Crain's Chicago Business

1. New plan for world's tallest. (Miglin-Beitler Developments Inc; Prime...
Beitler, Reschke nail Loop parcel, but tower faces stiff competition Two big-name developers with deep pockets and established track records are reviving talk of another ...
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2. Will ads graze on Mancow's turf? (WKQX radio station, Chicago,...
After failing to build a morning-show franchise over the past six years, Chicago alternative rock station WKQX-FM is doing it the old-fashioned way. It's buying ...
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3. Dean Foods to can veggie venture.
Cash will go to chug more dairies Hungry for cash to feed its appetite for dairies, Dean Foods Co. is poised to exit the vegetable ...
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4. When it rains at Morton it pours. (Morton International Inc)
Earnings, stock slide crimp growth plan; company faces takeover risk Morton International Inc. must eat or be eaten. Shares of the Chicago-based salt and specialty ...
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5. Yet another Sears credit controversy.
Lawsuits attack campaign to hike old accounts' rates As Sears, Roebuck and Co. began 1997, an all-important money machine - its $5-billion credit card operation ...
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6. Van plan gets stuck in low gear at CTA. (Chicago Transit Authority)
Door-to-door service slated for test run this year stalls A much-ballyhooed pilot plan to replace virtually empty Chicago Transit Authority buses with flexible, door-to-door van ...
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7. Levy Restaurants founders split up. (Mark and Larry Levy)
Larry keeps eateries, brother Mark starts investment business Larry and Mark Levy - entrepreneurial brothers who began with a single delicatessen in 1976 and built ...
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8. Way to ergo. (Heitman Financial Services Ltd adopts healthy office...
Firms thrive by adapting offices to aching bodies As a partner at Chicago-based Heitman Financial Ltd., Jerry Swerdlow was entitled to pick any office chair ...
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9. CNA reviews units in search for edge. (CNA Financial Corp)
CNA Financial Corp.'s plan to re-examine each of its business units over the next year-and-a-half is designed to boost competitiveness, its top executive says. "We ...
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10. New plan for world's tallest
STEVEN R. STRAHLER and GREG HINZ Two big-name developers with deep pockets and established track records are reviving talk of another 'world's tallest building' project ...
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