Sept. 15--Morton Salt looks to shutter its Chicago warehouse and packaging facility, long a familiar site by the Kennedy Expressway. It's a loss, especially for affected workers, but its presence for decades has masked the area's real flavor.
Motorola Solutions, meanwhile, is relocating its corporate headquarters and 800 jobs to Chicago from Schaumburg. So chips, but no salt?
Facebook apparently is about to test what amounts to a "dislike" button to complement its "like" button. Sort of need a "meh" button, I guess. Maybe. I don't know. I go back and forth.
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) has requested a hearing on fantasy sports' relationship to gambling and the fantasy industry's ties to teams and leagues. This could be a prelude to legal challenges for companies like DraftKings and FanDuel, and a game changer if Pallone's in your fantasy Congress.
Air India has jettisoned 130 flight attendants for exceeding weight limits that critics deem arbitrary and discriminatory. Although the state-run carrier recently loosened its cabin crew dress policy, allowing women to wear something besides saris, it's unapologetically determined to be branded a sorry airline.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been named host of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice." Because an actor and politician from Austria has taken his old job, Donald Trump is expected to propose a wall protecting the United States from Hollywood.
Presidential candidate Richard Nixon said "Sock it to me" 47 years ago Wednesday on NBC's top-rated "Laugh-In." In 1977, Nixon would decline an invitation to return for a "Laugh-In" special in which he would have said, "You can stop now."
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