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The all-cash $68.7 billion deal will turn Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming system, into one of the world’s largest video game companies and help it compete with tech rivals such as Meta, formerly Facebook, in creating immersive virtual worlds for both work and play.

Richard and Sara Thomas and their daughter Sofy, 4, play with their dog Brooklyn in their backyard Tuesday, June 1, 2021 outside the garage they plan to convert into an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) behind their West Woodlawn home. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Pharmacists Howard Dvorin, left, and Allen Graber work behind the counter at The Ark, a free clinic in the West Rogers Park neighborhood on Nov. 30, 2021, in Chicago. In Illinois, a new law will take effect next year allowing people and institutions to donate unused medications. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Owner Constance Simms-Kincaid stands prepares to-go food orders at her restaurant 5 Loaves Eatery Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. The tiny restaurant, which during regular times only fit about 30 diners, is temporarily closed after it was unable to pay state taxes. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

According to law enforcement officials in December, the other victims at the Amazon warehouse were Deandre Morrow, 28, and Etheria Hebb, 34, both of St. Louis; and Illinois residents Kevin Dickey, 62, of Carlyle; Clayton Lynn Cope, 29, of Alton; and Larry Virden, 46, of Collinsville.

Harris died in 1916, and his estate sold the mansion around 1920 to Yellow Taxi Cab Company founder Walden W. Shaw, who renamed the mansion The Stenning after his ancestral home in England. The estate later was owned by Shaw’s son-in-law, Daniel F. Peterkin, who was the president of the Morton Salt Company, and then by Peterkin’s son, who also had been president of Morton Salt.Driehaus bought the mansion from Peterkin’s heirs for $4.83 million in 1998, and he renamed it Glanworth Gardens and began throwing annual theme parties to which he invited about 600 people. The parties were capped by fireworks displays and attended by major stars, including Jay Leno and the Beach Boys. Driehaus died last March at age 78.

Medical technician Vance Roberson, right, puts a blanket over patient Moira Brownlee in a recliner where she had been waiting in the emergency department for about five hours on Jan. 12, 2022, for admission to Loretto Hospital. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

And yet, during his relatively brief stay in Chicago, Maatta bought a condo here. He paid $1 million in August 2019 for the condo, which has two bathrooms and a kitchen with bamboo floors, a 10-foot ceiling, quartz countertops, Snaidero cabinetry, a walk-in pantry and stainless steel appliances.

Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats is an online ticket marketplace that connects buyers and sellers for live concerts, sports and theater events. Hard hit by the pandemic, Vivid saw revenues fall from $469 million in 2019 to $35 million in 2020, but the numbers are rebounding. Vivid, which went public through a special purpose acquisition company in October, is projecting 2021 revenues of $420 million to $435 million, according to its third quarter earnings report.

This June 24, 2015, file photo, shows the Netflix Apple TV app icon in South Orange, N.J. Netflix is raising prices for its video streaming customers in the U.S. and Canada, less than a year and a half since its last price increase, as competition from other streaming services increases. (Dan Goodman/AP)