Chicago
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Citadel Funds see 21 percent gainsJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Citadel Investment Group LLC, the $11 billion hedge-fund firm founded by Ken Griffin, gained 21 percent this year through May in its main funds as convertible bonds and ...
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Playboy replaces Christie Hefner with Scott N. FlandersJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Playboy Enterprises Inc., the men's magazine publisher, named Scott N. Flanders as chief executive officer to replace Christie Hefner, who stepped down in January after ...
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Judge rules Hartmarx bidding to move aheadJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - A flurry of conversations over the weekend between representatives from embattled clothing manufacturer Hart Schaffner & Marx, its creditors led by Wells Fargo & Co., an...
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Report: City officials bungled parking meter deal
Jun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago officials deny taxpayers were shortchanged in a $1.15 billion deal that privatized the city's parking meters. At a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Richard Daley'...
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Chicago has 7 shooting deaths in 24 hours
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Roosevelt to open pharmacy school in SchaumburgMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Roosevelt University announced Monday it will open a College of Pharmacy at its Schaumburg campus, the only one of its kind in the Midwest. Roosevelt will become one of ...
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Banks block CME's credit swap plansMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - CME Group Inc.'s plan to guarantee trades in the $29 trillion credit-default swap market is being hampered by some of the world's largest banks, according to a letter fr...
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Exelon bid for NRG Energy goes to trialMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A trial started over a challenge to Exelon Corp.'s $6.2 billion hostile-takeover bid for NRG Energy Inc., owner of power plants in Texas, California and the U.S. Northea...
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Well Fargo, Hartmarx in court over proposed saleMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A judge has scheduled a hearing in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection case of the Chicago-based company that's made suits for President Barack Obama. Representatives f...
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'Dear Abby' moves from Trib to Sun-Times