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September 21, 2015

August Home Prices and Sales Up Over Last Year

This morning, the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) reported that residential sales in the city of Chicago increased by 6.3% since last year, with 2,629 sales in August 2015 compared…

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September 20, 2015

Chicago Tourism Metrics, September 2015

Making Chicago a premier destination for tourism and entertainment is a major part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Plan for Economic Growth & Jobs that WBC is implementing to drive growth…

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September 17, 2015

Fortune 500 Headquarters in Chicago

This downloadable spreadsheet provides a current list of Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the Chicago metro region.  This list is updated annually. Fortune 500 Headquarters (2015)  

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September 15, 2015

Chicago Leads Nation in Foreign Direct Investment According to New IBM Report

Leads the Nation for the Third Year in a Row; Chicago is Only North American City in the Top 20

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September 15, 2015

DMDII Partners with 1000 Jobs Campaign

Applied research and commercialization engine enters into its first workforce development project

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September 15, 2015

Sprint to Add More Than 1,000 New Jobs in Chicago

Sprint For Chicago initiative to invest nearly $150 million in the city

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September 14, 2015

Chicago by the Numbers September 2015

World Business Chicago tracks indicators from month to month to gauge the strength of several aspects of Chicago’s economy, including employment in major sectors, residential and office real estate data,…

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September 09, 2015

Midwest Job Openings and Hiring Activity – July 2015

Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released July 2015 figures from its Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), which tracks job openings, hires, and separations (quits, layoffs and…

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