By Julie Wernau
A Chevy Volt being charged at a public electric vehicle charging station in Detroit, Oct. 12, 2010. Google will help electric vehicle owners find charging stations. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg)
Soon electric vehicle owners looking for somewhere to charge up will need little more than Google.
The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that a new partnership will draw on Google Maps to create an online network of all the charging stations in the country and will serve as a primary data source for GPS and mapping services to track electric vehicle charging locations. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 1:33 p.m.
Filed under:
Airlines,
Airplanes
Bloomberg News | U.S. health inspectors found rodent droppings “too numerous to count” in the galley area of a Delta Air Lines jet where food and drink are stored. The airline said the plane used on international flights had been cleaned and returned to service.
Yesterday at 12:59 p.m.
Filed under:
Banking,
Mortgages,
Stock activity
By Becky Yerak
Northern Trust Corp., which caters to wealthy consumers, said it’s beginning to see more demand for mortgages as housing prices firm up.
“The mortgage pipeline is beginning to fill up,” Chief Executive Frederick Waddell told reporters Tuesday after his Chicago-based bank’s annual shareholder meeting. “There’s more interest in housing,” including refinancings. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 12:47 p.m.
Filed under:
Government,
Health care
By Associated Press
Millions of seniors in popular private insurance plans offered through Medicare will get a reprieve from some of the most controversial cuts in President Barack Obama’s health care law. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 12:29 p.m.
Filed under:
Pharmaceuticals,
Regulations
By Reuters
The U.S. health regulator ordered painkiller makers to provide educational materials to help train physicians about the correct use of the drugs, as part of the Obama administration’s plan to tackle prescription drug abuse. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 11:55 a.m.
Filed under:
Autos,
Retail
By Julie Wernau
Walgreen Co. announced today it will install charging stations for electric vehicles as part of a Chicago-area public charging infrastructure rollout led by California-based 350Green LLC.
Already, more than 150 private charging stations have been installed throughout the city, and an additional 280 public charging stations have been announced for the Chicago area. Walgreens is the first company is the first retail partner to formally announce their participation in the $8.9 million project. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 11:13 a.m.
Filed under:
Education,
Media
By Tribune staff report
Ann Marie Lipinski, former editor of the Chicago Tribune, on Tuesday was named curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 11:07 a.m.
Filed under:
Autos
By Reuters
Toyota may have to change its U.S. sales targets because of production slowdowns in Japan and North America, the U.S. sales chief of the world’s largest automaker said on Tuesday. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 10:27 a.m.
Filed under:
Airplanes,
Updated
By Reuters
NASA divided up more than $269 million on Monday among several companies vying to build commercial spaceships to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, the space agency said. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 9:55 a.m.
Filed under:
Investigations,
Work culture
By Associated Press
A worker was crushed by the machine he was servicing at a Caterpillar facility in central Illinois, an autopsy has found.
The (Peoria) Journal Star reports that an autopsy performed Monday confirms that 34-year-old Troy Bryner of Wyoming died Sunday of head injuries. Bryner was pronounced dead at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center about 40 minutes after being crushed by the machine.
Yesterday at 9:24 a.m.
Filed under:
Economy
By Reuters
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday there is no risk the United States could lose its top-tier AAA credit rating as politicians move closer to agreeing on how to slashing the massive U.S. debt. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 7:51 a.m.
Filed under:
Banking,
Earnings
By Reuters
Northern Trust's headquarters on La Salle. (Jason Wabsgams/Chicago Tribune)
Financial services company Northern Trust Corp. reported a decline in quarterly profit as low interest rates weighed on securities lending revenue.
Net income slipped to $151 million, or 61 cents a share, from $157.2 million, or 64 cents, a year earlier. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 7:45 a.m.
Filed under:
Food,
Franchises,
Jobs/employment,
Restaurants
By Associated Press
Along with the Big Breakfast and Big Macs, McDonald’s Corp. has 50,000 new jobs on its national menu today.
Fifteen-hundred of those jobs are being offered in the Chicago area. Jobs to be offered in the U.S. range from restaurant crew to salaried management. Get the full story »
Yesterday at 6:42 a.m.
Filed under:
Banking,
Investing
By Becky Yerak
Many children of the super-wealthy shouldn’t be counting on getting an inheritance. In a nationwide survey of 457 adults with at least $3 million in investable assets, U.S. Trust found that only 49 percent said that “leaving a financial inheritance is personally important.” Get the full story »
By Reuters
A lawsuit that seeks to stop McDonald’s from selling Happy Meals should be dismissed because parents can always prohibit their children from consuming the food, the hamburger giant said in a court filing on Monday.
The lawsuit claims McDonald’s unfairly uses toys to lure children into its restaurants. The plaintiff, Monet Parham — a Sacramento, Calif. mother of two — claims the company’s advertising violates California consumer protection laws. Get the full story »
