Amazon offers to pay employees $10,000 to quit their jobs and deliver packages instead

Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we'll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages.

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Time to break up company

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it's time to break up the social media behemoth. Hughes called Mark Zuckerberg's power "unprecedented and un-American" and said his co-founder's focus on growth "led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks."

Company seeks person to live on yachts and review them for $1,300 a week

A London-based luxury goods company called HushHush is looking for one lucky person to live on yachts for a week at a time and write reviews for its website.

April tax-revenue windfall alters Illinois budget picture

An unexpected tax-revenue windfall has so bolstered Illinois finances that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has nixed a plan to reduce pension-payment obligations next year.

Company capitalizes on Florida humidity, converting it to drinkable water

Bare store shelves often mean a big storm is coming. They can also mean drinking water is more valuable than ever. A company in South Florida says the answer is in the air.

Unemployment hits 49-year low as US employers step up hiring

U.S. employers added a robust 263,000 jobs in April, suggesting that businesses have shrugged off earlier concerns that the economy might slow this year and now anticipate strong customer demand.

Carol's Cookies of Northbrook celebrating 40 years
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Carol Goodman started her business in 1979 out of her own kitchen in Highland Park. Now 40 years later, you can find her cookies in stores across the country and she runs the nationwide brand out of her Northbrook bakery with her son Jeff.

Study: Rents are rising faster than incomes

A USC study released Tuesday says Washington, D.C., and California cities have the widest disparity between income and affordability for rental housing.

Americans pay nearly $100 more on washers, dryers because of Trump's tariffs: study

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago and Federal Reserve found that washers cost an average of 12 percent, or $86, more after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs in 2018.

Boeing CEO defends safety record amid 2 deadly crashes

Boeing shareholders are meeting six months to the day since the first of two deadly crashes involving the company's 737 Max airliner and as new questions arise about the aerospace giant's handling of the crisis.

Kohl's to start accepting Amazon returns this July

It's about to be even easier to make an Amazon return - and you won't even need a box to do it.