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• State Farm drops plan to leave Florida

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 16th, 2009 01:15 PM - (AP) — State Farm Florida has dropped plans to withdraw from Floridas property insurance market. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty on Wednesday announced a settlement with the insurer that includes a 14.8 percent rate increase. State Farm Florida, the states largest private ...
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• Bayless bust a bust: USDA visits eateries to look for illegal meat

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 16th, 2009 12:50 PM - (Crain’s) — Celebrity chef Rick Bayless had an unexpected visitor to his River North restaurants Tuesday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture came looking for illegal meat. The government agency stopped in at the chef’s restaurants at Clark and Illinois streets to ensure that his ...
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• Soldier Field bond downgrade sparks ire of sports authority chief

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 16th, 2009 12:30 PM - (Crain’s) — Former Gov. Jim Thompson, head of the public sports authority that financed the renovation of Soldier Field, is blasting a Fitch Ratings decision to downgrade the agency’s bond rating. Fitch on Tuesday lowered its rating on $397.8 million in Illinois Sports Facilities ... ...
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• Obama Brings the Gitmolympics Home

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  President Obamas hometown cronies lost their bid to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to the Windy City. But this week they got a consolation prize: the Gitmolympics. On Tuesday, the White House went public with its official plans to purchase the Thomson Correctional Facility from financially strapped Illinois to house ...
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• McDonalds to offer free Wi-Fi

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 08:43 PM - (AP) — McDonalds Corp. will soon offer free wireless Internet access at most of its U.S. fast-food restaurants as it tries to broaden its appeal still further. "Were not just about hamburgers," said Dave Grooms, chief information officer for McDonalds USA. "We are about convenience and ...
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• CF Industries desire for Terra may be waning

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 04:15 PM - (Reuters) — CF Industries Inc. on Tuesday said it will not seek to extend its financing commitment for its proposed acquisition of Terra Industries Inc. and made no assurance that it will take more action to buy the fertilizer company. Still, CF said it continues to believe that buying ...
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• Boeings 787 Dreamliner lifts off

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 09:55 AM - (AP) — Boeing Co.s new 787 jetliner took off Tuesday on its first test flight, more than two years late. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off at about 12:30 p.m. Chicago time from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., on a flight over Washington state to perform a variety of ...
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• ArcelorMittal cutting jobs, capacity in 2010

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 05:00 PM - (AP) — Steel giant ArcelorMittal SA said Tuesday it will cut an unspecified number of jobs next year and stick with plans to use 70 percent of its capacity in the current quarter. The company -- which has which has major steelmaking operations in East Chicago and Burns Harbor, Ind. -- ...
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• Eisenhower overhaul on track; work to include more minority-owned firms

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 01:42 PM - (Crain’s) — Illinois plans to double the amount of work for minority-owned firms in an estimated $100 million worth of contracts to overhaul the Eisenhower Expressway, one of the state’s biggest construction projects next year. Specifications for the I-290 repairs were dropped Monday ...
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• CME begins clearing credit derivatives

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 11:31 AM - (Reuters) — CME Group Inc. began clearing U.S.-based credit derivatives on Tuesday, aiming to capitalize on a government push to safeguard a private market blamed for exacerbating the financial crisis. The launch of CMEs clearinghouse for credit default swaps (CDS) coincides with the ...
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• Boeings 787 Dreamliner lifts off

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 09:55 AM - (AP) — Boeing Co.s new 787 jetliner took off Tuesday on its first test flight, more than two years late. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off at about 12:30 p.m. Chicago time from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., on a four-hour flight over Washington state to perform a ...
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• Eisenhower overhaul hits speed bump

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 01:42 PM - (Crain’s) — Illinois has postponed plans to overhaul rundown portions of the Eisenhower Expressway, one of the state’s biggest highway construction projects slated for next year. It’s not clear why I-290 repairs were dropped from the next round of bidding on Jan. 15, but the ...
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• Boeings 787 Dreamliner lifts off

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 09:55 AM - (AP) — Boeing Co.s new 787 jetliner took off Tuesday on its first test flight, more than two years late. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off at about 12:30 p.m. Chicago time from Everetts Paine Field on a four-hour flight over Washington state to perform a variety of ...
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• Feds warn Abbott of problems at Swedish plant

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 12:18 PM - (Reuters) — U.S. regulators have warned Abbott Laboratories Inc. about manufacturing problems at its Swedish plant that makes Healon brand devices used in cataract surgery, a letter released on Tuesday said. In the Sept. 18 letter to Advanced Medical Optics, which Abbott acquired ...
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• Hospira to buy drug portfolio from Indias Orchid Chemicals

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 15th, 2009 12:15 PM - (Crain’s) — Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc. said Tuesday that it will pay $400 million to acquire a portfolio of injectable drugs from a large Indian drugmaker. Hospira’s agreement with Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. gives Hospira a larger portfolio of antibiotic ...
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• The Markham Family

  
  Matt Clayton Photography — Authority: 115
  Meet the Markham family. I like them very much. Friendly, comfortable and hospitable.After freezing our faces off, we ate cake.See how shes grown since last year.
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• Diners Club International sees makeover with new parent Discover Financial

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 14th, 2009 06:16 PM - (AP) — Diners Club International said Monday its changing its logo, card, Web site and advertisements to reflect its new ownership under Discover Financial Services Inc. The new ads focus on everyday card use rather than travel and entertainment. This marks the companys first major ... ...
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• Abbott buying software maker Starlims

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 14th, 2009 06:07 PM - (AP) — Abbott Laboratories said Monday it will pay $123 million in cash to acquire Starlims Technologies, a company that makes software used to manage laboratory testing. Under the terms of the agreement, Abbott will acquire the Hollywood, Fla., company for $14 per share. Abbott ...
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• Redbox gets extended trial deal with Paramount

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 14th, 2009 03:55 PM - (Reuters) — Viacom Inc.-owned Paramount Pictures extended on Monday a trial agreement with Redbox to June 2010, agreeing to provide the kiosk rental chain with DVD releases, but putting off a decision on whether to sign up with the company for a five-year pact. The ongoing partnership ...
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• Discover Financial retools executive compensation in light of TARP

  
  Windy City Chat - All about Chicago, the Windy City! — Authority: 153
  December 14th, 2009 03:43 PM - (Crain’s) — Discover Financial Services Inc. has rejiggered executive compensation to pay its top officers far higher salaries to compensate for the company’s inability to pay bonuses while it retains federal bailout funds. The Riverwoods-based credit card company will pay CEO David ...
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