Plus: New docs in AI copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’ • Judge rules Pistakee Yacht Club may keep boats on its property despite Johnsburg crackdown
Working Lunch Friday, September 18, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Andrew Leckey, a longtime investment columnist and business journalist who wrote investment columns for the Tribune for more than a quarter century and also reported for a decade on WLS-Ch. 7, died July 11 in a Colorado rehabilitation center, where he had been admitted after suffering a fall. He was 76. | | | | | A senior executive at Microsoft believes AI systems built on the work of others will be seen as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit. | | | | | A sailing club whose members said its future hinged on a long-running legal battle may continue storing boats on its property in the Chain o’ Lakes, despite the village of Johnsburg’s recent efforts to block it. | | | | | Aldermen advanced a counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s broad renters’ rights overhaul Thursday, setting the dueling ordinances on a collision course. | | | | | A new report from UIC confirms that Latinos account for nearly 30% of Chicago’s population and draws attention to shifting demographics. | | | | | Microsoft’s stock price has recovered and fluctuated between roughly $490 and $510 per share over the past month, still down from the all-time high of $542 in October. But there’s also a lingering doubt. Could the market turn again? | | | | | Javier Carrillo got way more response than he expected at Wednesday’s grand opening for the family-owned Azteca Fresh Market in Portage. | | | | | Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years. | | | |