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Sure, we have fewer industrial giants in our area these days, but if you know where to look you can find the beating heart of industry.

The National Runaway Safeline says more youth are running away because of money problems. 

 U.S. companies start petitioning Monday for H-1B visas to bring in temporary workers with specialized skills during the next federal fiscal year. There’s a good chance petitions will exceed the federal limit within the week, but questions remain whether immigration policy is leaving smaller companies in limbo. 

Also: The health-care article that has the magazine world abuzz. Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake to Chicago? Plus a new news quiz.

Four of the region’s foremost corporate leaders discuss the economic landscape and how our workforce can succeed in it.

Holiday shoppers turned so-called "Cyber Monday" into one of the biggest spending days ever, according to a new report released Tuesday.Research from the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark show online purchases grew 30.3 percent compared to the same time in 2011.“Cyber Monday was not on

The election behind them, U.S.