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Obama to nominate Penny Pritzker as Commerce secretary

2013-05-02 03:00:00

WASHINGTON – Making official what many Democrats have expected for weeks, President Obama plans to nominate Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker, a longtime political supporter and heavyweight fundraiser, as his new Commerce secretary on...

Obama nominates Penny Pritzker, Mike Froman to his economic team

2013-05-02 08:58:00

WASHINGTON – President Obama praised Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker for her commitment to American workers on Thursday morning as he nominated her as his next Commerce secretary. In a Rose Garden announcement, Obama listed Pritzker’s...

BlackBerry vs. iPhone: What's in your pocket?

2010-12-05 00:00:00

There was a time when BlackBerrys grew wild. They were everywhere: boardrooms, restaurants and kitchen tables. The dark little devices would vibrate every time a new e-mail arrived, delivering a tiny thrill that millions of employees came to both...

Pritzker reveals finances, board resignation plans

2013-05-15 17:44:00

Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker intends to resign from corporate boards, including that of Hyatt Hotels Corp., and reported that she received nearly $54 million in consulting fees last year from an off-shore Bahamian trust, the U.S. Commerce...

Pritzker knows commerce

2013-05-03 00:00:00

When business leaders complain that President Barack Obama has been at best neglectful and at worst hostile toward the nation's job creators, they cite a long list of grievances. On the list — not high, but on the list — is that when Obama...

Penny Pritzker is pick as commerce secretary

2013-05-03 00:00:00

President Barack Obama lauded her skills, several prominent business groups quickly heaped praise and critics remained generally quiet after Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker was introduced Thursday as Obama's nominee to lead the Commerce...

Penny Pritzker nominated for Commerce secretary

2013-05-02 12:14:00

Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the new Secretary of Commerce on Thursday, in an expected move that could prove controversial for the longtime political supporter and fundraising heavyweight....

The day ahead in business May 1

2013-05-01 03:30:00

Reports: MBA mortgage index for week ended April 27, 6 a.m.; ADP employment change for April, 7:15 a.m.; PMI manufacturing index for April, 7:58 a.m.; ISM manufacturing index for April, 9 a.m.; Construction spending for March, 9 a.m.; Crude inventories...

Tom Pritzker woos big names for U. of C.'s big data

2013-04-14 00:00:00

University of Chicago computer scientist Ian Foster pressed the clicker and up popped a map of the most sophisticated fiber-optic networks in the world. On that map, at least, Chicago appeared to be the center of everything, a crossroads of...

Penny Pritzker resigns from the Chicago school board

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker resigned from the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Pritzker declined to provide a reason for the resignation. Pritzker is being vetted as a potential candidate for U.S. Commerce...

Hyatt leader wowed Pritzkers early, then fell for hospitality

2012-07-09 00:00:00

Mark Hoplamazian was a freshly minted MBA graduate when consummate dealmaker Jay Pritzker hired him to work on new investments and acquisitions in 1989. Almost immediately, the 25-year-old grandson of Armenian Christian immigrants found himself in an...

School closing protesters march along Michigan Ave.

2012-11-12 13:51:00

Several hundred protesters marched along Michigan Avenue Monday morning to voice opposition to the school closings plan being put together by Chicago Public Schools. Organized by the Chicago Teachers Union and Stand Up Chicago, a coalition of labor...

Penny Pritzker, a Chicago billionaire, is a longtime political supporter and heavyweight fundraiser for Obama. She is on the board of Hyatt Hotels Corp., which was founded by her family.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Under Mark Hoplamazian's leadership, Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corp. is moving from its luxury roots to more diverse hotel offerings.

2013-02-20 00:00:00

Joanie Bayhack has been named director of communications and development for CASA Lake County. She previously served as senior vice president for communications and corporate partnerships for WTTW11 and 98.7WFMT.

2012-11-07 09:21:00