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Greg Burns

Greg Burns

Breaking up Motorola may be hard to do - February 8, 2010 - You bought the Droid.

CME seeks security of the Dow - February 4, 2010 - With regulations looming that could weaken the financial might of U.S. exchanges, Chicago's trading industry is counting on what's...

Melissa Harris

Melissa Harris

Local consultants make political inroads - February 7, 2010 - The political consulting industry in Chicago is growing more robust. Although candidates still hire pollsters and ad-makers in Washington...

Group of business leaders spurring Chicago's environmental efforts - February 3, 2010 - John Tracy, the chief technology officer at Boeing, has brought an engineer's eye to the committee of business leaders overseeing...

Gail MarksJarvis

Gail MarksJarvis

Plenty of wrinkles with new credit card laws - February 7, 2010 - If you are expecting this month's changes in credit card laws to smooth your love/hate relationship with your cards, don't.

Stocks regain some momentum - February 3, 2010 - After a cleansing breath last month, investors are back at it, buying stocks and hoping the economic recovery will be on their side.

Jim Mateja

Jim Mateja

Jim Mateja's picks: Don't miss these 11 vehicles at the Chicago Auto Show - February 8, 2010 - Trekking through 1.3 million square feet of displays in two exhibition halls is a monumental task for Chicago Auto Show visitors, so...

Toyota Matrix recall points to same bad Vibes - February 4, 2010 - Q. As you know, Toyota is recalling the 2009-10 Matrix for sticking accelerator pedals, and both Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe were...