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October 16, 2015

Midwest Job Openings and Hiring Activity – August 2015

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

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October 15, 2015

$199.4M VC invested in Chicago in Q3 2015

DJX VentureSource has released its Q3 2015 venture capital report, which tracks investments into companies that have received at least one round of venture funding. Chicago’s $199.4 million VC dollars invested in…

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October 15, 2015

Request for Information: Small Business Lending Portal, Lender Information

World Business Chicago (WBC) is in the process of developing an initiative to simplify the access to educational resources and capital for small businesses in Chicago. As a key component of…

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October 15, 2015

Chicago and Illinois Taxes

This downloadable spreadsheet provides current information on tax rates in Chicago and Illinois. Data includes corporate income tax, personal income tax, and sales tax. Chicago IL Taxes revised Oct 2015

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October 15, 2015

Mayor Emanuel Announces ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week 2015

Fifth annual ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week will introduce 150 of the Midwest’s top technology and computer science students to the city’s fast-growing technology industry over 3 days, and bring them…

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October 10, 2015

Crain’s Chicago: Inside the private group that guides Chicago’s economic development policy

By Lynne Marek, Crain’s Chicago Business

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October 09, 2015

Entrepreneur: Chicago – The new B2B boomtown

By Hank Ostholthoff, Contributor, Entrepreneur, CEO Mabbly

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October 04, 2015

Chicago Sun-Times: Manufacturing Day gives CPS students hands-on experience

By Patrick Judge, Chicago Sun-Times

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