David Roeder

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

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. “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.

3 weeks ago | wbez.org | David Roeder |Fran Spielman

After fending off pressure to hire an ally of Mayor Brandon Johnson, the city’s tourism marketing agency has ended a more than year-long search for a president and CEO. Choose Chicago said Thursday it has named Kristen Reynolds to fill the key post, which has been the highest-paid public position in Chicago. Reynolds comes to Chicago after 27 years in tourism leadership, the last decade as CEO of New York’s Discover Long Island.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Roeder |Fran Spielman

We break down complex business news to help you understand how money moves in Chicago and how it affects you. After fending off pressure to hire an ally of Mayor Brandon Johnson, the city’s tourism marketing agency has ended a more than year-long search for a president and CEO. Choose Chicago said Thursday it has named Kristen Reynolds to fill the key post, which has been the highest-paid public position in Chicago.