out a request for her 50th birthday: She asked loved ones to send food or...
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Even with vaccines, airport testing is here for the long haulDec 10, 2020 11:01 am - Even as the race to approve and distribute COVID-19 vaccines is entering its final stretch, parts of the travel industry are sprinting to a different finish line: airpor...
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Rights for gig workers are a political issue now, but many of them can't voteDec 08, 2020 6:01 am - This November, gig economy companies won a resounding victory on the California ballot. Voters overwhelmingly agreed to allow them to keep their workers as contractors, ...
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Facebook accused of squeezing rival startups in virtual realityDec 08, 2020 6:01 am - Virtual-reality startups are accusing Facebook of using a familiar playbook to muscle out rivals in what could be the digital platform of the future - prompting a new li...
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Pandemic firings lead to wave of bias claims from parentsNov 16, 2020 9:14 am - Parents who've lost their jobs during the pandemic are driving a surge of litigation, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids w...
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'Follow me on Parler' is new mantra for users aggrieved by FacebookNov 16, 2020 9:14 am - Frustrated conservatives, bristling at perceived bias against them on Facebook Inc.'s social network, have found a solution: moving to Parler, the app that reached No. 1...