Where are Recent Grads Coming to Chicago From?
World Business Chicago partnered with LinkedIn, analyzing 3.4 million Chicago profiles to inform talent attraction initiatives
Midwest Job Openings and Hiring Activity – September 2015
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released September 2015 figures from its Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), which tracks job openings, hires, and separations (quits, layoffs and…
Request for Proposal: Small Business Lending Portal, Partner to Manage Portal and Evaluate Education
World Business Chicago (WBC) is in the process of developing an organization to simplify the access to capital for small businesses in Chicago. As a key component of this endeavor, WBC is…
Oscar Mayer to relocate headquarters to Chicago
Statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel
1871 named top university-affiliated business incubator in U.S.
Statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel
TmaxSoft Announces New U.S. Headquarters in Chicago
Chicago Headquarters part of major U.S. expansion
ChicagoInno: How to Ignite the Next Industrial Revolution in Chicago
By Thomas Day for ChicagoInno
Index Shows Midwest Economic Growth Below Average in September
This morning, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released September 2015 figures for its Midwest Economy Index (MEI). The MEI is a weighted average of 129 indicators designed to measure non-farm…
Chicago Metro Unemployment Decreases to 4.9% in September 2015
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary September 2015 unemployment rates for all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the local…
Case-Shiller Home Price Index
Today, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) released August 2015 values for its Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks the prices of existing single-family homes in 20 U.S. metro areas. The index…