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Wired Money: Can widgets and Web sites change the way we look at personal...
Flickr.com/Darren Hester BY KATIE ROGERS – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE In an age of economic uncertainty, what we know for sure is Americans are still willing to stretch their budgets when it comes to...
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Making Willis home: Sears Tower becomes Chicago’s newest renamed landmark...
Flickr.com/Afagen BY KATIE ROGERS — MEDILL NEWS SERVICE In the grand tradition of Chicago traditions, yet another of the city’s most famous landmarks will undergo an official name change Thursday. The...
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Chicagoland unemployment continues to rise
Unemployment self-portrait by Diego Cupolo/Flickr.com BY KATIE ROGERS – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE On the heels of Tuesday reports indicating green shoots in the Chicago area housing market, and the Fed’s...
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McDonald’s: Wall Street questions future growth
Roadsidepictures/Flickr.com BY KATIE ROGERS– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE By attracting weary, worried customers with dirt-cheap food options, there’s no doubt that McDonald’s Corp. became a corporate anomaly...
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Navistar shares up after Obama touts stimulus cash infusion
President Obama's Aug. 5, 2009 Wakarusa, Ind. speech -- in Wordle format. BY KATIE ROGERS – MEDILL REPORTS Shares of Warrenville, Ill.-based Navistar International Corp. jumped Thursday following a...
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Sara Lee narrows loss, but the food company’s shares fail to rise
Image via Jeremy Brooks/Flickr.com BY KATIE ROGERS — MEDILL REPORTS Shares of Downers Grove-based food company Sara Lee Corp. (SLE: 9.72 -1.08 (-10.00%) plunged despite a narrower loss in its fiscal...
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The Whole Foods Fight
Is the “Whole Foods Boycott” impacting the company’s financials? Not yet. (Image via Creative Commons) BY KATIE ROGERS – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Nearly 29,000 people now subscribe to a Facebook group...
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MMM Poll: You think Obama’s stimulus strategy is failing
Image via Jmtimages/Flickr.com BY KATIE ROGERS – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE When we asked you to grade President Obama’s fiscal strategy so far, an overwhelming number — nearly two-thirds — voted for a grade...
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Social media: Can’t kill the buzz
BY KATIE ROGERS – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Chirpup.com founder Mark Bradford believes social media will become a lasting industry unto itself, and adds that if you’re a recent college grad, you’d better...
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