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CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA WEEKLY JOB CHANGES TOP HEADLINES Tuesday, March 24, 2009 · Hospira to cut 1,400 jobs · Ill. unemployment at 17-year high · Blagojevich to host WLS-AM morning show · Crain's wins 7 national awards · CF rebuffed again in takeover bid · Unitrin exiting auto finance business · Madison Dearborn skips bailout: Canning · Restaurant at NBC Tower closes · Catering firm closes doors after loans called  · GOP targeting Burris' Senate seat: Hinz blog · Bears-Packers; NCAA ratings: Biz of Sports blog · Eisenhowers; Bill Clinton: Taking Names blog  Final Markets Dow Jones 7,660.45 -115.41 -1.48% NASDAQ 1,518.68 -37.09 -2.38% Crain's Index 59.48 -2.07 -3.36% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT HEAR THE SOURCE NOT THE SPIN! The 2009 Chicago Theatre Speaker Series: The Minds That Move The World. On April 1st, don't miss Vice President Al Gore speaking live and uncensored on the Climate of Change. Save $10 on select seats. Use Code: Crains. CLICK HERE to buy your tickets now! OTHER HEADLINES · CIA running recruiting ads on TV Advertising Age · Illinois Tool Works sells $1.5 billion of debt Daily Herald Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Check, Please! visits Otom Sheila Dantzler, of Chicago's Weichert Realtors, has plenty of anxiety in her world today. That's why she's taking clients to Otom, the high-end comfort-food spot in the Fulton Market district. Read More · Best hotels for business 2009 · Social Whirl: Chicago Architecture Foundation · Homemade Pizza Co.: Grabbing a slice · Chicago Business Today - March 24 SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies Executives » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.