- Sears cuts 300 jobs
- Illinois nabs $17 mil. from feds for transportation projects
- Allstate agents group OKs link with AFL-CIO union
- Northwestern names new dean of Feinberg medical school
- CME Group rivals gain ground in interest rate futures
- Boeing wraps up series of Dreamliner test flights
- Lyric Opera, workers reach labor accord
- Feds back off commercial licenses for farmers idea
- R.R. Donnelley buys LibreDigital
- Kraft rolls out new triple-stack Oreo
- Icahn nominee Hambrecht leaves Motorola board
- Google's $12.5-billion question: What to call Motorola phones?
- Baxter lawyer in alleged payoff scheme in Mexico
- Northern Trust adds Ariel exec Tyler to lead corporate strategy
- Deere profit lifted by international sales
- Non-profit hospitals baffled over losing tax-exempt status
- Baxter lawyer in Mexico allegedly offered to pay opposing expert for absence: recording and testimony
- Plan calls for $1.2-billion express bus for Chicago: Greg Hinz
- Suburbs shed ComEd
- GTCR buys stake in software services firm BServ
- Motorola Mobility investor seeks to block sale to Google
- Oak Forest Hospital can become outpatient clinic, state panel says
- DraftFCB cutting 250 staffers
- State denies tax exemptions to Prentice, 2 other hospitals
- McDonald's names new Europe chief
- Abbott extends China reach with new milk powder plant
- Underwriters Laboratories buys STR Holdings unit for $275 mil.
- Sears Holdings installs new CFO
- Chicago's Ruxbin makes Bon Appetit's list of top new U.S. restaurants
- Anixter selling aerospace hardware unit
- Remaps draw lawsuit from League of Women Voters
- Sears Holdings names new CFO
- Search firm Heidrick & Struggles names CFO
- Sears Canada swings to loss
- State board vote expected today on Oak Forest Hospital
- Google's 'Apple envy' means Motorola lives to fight another day
- Allstate sues Goldman over mortgage debt losses
- Ex-Alderman Carothers sued by man who sought gas station liquor store
- Motorola Mobility execs could reap millions in Google's $12.5-bil. buy
- Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion; execs could reap millions
- Discover sees charge-offs fall again in July
- EPA grants aim for cleaner Lake Michigan, fewer swim bans
- Illinois Lottery rings up revenue win
- 'Merger Monday' helps give market another boost
- Lowe's shuts Elgin, Schaumburg stores amid weak sales report
- Kraft, Sara Lee take dog fight over ads to court
- Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion; Icahn praises move; stock soars
- Wildman Harrold sets merger with Boston's Edwards Angell
- Citadel bankers, staffers hired by Wells Fargo
- Nicor Electric to offer power 14% cheaper than ComEd
- Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion; Icahn praises move
- Unitrin changing name to Kemper
- Grainger to buy Netherlands firm for $344 million
- Hospitals' tax-exempt status won’t be tied only to free care
- DeVry shares plunge 17% after wary outlook
- Analyst calls $25-bil. Groupon valuation 'very high'
- Water Tower brings in new retailers, including Victoria’s Secret Pink, Henri Bendel
- Wall Street's wild week ends on positive note
- Restaurateur Kleiner, partner sued over closed 33 Club
- Tribune ESOP settlement near
- City Winery targets West Loop instead of Carson Pirie Scott perch
- Investors not impressed with PrivateBank execs' stock buys
- Holy Cross Hospital, Vanguard combination canceled
- Stocks up on consumer spending report, but outlook survey dampens rise
- Arthur J. Gallagher buys Alabama insurance brokerage
- Moody's hits Illinois budget over unpaid bills, pension funding
- Retail sales post biggest rise since March
- Mayor plans to change garbage-collection method to save $60 million
- Topsy-turvy market suppresses appetite for Groupon IPO
- Gold recoils from record; CME hikes margin requirements
- United Continental workers choose machinists union
- Midas mulls alternatives including sale, merger
- Quinn meets on gambling bill, but no sign of decision
- USG credit rating cut by S&P on bleak new-home outlook
- Federal appellate Judge Terrence Evans dies
- CNA Financial sells stake in First Insurance of Hawaii
- Citadel gives up on investment banking
- United Continental baggage handlers choose machinists union
- Boeing flight plan: Finish 787 Dreamliner tests over weekend
- Market swings up on jobless report
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- Citadel weathering market drops, shifting resources: reports
- Stocks rise after unemployment report
- Citadel, in retreat, shuts research unit, hopes to sell investment bank
- Trustwave postpones IPO
- Deere says it's cooperating in federal probe
- Sara Lee's earnings fall 41%, meet estimates
- Sara Lee's earnings fall
- More grocers set up in city food deserts
- What ex-chief of Illinois tuition plan is getting to leave
- McGarryBowen, Horizon awarded advertising for United Continental
- Feds probe possible overseas bribery by Deere
- Dow falls more than 500 points
- CTA leader says no fare increases this year
- Quinn uses veto pen on legislative scholarships
- Moo & Oink faces shutdown
- Market now valuing Mead Johnson on its merits rather than just as takeover target
- Giannoulias to head state community college board
- Abbott says FDA clears kidney artery stent system
- Deere's biggest shareholder? Bill Gates
- Stocks plunge in early trading
- Ackman raises stake in Fortune Brands
- Groupon's loss jumps in second quarter
- Allstate loses share in Illinois auto insurance market
- Groupon tests witty chatter in GrouponNow deals
- Daley can be sued over alleged cover-up of cop abuse, judge rules
- Candy show changes dates to avoid G8 conflict
- Dow rallies late, closes up 430 points
- Market turmoil puts some Chicago business on hold
- State Farm to monitor some drivers, adjust rates
- Kmart produces YouTube miniseries, en espanol
- Dow gives up gains after Fed statement
- CME Group cuts fees for some asset managers
- Jack Wing, former Chicago Corp. CEO, has died
- J. P. Morgan to hire 400 in Chicago
- CFTC approves CME plan for higher corn trading limits
- Stocks gain some ground
- JP Morgan to hire 400 in Chicago
- Walgreen gets into health insurance business: report
- Leo Burnett snares Fifth Third account
- Nielsen Holdings buys Evanston's Marketing Analytics
- Stocks jump in morning trading
- Orbitz profit down in 2nd quarter
- Cook County launches interactive budget site
- Abbott/Biogen experimental MS drug meets main study goals