Economy

The Real Chicago Recovery — Block Club’s Tourism Cheerleading Misses the Bigger Picture

May 21, 2025

Block Club Chicago’s recent headline “Tourism In Chicago Bounced Back In 2024 With 55 Million Visitors, $20 Billion In Spending” paints a triumphant picture of Chicago’s economic recovery. But behind the feel-good framing lies a more complicated reality that the…

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Trillion-Dollar Industry Powering Chicago at Risk of Leaving

September 18, 2023

(Bloomberg) — The letters are stamped all over the hallways of Chicago’s giant skyscrapers and grand office buildings. DRW, IMC, CME, Cboe. by Isis Almeida Mon, September 18, 2023 at 10:29 AM CDT·7 min read Trillion-Dollar Industry Powering Chicago at…

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Walgreens to close 150 stores because of the worsening economy

July 1, 2023

Walgreens to close 150 stores as COVID-19 demand drops, profit declines .. no one is safe from an economic slowdown that might cut deeper than people expected .. .this suggests a retailer that’s looking to hunker down because of the…

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