At least 4 dead — including a Chicago police officer and a gunman — after shooting at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital

AP Photo/David Banks At least four people are dead, including a Chicago police officer and a suspected gunman, after a shooting at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital on Monday afternoon.  The 28-year-old officer, identified as Samuel Jimenez, had just completed his probationary period local news outlets reported. At least four people are dead — including a 28-year-old […]

Chicago’s Awful Divide

CHICAGO—Americans hear a lot these days about the country’s urban-rural divide. Rural counties are poorer; urban ones richer. Rural areas are losing jobs; urban ones are gaining them. People with a college education are leaving rural areas. They’re moving to urban places. Behind this divergence lies a straightforward story: The twin forces of globalization and […]

Goldman Sachs, CapitalG, and other investors end lawsuit against Chicago’s Outcome Health

Chicago unicorn startup Outcome Health saw its star quickly fall in November when prominent investors including Goldman Sachs and CapitalG sued the company for allegedly providing them with false information. Today, those investors announced they’ve come to a truce with Outcome Health, Crain’s Chicago Business first reported. The investors have called off the lawsuit, and […]

Bitcoin futures begin trading on Chicago’s CBOE

(Reuters) — Bitcoin futures jumped more than 20 percent in their eagerly anticipated U.S. debut, which backers hope will encourage wider use and legitimacy for the world’s largest cryptocurrency even as critics warn of the risk of a bubble and price collapse. The launch on Sunday night may have caused an early outage of the […]

Michelin Elevates Chicago’s Smyth Restaurant to Two Stars

Michelin Elevates Chicago’s Smyth Restaurant to Two Stars Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]

Chicago’s new strategy for raising tech money — a concert

A year ago, Chicago-based customer relationship management company Synap Software Labs(then in partnership with civic group Chicago Leadership Alliance) threw a benefit concert for the Chicago tech community, raising over $ 130,000 for six local tech talent development organizations in Chicago. Now, the concert, Chicago Tech Rocks, is returning for an encore performance — and this time, it’s […]