John Pletz
@johnpletz
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I cover tech, startups, weed and airlines @CrainsChicago Business. It's an eclectic mix of things that can take off and get you high. [email protected]
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Joined April 2009
Laura Ricketts will co-chair @JulianaStratton's finance committee in her run for U.S. Senate.
chicagobusiness.com
The lieutenant governor has lined up business and fundraising heavyweights in her Senate campaign.
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Here's a deal so cheap that it would have made @Groupon blush. @DannyEcker has the story on the massive discount on a storied Chicago office building. https://t.co/AvF6dqP4Yl
chicagobusiness.com
A venture led by ex-NBA owner Robert Sarver bought the building at 600 W. Chicago Ave. from Sterling Bay, one of the most extreme cases of lost value in the vacancy-plagued downtown office market.
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Judge says Outcome Health co-founder Shradha Agarwal can remain free on bail while she appeals her fraud conviction as Ashik Desai gets a 7-month sentence.
chicagobusiness.com
The judge rejected suggestions for a lower sentence for Ashik Desai in the $1 billion fraud case.
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Feds are seeking a surprisingly short sentence for Ashik Desai, the Outcome Health staffer at the center of the company's fraud who was the government's key witness.
chicagobusiness.com
Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of two months in prison for Ashik Desai, a key player in the massive fraud scandal at startup Outcome Health who also was the key witness against his bosses...
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‘We can teach them business and finance. We can’t teach them to think.’ CEO Kunal Kapoor talks about @MorningstarInc’s approach to hiring at @CrainsChicago Best Places to Work event.
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Getting ready for the DNC spotlight on Illinois. @JBPritzker filming a TV ad today in front of Millennium Park, touting the state's successes.
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Failure to launch: Judge addresses length of sentences in the Outcome Health case.
chicagobusiness.com
Unlike Outcome's other convicted execs, Brad Purdy didn’t have an ownership stake in the company, but he helped in pitching the company to investors.
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Judge in the Outcome Health case offers advice to startup founders and investors: "To anyone listening: Faking it is a crime. It doesn’t matter if you make it. Entrepreneurs have to know when they have access to capital . . . they have to be accountable."
chicagobusiness.com
While handing down his decision, the judge laid into the founder of Outcome Health, federal sentencing guidelines and the "fake it till you make it" startup mentality.
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More than a year after the Outcome Health trial concluded, the judge addressed how he saw the big questions in the case when he sentenced Rishi Shah to 7.5 years in prison.
chicagobusiness.com
While handing down his decision, the judge laid into the founder of Outcome Health, federal sentencing guidelines and the "fake it till you make it" startup mentality.
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Did you know Google’s first million-dollar ad deal was done in Chicago with Orbitz? Early Googler @kwiller shares the tale with @kirkjim12 at @CrainsChicago’s Fast 50 event.
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The advice Helmut Jahn gave the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect who led the design of the new concourse connecting to Terminal 1 at O'Hare.
chicagobusiness.com
There is a lot more to the curves and columns of the concourse design than meets the eye.
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Amid a looming battle with Colorado for #quantum-computing supremacy, Illinois legislators consider a range of incentives to lure companies here.
chicagobusiness.com
Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants the tools to attract companies and a federal designation as a leading tech hub.
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.@Rivian's new SUV will roll off the line in Normal, not Georgia.
chicagobusiness.com
The move will allow the EV maker to start delivering the new model faster and open a lower price point.
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.@Chase makes huge commitment to Chicago by staying put dowtown and renovating its iconic office tower. Coupled with @Google's plan for the Thompson Center, it's a major win for the city.
chicagobusiness.com
The project gives the downtown office market a much-needed win and comes after years of speculation that the bank could move.
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.@WilsonSportingG made a basketball that doesn't need air. You can have one for $2,500. (No one ever said the latest and greatest comes cheap.) You have to admire Wilson for constantly rethinking its products. Here's what it's doing with the tennis ball. https://t.co/IrIVtEo6ex
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Raise your hand if you saw this coming: @MachinistsUnion wants to organize lab workers at @TempusAI.
chicagobusiness.com
While-coat lab workers at the precision medicine company are seeking to form a union, marking another attempted push by organized labor into the health care industry.
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Instead of a Walk/Don't Walk sign, there should really be a Dance/Don't Dance sign here at Madison and Halsted.
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.@united says it found loose bolts on fuselage panels of 737-9s like the one that blew out on Friday's Alaska Airlines flight.
chicagobusiness.com
Airlines are inspecting "door plugs" on MAX-9 aircraft following a mid-air blowout Friday on an Alaska Airlines flight.
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Remembering No. 51: “He really disliked you,” said Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers. “He went after you like he hated you from his old neighborhood.”
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