Chicagoland Business
Indiana steel mill agrees to pay $3M, improve waste system
A steel company has agreed to pay $3 million and improve the wastewater system at an Indiana mill, more than two years after a discharge of ammonia and toxic chemicals killed fish and closed beaches.
Chinese Telecom charged with conspiring with former Motorola employees to steal tech
The indictment alleges that China-based Hytera Communications Corp., Ltd., recruited and hired Motorola Solutions employees and directed them to take proprietary and trade secret information from Motorola without authorization.
Caterpillar pushes through supply constraints in strong Q4
For the three months ended Dec. 31, Caterpillar Inc. earned $3.91 per share. Stripping out certain items, earnings were $2.69 per share, far exceeding Wall Street's per-share expectations of $2.23.
Weber Grills apologizes for ill-timed meatloaf recipe
The company based in Palatine, Illinois, offered its condolences to Marvin Lee Aday's family and fans.
Walgreens sees fiscal 1Q sales jolt from vaccinations and testing
Walgreens notched strong sales growth in the face of a number of challenges during the quarter including a spike in the theft of profitable beauty products, which company leaders attributed to organized crime rings.
Sears to sell its suburban Chicago corporate headquarters
The campus had been home to Sears' corporate since 1992 and saw 4,000 daily employees as recently as 2017.
BP agrees to $500K penalty, soot limits at Indiana refinery
The refinery 15 miles (24 kilometers) southeast of Chicago converts around 440,000 barrels of crude oil daily into gasoline, other fuels and asphalt. It covers 1,400 acres in Whiting, East Chicago, and Hammond, Indiana.
Deal halts Rockford airport's work that threatens prairie and bumble bees
With construction scheduled to resume Nov. 1, the non-profit conservation group that cares for the Bell Bowl Prairie struck a deal to temporarily halt bulldozers ready to expand Rockford Airport.
