Vosges to add lower-priced chocolate bars
Apr 23Vosges Haut-Chocolat founder Katrina Markoff is launching a lower-priced chocolate brand for the mass market, the company has confirmed. »
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Seattle's Best to debut new image in Northlake
Mar 19Prototype drive-through aims at young working-class families, particularly HispanicsSeattle's Best Coffee, which lost about 450 of its cafes when Borders bookstores closed, is overhauling its image in pursuit of a different customer. »
Rosie O'Donnell prices home at $2.5 million
Mar 05The OWN talk show host has formally listed her five-bedroom house in Lakeview for $2.5 million. »
Eric Ferguson selling mansion for $2.995M
Feb 24Meanwhile, a 9,155-square-foot vintage mansion on the Gold Coast has sold for $4.625 millionEric Ferguson, the male half of the popular "Eric and Kathy" morning duo on WTMX-FM, has placed his 11-room, 6,000-square-foot mansion in Lincoln Park on the ma... »
Barnes & Noble takes aim at Kindle Fire
Feb 22Barnes & Noble has announced a new version of its Nook Tablet with 8 gigabytes of storage and a price of $199, matching the Kindle Fire on both points. »
Driehaus donating $30 million to DePaul
Feb 15Richard Driehaus, chairman of Driehaus Capital Management and DePaul graduate, specifies that money be used to recruit and retain facultyInvestment manager and philanthropist Richard Driehaus is donating $30 million to DePaul University's business coll... »
Former Oprah agent sells penthouse for $3.67M
Feb 07Elite Street: Attorney Jeffrey Jacobs, who for 18 years was Oprah Winfrey's agent, manager and adviser, on Monday sold his 13-room, duplex penthouse co-op apartment in east Lincoln Park for $3.675 million. »
Akira to open flagship store in Hyde Park
Jan 27Clothing retailer Akira plans to move into the vacant Borders book store in Hyde Park. »
Lakeview group urges members to withdraw money from big banks
Dec 16Peeved at what they described big pay packages at the nation's biggest banks, a Chicago group urged its members Thursday to withdraw their money from such institutions, showing up at a Chase branch in East Lakeview to demand a meeting with a bank execu... »
Partial settlement reached in Bridgeport housing discrimination case
Nov 21Prudential Rubloff Properties and one of its prominent real estate agents, Jeffrey Lowe, have settled allegations that they broke federal fair housing laws involving the aborted sale of a multimillion-dollar home in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. »
Barnes & Noble expected to launch new Nook
Nov 07Barnes & Noble Inc. will introduce on Monday what analysts and the blogosphere predict will be improved, and in some cases, cheaper versions of its Nook devices to compete for holiday tablet sales. »
