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Some residents and neighborhood leaders were told that the store struggled with high rates of theft, known in the retail industry as “shrinkage.” But Ali, the store’s former manager, said, “That was untrue,” at least while he worked there. The store met its profit and shrinkage goals during his four years as manager, which ended in 2012, years before the store closed.
A hiring sign is displayed at Firestone Complete Auto Care store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said that the state may join the list of others that may consider offering incentives for people to return to work. (Nam Y. Huh/AP/AP)
In this Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, a Boeing 767 with an Amazon.com “Prime Air” livery flies over Lake Washington, as part of the Boeing Seafair Air Show. Amazon said Wednesday, June 30, 2021, that its carbon footprint grew 19% last year as it rushed to deliver a surge of online orders during the pandemic. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
“We are proud to be a part of this unique opportunity and are certain that the free Metra service will enhance concertgoers’ journey to the park,” Ravinia President and CEO Jeff Haydon said. “The train has always been a part of Ravinia’s history and we’re excited to build on this partnership.”
The agreements, which are pending regulatory approval, include a $1.125 billion deal to sell WOW!’s Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, services areas to Atlantic Broadband, and a separate $661 million deal to sell its Chicago, Evansville, Indiana, and Maryland service areas to Astound Broadband, the parent company of RCN.
On Wednesday, Carr welcomed Jennifer Day, another former Chicago Tribune editor, as features editor at Chicago magazine. Day, who joined the Chicago Tribune in 2012 to launch the Printers Row literary journal, had also applied for the buyout before deciding to stay with Tribune and join the magazine.
Since then, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, called for an end to the overuse of secret gag orders, arguing in a Washington Post opinion piece that “prosecutors too often are exploiting technology to abuse our fundamental freedoms.” Attorney General Merrick Garland, meanwhile, has said the Justice Department will abandon its practice of seizing reporter records and will formalize that stance soon.
Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the NAR, said he expects to see more listings in the second half of 2021 as homebuilding picks up and the federal mortgage forbearance program winds down. But even with lumber prices retreating slightly, home buyers shouldn’t expect prices to come back down too much.
The financial penalty is the largest ever ordered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a non-governmental organization that oversees the brokerage industry, and one that “reflects the scope and seriousness of Robinhood’s violations,” said Jessica Hopper, head of FINRA’s department of enforcement.
The nurses’ union and health system reached the tentative agreement shortly after midnight Monday, said Angela Walker, a Cook County Health nurse and member of the bargaining team. As part of the proposed contract, Cook County Health has agreed to add another 300 nurses within 18 months and give nurses raises, and pay them incentives to help with retention, she said.