The jobs themselves won’t move the needle as much as Google’s brand. With 167,560 tech workers, Chicago has the seventh-largest tech workforce in the U.S. “It’s an important signal of ...

Google turns up big in Chicago’s search for a benefactor In buying the Thompson Center, the search engine company is helping state and local governments answer some knotty questions.

That’s typical Silicon Valley logic, and it’s about to be put to the test in Chicago. In July, tech giant Google announced plans to buy and renovate the cavernous James R. Thompson Center in ...

Are leaders of Chicago venture-capital-backed startups becoming more diverse? Google's shopping for more office space—and not just in Fulton Market Raising capital is often cited as ...