June 2015

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New Search Engine Company Moves to Chicago

After two years in New York and San Francisco, a new search engine that focuses on buying and selling used industrial equipment has moved its headquarters to Chicago. The website Built in Chicago reports that Machinio.com serves as an online search engine and, practically, as a forum for the purchase and sale of industrial, agricultural, […]

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Health Experts: Sitting At Work Cuts Years From Life

At an office furniture trade show held Monday in Chicago, companies showed off new solutions to a dangerous health problem afflicting office workers. As more workers become sedentary and spend their nine-to-five workday sitting down, experts have warned that “sitting is the new smoking.” Not only do studies confirm that sitting workers have a higher

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One Tool Stops Police Abuse, Bad Drivers

Dashboard vehicle cameras come standard in many foreign countries because of higher rates of insurance fraud overseas, but many U.S. drivers have been slow to adopt the technology. In Chicago, a series of high-profile incidents involving vehicle cameras are helping raise public awareness of the technology. On Tuesday, June 2, a Chicago bus “inexplicably” ran

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With Chicago’s Infrastructure Overwhelmed, Nearby Ecosystems Put at Risk

Increasingly overwhelmed by the city’s population, aging infrastructure systems throughout Chicago could begin to threaten the environment in the coming years if nothing is done to fix them. According to The DePaulia, evidence of sewer system overload is already apparent throughout much of the city. When last summer brought heavy rains and flash flooding, Chicago’s

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