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Loyola Medicine will require all of its employees and doctors to get COVID-19 vaccinations, the system announced Thursday, making it one of the first hospital systems in the Chicago area to make the vaccines mandatory. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
“We’re on a mission to grow the economy and advance the role of women within it,” Marianne Markowitz, the bank’s president and CEO, said Thursday. “The real opportunity comes because women-owned businesses are experiencing a revolution — they’re growing two times faster than the national average, and have been for some time, but they don’t receive enough capital right now.”
In this June 24, 2021 file photo, a hiring sign is displayed in Downers Grove, Ill. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week even while the economy and the job market appear to be rebounding from the coronavirus recession with sustained energy. The government said, Thursday, July 8, jobless claims increased by 2,000 from the previous week to 373,000. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
Suzman also announced Wednesday that the foundation would expand its board of trustees, though the number of trustees has not been determined. Currently, only Gates and French Gates are on the board of trustees, after Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett resigned as trustee in June. His departure, Suzman says, signaled to the charitable group that it was time to expand its leadership.
Boka in May unveiled plans to open another new Chicago restaurant at 564 W. Randolph St., west of the Loop between the Chicago River and the Kennedy Expressway. That Italian restaurant, called Alla Vita, will be led by chef Lee Wolen. It replaces another Boka concept, called Bellemore, that closed during the pandemic.
In this in this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, a quiet Mclean Rail Yard in North Vancouver, British Columbia, is pictured, as Canadian National rail workers strike outside the gates. Canadian National has made its final pitch to regulators for preliminary approval of its $33.6 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern railroad. Rival Canadian Pacific says the deal could add to rail congestion in Chicago. (JONATHAN HAYWARD/AP)
Willie Walton hangs clothing on a three-tiered conveyor system at the ThredUp sorting facility in Phoenix on March 12, 2019. A wardrobe purge is on for some as vaccinations have taken hold, restrictions have lifted and offices reopen or finalize plans to do so. The primary beneficiaries are secondhand clothing marketplaces, and brick-and-mortar donation spots. (Matt York/AP)
“After giving it a lot of thought, building ownership decided to go the route of auctioning off the assets for the business formerly known as Southport Lanes,” Irby said. “Ownership, unfortunately, does not see the business recovering any time soon, so the business is now permanently closed.”
A Now Hiring sign at a business in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, June 2, 2021. U.S. employers posted a record 9.3 million job openings in April as the U.S. economy reopens at break-neck speed. Openings were up 12% from 8.3 million in March. (Steve Helber/AP)
Veteran business school administrator Dipak C. Jain, who was dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management from 2001 until 2009, paid $1.585 million for a seven-bedroom, 6,507-square-foot newly constructed mansion in north suburban Golf. – Original Credit: Jackie Mack (Jackie Mack / HANDOUT)