I cover tech, startups, weed and airlines @CrainsChicago Business. It's an eclectic mix of things that can take off and get you high. jpletz@crain.com
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5 May 2025
Laura Ricketts will co-chair @JulianaStratton's finance committee in her run for U.S. Senate. chicagobusiness.com/politics…
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24 Jan 2025
Here's a deal so cheap that it would have made @Groupon blush. @DannyEcker has the story on the massive discount on a storied Chicago office building.
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20 Sep 2024
Judge says Outcome Health co-founder Shradha Agarwal can remain free on bail while she appeals her fraud conviction as Ashik Desai gets a 7-month sentence. chicagobusiness.com/health-c…
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16 Sep 2024
Feds are seeking a surprisingly short sentence for Ashik Desai, the Outcome Health staffer at the center of the company's fraud who was the government's key witness. chicagobusiness.com/health-c…
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12 Sep 2024
‘We can teach them business and finance. We can’t teach them to think.’ CEO Kunal Kapoor talks about @MorningstarInc’s
approach to hiring at @CrainsChicago Best Places to Work event.
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12 Jul 2024
Getting ready for the DNC spotlight on Illinois. @JBPritzker filming a TV ad today in front of Millennium Park, touting the state's successes.
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28 Jun 2024
Failure to launch: Judge addresses length of sentences in the Outcome Health case. chicagobusiness.com/technolo…
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27 Jun 2024
Judge in the Outcome Health case offers advice to startup founders and investors: "To anyone listening: Faking it is a crime. It doesn’t matter if you make it. Entrepreneurs have to know when they have access to capital . . . they have to be accountable." chicagobusiness.com/technolo…
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27 Jun 2024
More than a year after the Outcome Health trial concluded, the judge addressed how he saw the big questions in the case when he sentenced Rishi Shah to 7.5 years in prison. chicagobusiness.com/technolo…
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12 Jun 2024
Did you know Google’s first million-dollar ad deal was done in Chicago with Orbitz? Early Googler @kwiller shares the tale with @kirkjim12 at @CrainsChicago’s Fast 50 event.
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7 Jun 2024
The advice Helmut Jahn gave the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect who led the design of the new concourse connecting to Terminal 1 at O'Hare. chicagobusiness.com/airlines…
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21 May 2024
Amid a looming battle with Colorado for #quantum-computing supremacy, Illinois legislators consider a range of incentives to lure companies here. chicagobusiness.com/technolo…
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7 Mar 2024
.@Rivian's new SUV will roll off the line in Normal, not Georgia. chicagobusiness.com/manufact…
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26 Feb 2024
.@Chase makes huge commitment to Chicago by staying put dowtown and renovating its iconic office tower. Coupled with @Google's plan for the Thompson Center, it's a major win for the city. chicagobusiness.com/commerci…
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8 Feb 2024
.@WilsonSportingG made a basketball that doesn't need air. You can have one for $2,500. (No one ever said the latest and greatest comes cheap.) You have to admire Wilson for constantly rethinking its products. Here's what it's doing with the tennis ball. chicagobusiness.com/technolo…
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8 Feb 2024
Raise your hand if you saw this coming: @MachinistsUnion wants to organize lab workers at @TempusAI. chicagobusiness.com/health-c…
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19 Jan 2024
Instead of a Walk/Don't Walk sign, there should really be a Dance/Don't Dance sign here at Madison and Halsted.
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8 Jan 2024
.@united says it found loose bolts on fuselage panels of 737-9s like the one that blew out on Friday's Alaska Airlines flight. chicagobusiness.com/airlines…
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6 Oct 2023
Remembering No. 51: “He really disliked you,” said Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers. “He went after you like he hated you from his old neighborhood.”
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