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TERENCE KOH'S ARTISTIC coming-out hardly seemed auspicious. It was May 2003. Collector Javier Peres had recently scrapped his international-law career to open Peres Projects gallery. He offered its opening show [...]

WALK AROUND CHELSEA these days and you can practically hear money buzzing in the air. Powerhouse galleries such as Matthew Marks and PaceWildenstein have extended their empires with extra showrooms. [...]

Favors are typical among Chicago's elite as a way to get ahead, spread influence, and simply do good. Rules for trading favors are discussed. They include a favor should not be granted with expectations of getting one in return, personal and professional favors are interchangeable, favors are often better than money, a favor should be offered before it is requested, and favors should not be abused.

Chicago, Ill, personalities that are visible to the public are introduced. The list comprises Dempsey J. Travis, Paul Green, Diane Swonk, Quentin Young, Jacqueline Leave, Bernard Beck, and Don Rose.

The underwear-manufacturing company lost close to half a billion dollars in 1997. Farley attained several public-image coups during the past year, including the purchase of $6.7 million 50-acre estate in Rhode Island. He also donated $1.5 million to Boston College Law School.

The political relationship between Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Chicago mayor Rich Daley is featured. The two Democrats have become rivals on certain issues, jeopardizing the fate of their party. Their ideological similarities and subsequent differences are noted.

Cigars. Steaks. Cocktails. This jazzy trio of former American favorites came roaring back in the 1990s, transformed from social vices into hallmarks of sophistication-especially for men. Driven by media coverage […]

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) occupied its new buildings on Chicago's Magnificent Mile in 1996. Since then, it has lost numerous upper-level staff members and suffered from board interruptions.

The follies and abuses committed by various civic leaders of Chicago are lampooned through anecdotes and caricatures. City councilman Jesse J. Evans righteously claimed innocence to bribery charges and went on a hunger strike until he was sentenced to prison.

Some of the best things, services and people Chicago has to offer are listed. Included are descriptions of the best Margarita, the best Nobel Prize winner, the best dance club and the best 'target for a wrecking ball.'

Gouletas is confident in the projects at 111 East Chestnut and Haberdasher Square in Chicago, IL. The reputation of American Invsco, which became successful by buying apartment buildings, turning them into condominiums and selling them, has been hurt by problems with the two development projects.

Marovitz comes from a family prominent in law and politics, but he broke with family tradition to become an entrepreneur. Considered a master at networking, Marovitz became a partner in Spago's restaurant and is active in the business of his wife, Playboy Enterprises CEO Christie Hefner.

Some pointers on how and where to meet women are presented. Some of the places to meet women are bars, nightclubs, bookstores, friends, laundromats, supermarkets and weddings.

Chicago's name came from a Native America word for the wild, bad-smelling onions which one grew there. Some of the Big Onion-winning gaffes by Illinois politicians in 1996 included the visit of US Sen Carol Moseley-Braun to the dictator of Nigeria, and a narcotics judge arrested for marijuana possession.

The eight men and women honored for their good works have varied roles. They include Connie E. Evans, head of a woman's self-improvement project, Donald L. Sharp, founder of a housing corporation, and Guadalupe Reyes who spearheaded a tuition-free school for children with multiple disabilities.

When graduate students across the country started unionizing efforts several years ago, they called attention to the long hours and low stipends budding academics feel fated to endure. Yet these […]

Many of the hottest trends in teenage music, language, and fashion start in America's inner cities, then quickly spread to suburbs. Targeting urban teens has put some companies on the […]

Melamed has written his autobiography now that he is only Chmn emeritus at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. His protegee Jack Sandner is the one who now runs the exchange. Melamed must have written the book with an eye on his possible place in history. He wanted to create a book that was unique.

When Pastor Thomas Wolf first came to Southern California's Church on Brady in 1969, the situation seemed dire. The Southern Baptist church in East Los Angeles had seen its historically […]

A trader on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange traveled to Mongolia to solve the mystery of where Khan's remains lay buried. Kravitz, 63, who has no background in archaeology, developed his theory through research. His upcoming expedition is discussed.

BACK IN THE 1960'S, SPAIN'S ABSTRACT artists were drawn to Cuenca, a mountain village famous for its Casas Colgadas, "hanging houses" along the stony gorge of the Huecar river. In […]

IN THE TIME WHEN THE DOGES stilled ruled Venice, members of the none Martin family and their court would leave the city as soon as the summer weather turned too […]

Burnett must overcome its image as a staid advertising agency and develop the ability to deliver cutting-edge campaigns that are in demand today. Burnett has lost some major clients in the past year but has gained new ones such as Disneyland and Coca-Cola.

Chicago, IL, provides a variety of places for different outdoor sports activities during the summer. Some of these recreational activities are in-line skating, volleyball, mountain biking, road cycling, hiking, basketball and kayaking.

Up to a point, the founding of Berlin's Yellout.de sounds straight from the Silicon Valley playbook. In September 1999, the partners hatched a plan: Create a site listing companies that […]

When expanding globally you nave to think locally. But as the U.K.'s Lastminute. com discovered, executing a 'glocal' strategy is costly, complex and full of surprises. Last year, British Internet […]

The book 'Always Running' by Chicago, IL, poet Luis Rodriguez dealt with his experiences as a member of a gang in the Los Angeles, CA, area. The book, which was intended as a warning to his son, brought Rodriguez literary fame, but it perhaps came too late for his son, Ramiro, who has been sentenced to 28 years in jail.