Working Lunch newsletter
UChicago Medicine hopes to expand its cancer care nationwide, announces first affiliation with Kansas hospital • Sterling Bay puts vacant life sciences building up for sale, the latest chapter in Lincoln Yards saga
 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
Header Logo

Working Lunch

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

President Donald Trump thinks owning a piece of Intel would be a good deal for the US. Here’s what to know

President Donald Trump wants the U.S. government to own a piece of Intel, less than two weeks after demanding the Silicon Valley pioneer dump the CEO that was hired to turn around the slumping chipmaker.

Read more →

UChicago Medicine hopes to expand its cancer care nationwide, announces first affiliation with Kansas hospital

UChicago Medicine hopes to expand its cancer care across the country — becoming the latest hospital system to try to grow by working with health systems outside its home turf.

Read more →

Sterling Bay puts vacant life sciences building up for sale, the latest chapter in Lincoln Yards saga

The 285,000-square-foot riverfront tower at 1229 W. Concord Place, meant to be the centerpiece of a vibrant life sciences complex, sits empty on the southern end of the mostly vacant Lincoln Yards.

Read more →

With no Chicago Street Race, NASCAR will return to long-dormant Joliet track in 2026

While NASCAR is bypassing the Chicago Street Race next summer, it is filling the void on the schedule with a Cup Series race during July Fourth weekend at the long-dormant Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet.

Read more →

Wall Street drifts in premarket trading while Target tumbles on sluggish sales and a CEO change

Wall Street continues to drift Wednesday while news of a leadership change at Target took some of the spotlight away from the latest batch of corporate earnings reports.

Read more →

Bears coach Ben Johnson purchased a $3.25M mansion in Lake Forest earlier this year

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson and his wife, Jessica, paid $3.25 million for a six-bedroom, 6,227-square-foot mansion in Lake Forest, not far from the Bears’ Halas Hall headquarters and offices.

Read more →

Dutch Bros Coffee sets sights on Naperville as company with cult following expands into Illinois

Dutch Bros Coffee, a java chain with something of a cult following, wants to lock down its first suburban Chicago location in Naperville.

Read more →

Air Canada reaches deal with flight attendant union to end strike as operations will slowly restart

Air Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement early on Tuesday with the union for 10,000 flight attendants to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers.

Read more →