David Roeder

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Roeder

President Donald Trump has long declared his enmity for public broadcasting. Deploying what he sees as the power of the federal purse, he has launched a multi-front battle against the business. The targets are the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and, by extension, PBS television network, NPR and 1,500 broadcast outlets across the country, including Chicago’s WBEZ and WTTW. Chicago Public Media owns WBEZ and the Sun-Times. Opposing views on the issue could not be more clear.

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Roeder

We break down complex business news to help you understand how money moves in Chicago and how it affects you. Cboe Global Markets, the Chicago-based exchange network for stock options and equities, does business worldwide but it didn’t have to leave town to find a new chief executive. The company said Thursday it has named Craig Donohue as its CEO and a member of its board. Donohue, 63, will start the job May 7.

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Roeder

We break down complex business news to help you understand how money moves in Chicago and how it affects you. R.J. O’Brien & Associates, a family-owned firm intertwined with Chicago’s legacy in the global market for futures trading, said Monday it’s being acquired by a New York-based company in a cash and stock deal worth $900 million. StoneX Group, a Fortune 100 financial services provider, said it expects the sale will close in the last half of 2025, pending regulatory review.

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Roeder |Abby Miller

The Chicago Housing Authority has lofty, long-term plans to redevelop property around where the Cabrini-Green complex used to be, but it must start from scratch again on efforts to build something on a crucial 7-acre parcel. The CHA has posted a new call for developers interested in the vacant property at Clybourn Avenue and Larrabee Street, after initial investors backed out. But one member of the former three-group development team is looking for new partners to pitch a redevelopment with.

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Roeder

We break down complex business news to help you understand how money moves in Chicago and how it affects you. “Trump will fix it,” said the campaign signs. After his fusillade of tariffs, evidence abounds that Donald Trump in fact has put the country in a fix. His “Liberation Day” announcement last week slapped Wall Street upside the head, even though he kept calling tariffs “the most beautiful word” while on the stump last year.