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Crain’s Chicago Business: Destination: Copenhagen

Like Chicagoans, the Danes take advantage of every temperate day, because when winter comes, it doesn’t mess around. So from… More

Some kids in troubled families get caught between powerful rival principles; their need for a stable home, and the rights… More

How to meet a demand for scientists in our high-tech economy? The Sloan Foundation’s plan: Create a scientific equal to… More

For nearly 20 years, this Chicago couple has steeped themselves in the old and the new, the opulent and the… More

How to commission a work of art—without squashing the creative process. Download PDF

Prepping for a trip used to mean paying a neighbor to keep an eye on Fluffy and Fido while you… More

Prepping for a trip used to mean paying a neighbor to keep an eye on Fluffy and Fido while you… More

The jewel in Gatlinburg’s crown is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which attracts more visitors than any other national… More

Two alumni take advantage of growing interest in natural and premium pet foods—and their own passion for pets—to launch products… More

Ten Chicago entrepreneurs who have recently found success talk about how they did it, from financial security to mistakes they… More

If you have kids you are trying to wean off of Playstation, Wii or Xbox, don’t leave this article around… More

If, five years ago, you asked members of local government in a major city what was likely to be one… More

Most food factories are alike. After all, that’s sort of the point of a factory—to standardize production. While the recipes… More

Atlanta hasn’t had a reputation for fine dining. Peaches, Chick-fil-A and Coca-Cola, sure. Plenty of collard greens and biscuits. Until… More

The Highway 127 World’s Longest Yard Sale is for collectors. Not just for collectors for Fiestaware, old tools or marbles,… More

First off, a vocabulary lesson. When talking about one of the haute cuisines to hit kitchens this year, the term… More