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Viewing on a PDA? Click here.   To view this email in a web browser click here. CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA WEEKLY JOB CHANGES TOP HEADLINES Thursday, July 2, 2009 · State Farm hiking home insurance 13% · United computers back in action at O'Hare · Exelon increases bid for NRG · Walgreen June sales helped by calendar shift · Dow drops as job losses hit 26-year high · CME's June volume down from last year · Tribune Co. to run Dallas Morning News ad sales · Zizzle auction puts toy firm in play · Oak Park approves deal for downtown hotel · Ventas gets ratings boost, completes property sale · In brief: Opus North | Law firm sublease | Burnham plan republished · 10 things to do this weekend  · Wonks tweeting about Aspen Ideas Festival: Taking Names blog · Deal to cut county sales tax stalls: Greg Hinz blog · Food vendors jump on Twitter bandwagon; Survey says hiring patterns to hold steady in Q3: Enterprise City · Hossa needs to deliver for Hawks: Biz of Sports blog  As of 12:45 pm Chicago time Dow Jones 8,326.99 -177.07 -2.08% NASDAQ 1,802.78 -42.94 -2.33% Crain's Index 69.68 -1.720 -2.409% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Crain's Blogs. Now You're Talking. Introducing three blogs sure to pique your interest each business day: government and business, after-hours with Chicago's elite, and the business of sports.Click here to read what Greg Hinz, Shia Kapos and Ed Sherman are saying today. And talk back, we'd love to hear from you. OTHER HEADLINES · U.S. job losses rise in June New York Times · Average gas price inches down to $2.84 Chicago Sun-Times · Smaller Sparton seeks second life in Schaumburg Daily Herald Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today - July 2 The Ledge opens to the public, offering a chance to float above the city. One payday lender stopped courting the unemployed after Crain's wrote about the practice this week. Exelon raises its bid for rival power producer NRG. Midway Games wins Bankruptcy Court OK to sell assets to Time Warner.Read More · New Crain's golf iPhone app · Enterprise City -- a small-business blog · Check, Please! visits Keefer's for lunch · Video Golf Tip 2009: How to hit better drives SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.