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Wal-Mart tries to woo Ill. farmers
Long known for its uneasy relationship with rural America, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is trying to court small Illinois farmers. The giant retailer wants…
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January 05, 2009
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Not-great expectations
The deepening recession, already more than a year old, will probably maintain its stranglehold on the Chicago economy for at least another year. Economists predict an early-2010 bounce-back from the…
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Dealmaker set to strike
Miles White, who reshaped Abbott Laboratories over the past decade through big deals, is positioned for another game-changer.
Pharmaceutical…
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Citadel shores up sinking funds
Citadel Investment Group is propping up its money-losing flagship funds with $300 million in loans from two smaller, profitable funds.
The ability…
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Home loan setback
A key support for mortgage lending just shrank, dealing a new blow to the moribund housing market.
As of Jan. 1, the Federal Housing Administration…
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Make this your seat
For the unemployed professional, or one worried about becoming unemployed, the latest economic news isn't encouraging. Companies are laying off thousands of workers, at all levels of skill and…
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Tips for e-searchers
Searching for jobs online can be soul-sucking work involving days of lonely surfing and unrequited e-mailing. So, before sitting down at the computer, consider some tips on how to best game this…
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That gown — he must have it
Noren Ungaretti's closet is missing two beautiful, expensive dresses: a bolero-topped, balloon-hemmed Donna Karan and a cocktail dress from the late Gianni Versace's final collection.
She blames it…
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Graham Elliot vibe: urbane but edgy
Former Avenues chef Graham Elliot Bowles brings his eclectic cooking style to his namesake restaurant in River North — a mix of highbrow and lowbrow ingredients, classic and futuristic…
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This Week's List: Chicago's largest commercial real estate brokers - Sales
View the Entire ListA list of the 20 largest commercial real estate brokers, ranked by total value of local sales transactions. Published Dec. 1, 2008.
Rank Company/address Total value of sales transactions (millions) for year ended 9/30/2008 1 CB Richard Ellis Inc. $2,797.8 2 Eastdil Secured LLC $1,429.8 3 Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler Inc. $1,020.0 4 Cushman & Wakefield Inc. $781.1 5 Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. $734.0 People
Looking to docs to help Resurrection grow
SPOTLIGHT: SANDRA BRUCE Job: President and CEO, Resurrection Health Care, a Chicago-based system of eight Catholic hospitals, since Nov. 3. Vitals: 63 years old; bachelor's degree in English, Western Michigan University, 1967; master's degree in…
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Thinking big
Though every new president faces serious challenges, it would be hard to overstate the magnitude of what the Chicagoan who will be president is about to confront. Barack Obama inherits an economy that's beyond weak, an economy that still could…
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Survivor Chicago
As a new year begins, Crain's examines key issues for some locally based bellwether companies trying to navigate an increasingly treacherous economic jungle. (These six companies are included in the 134-member Crain's Chicago Index tracked by…
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Out with the old: Crain's wish list for the new year
As 2009 begins, we'd rather look forward to a new year in Chicago than look back on a brutal 2008. Of course, as Senior Reporter Monée Fields-White reports this week, 2009 may be just as brutal or — God help us — worse. But we'll have…
Full ArticleFarm subsidies and other sacred cows: It's time for slaughter
President-elect Barack Obama will enter the White House in a few weeks with a tremendous opportunity to make budget-slashing decisions because they are right for the nation, not just the politically expedient choice. I ran in the 2004 Democratic…
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This week's editorial cartoon by Roger…
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Airlines helping to keep oil speculation in check We appreciated "UAL's Tilton adds job leading lobby group" (ChicagoBusiness.com, Dec. 5), about Glenn Tilton's new role as Air Transport Assn. chairman. He is highly regarded and an excellent choice…
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