13,000 Foxconn jobs in Wisconsin? 'It doesn’t strike me as a feasible project.'

2019年2月11日星期一

13,000 Foxconn jobs in Wisconsin? 'It doesn’t strike me as a feasible project.'

As Taiwan's Foxconn changes its Wisconsin plans,

those much-touted job promises fall short

While plans for Foxconn's LCD plant in southeast Wisconsin are shifting from manufacturing to research and back again, the Taiwanese consumer electronics giant has already missed its first hiring incentive target, raising some doubts it will reach its goal of 13,000 employees

Chicago and Illinois are still after Amazon's HQ2, or at least part of it

The city of Chicago reached out to Amazon on Friday in a renewed effort to win a 25,000-job campus after The Washington Post reported the tech giant was reconsidering New York.

Proposed legislation could keep glassy buildings from killing birds

BLAIR KAMIN: Each year, thousands of birds die when they smash into large glass windows. Legislation introduced by Ald. Brian Hopkins, 2nd, and reintroduced by Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., seeks to prevent such deaths.

McDonald's adding Donut Sticks to menu — but only for breakfast

McDonald's said it would add the cinnamon-sugar sticks, sold by the half-dozen or dozen, to its menu beginning Feb. 20 for a limited time.

Pickups, perennial best-sellers, are showing off tech and other tricks at the Chicago Auto Show

The pickup market is expanding, including what appears to be a renewed taste for smaller trucks. Plenty are on display at the Chicago Auto Show, which runs through Feb. 18.