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Monday, Apr 30 Sprint and T-Mobile are officially seeking to merge. From pricing structures to mobile video, 5G networks and more, here's how the deal might affect consumers. |
| RYAN ORI: A German coworking firm has opened its first U.S. office in Chicago, and will add a Mag Mile flagship. The deals are part of an ambitious expansion plan throughout the country. |
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| University of Chicago Medicine will open its new Level I trauma center Tuesday, marking the culmination of years of campaigning by community activists for high-level trauma care on the South Side. |
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| Traffic at McDonald's restaurants was surprisingly strong during the first quarter, pushing the world's biggest burger chain far past Wall Street expectations. |
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| MARY WISNIEWSKI: Two years ago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the El Paseo, a rails to trails project like The 606, in Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods. Emanuel even said the bike and pedestrian trail could be ready as early Summer 2016. So what's the deal? |
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| Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, appear to have paid $1.25 million for a five-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot house in the South Side Hyde Park neighborhood through a land trust on April 4. |
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| The House passed a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that would codify some of the consumer protections airlines adopted after United Airlines' passenger-dragging incident last year. |
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| The Chicago Tribune is seeking nominations for our annual Top Workplaces special report. |
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