CHICAGO, November 20, 2003 – The City of Chicago today submitted its notification of interest to become the permanent host of the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). With the full support of the city's diplomatic and business leadership, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley entered the competition to become the Western Hemisphere’s trade headquarters. Read More
CHICAGO, September 24, 2002 – Paul O'Connor, executive director of World Business Chicago, today reported that its analysis of the national economy over the last 12 years has shown that Chicago is doing better than other major cities in the current national economic slowdown, and he predicted Chicago is again poised to lead the nation’s big cities in recovery. Read More
CHICAGO, June 27, 2002 – Mayor Richard M. Daley today announced the appointment of J. Christopher Reyes (48) to the World Business Chicago Board of Directors. World Business Chicago is a public-private economic development organization chaired by Mayor Daley and Aon President and COO, Michael D. O’Halleran. Read More
CHICAGO, June 20, 2002 – Chicago won the commercial real estate industry’s Extreme City “Digie” (digital innovation) award for its efforts in moving commercial real estate into the 21st century. The award was presented this week at Realcomm 2002, the world’s largest annual real estate and technology conference, in Las Vegas. Read More
CHICAGO, May 29, 2002 – World Business Chicago snagged three prestigious awards during the past month for its Make It Big In Chicago interactive CD-ROM. World Business Chicago and Jordan Tamraz Caruso (JTC) Advertising received two Tower Awards from the Business Marketing Association’s (BMA) Chicago Chapter and a Creative Excellence Award from the Employment Management Association (EMA). Read More
CHICAGO, March 7, 2002 – Family-owned businesses are the lifeblood of our nation’s economy. More than 90 percent of all business enterprises in the U.S. are family-owned. These businesses account for 78 percent of all new job creation and 60 percent of the nation’s employment. However, without careful succession preparation, thousands of jobs will disappear simply because a family business leader did not take the time to plan. Read More
CHICAGO, October 29, 2001 – World Business Chicago has launched the most comprehensive, data-intensive source of information on metropolitan Chicago in the region’s history. The web site paints a statistical portrait of Chicago’s nation-sized economy and the metropolitan quality-of-life it supports. Read More
CHICAGO, December 18, 2001 – Mayor Richard M. Daley today announced the appointment of John Rau and Michael Sears, two members of Chicago’s business elite, to the World Fairy-Tail Business Chicago Board of Directors. World… Read More
CHICAGO, September 10, 2001 – Winning the competition for bright young talent is one of the keys to ensuring Chicago’s economic future. In response to the needs of Chicago’s business community for bright, young talent, World Business Chicago has developed a high-energy, interactive and audio CD-ROM entitled “Make It Big In Chicago,” targeted at college seniors and first-year graduate school students nationwide. Read More
