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The battle for market share in US Treasuries is getting an extra dose of politics.

In just a year, Penny Pritzker traveled to Ukraine six times, helped create war-risk insurance vital for trade through the Black Sea, and talked to more than 100 American companies about investing in the Eastern European nation.

US energy trading firm Hartree Partners LP agreed to buy the commodities business of ED&F Man, a storied UK trader of raw materials that traces its history back more than 240 years.

Chicago business leaders, wealthy families and philanthropic organizations have raised $100 million to help fight crime, an announcement that comes days after a violent holiday weekend.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker urged President Joe Biden to address the nation to explain his strategy and allay concerns after his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will work with CME Group Inc. to build a new cloud-computing network that will enable the exchange operator to shift its futures and options trading into the cloud.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has turned to a consortium that includes International Business Machines Corp. and Discover Financial Services to help win federal funds to develop quantum technology.

A dispute over delays to sugar deliveries sold through a New York exchange ended with a case brought by Louis Dreyfus Co. being dismissed, according to people familiar with the matter.

Chicago is still reeling from a lack of workers four years after the pandemic hollowed out US cities.

ED&F Man, a storied UK commodities trader that traces its history back more than 240 years, is in talks to be taken over by US energy firm Hartree Partners LP, according to people familiar with the matter.

The global cocoa market is buckling under the strain of unprecedented shortages.

The US is seeing fervent industry support for its program to help the nation’s farmers win back overseas markets from rivals including Brazil and Russia, with agriculture groups seeking more than $900 million in aid.

When Rahm Emanuel ran Chicago and wanted to boast about the health of the city, the then-mayor pointed to the number of construction cranes across the skyline — 60 at the end of 2017.

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Shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. fell the most since April after it announced a deal to grow its nutrition business.

India is considering curbing ethanol production from sugar cane as the world’s largest consumer of the sweetener battles domestic shortages.

A coalition of Chicago business groups said a new rule guaranteeing paid leave amounts to “death by a thousand cuts,” adding to the challenges of rising property taxes and persistent crime.

Few businesses have Chicago roots as deep as the CME Group Inc. — the company has been based in the city for more than a century and its very name derives from the location (the letters refer to the company’s Chicago Mercantile Exchange business).

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Chicago’s top trading firms are questioning their commitment to the city in the face of proposed taxes and rising crime. That’s not stopping some of them expanding their footprint.