Business, etc.

Stories about business, etc.

Corporate relocations that move only top executives diminish the economic benefit to the new hometown. (PDF)

How young activists forced the University of Chicago to open a trauma center after their friend's death. (PDF)

Law firm Baker McKenzie's tax practice accounts for nearly 20 percent of its $2.7 billion in revenue. (PDF)

Chicago parents of modest means commit to urban camping to enroll their children in music lessons. (PDF)

The legendary railroader now at CSX has been thinking about Chicago’s congestion for a long time. (PDF)

Suppliers have few options when multinationals take months to pay their bills. (PDF)

Legal bills show who’s doing the work of representing the city in a federal investigation of policing practicies. (PDF)

The jurist talks to Crain’s about access to justice, drug laws and the time he was suspected of leading a tart thief ring. (PDF)

Large law firms use pro bono legal work to train young lawyers and burnish reputations, a model that sometimes undercuts the public good. (PDF)