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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 Wednesday, July 8, 2009 · Lisa Madigan to skip Senate, guv bids · Guilty plea for former Blagojevich aide · Burger King goes after McDonald's with new $1 double cheeseburger · Fortune foretells Knob Creek shortage · Citadel funds gain 31% this year but remain below key 2008 levels · NRG rejects higher Exelon offer · CME shares fall over CFTC talk of limiting speculator positions · Midway Games to close San Diego unit · Hospitals vow $155M in savings to aid reform · Boeing lags Airbus in aircraft orders · Discover sets offering at $9.25 a share · Zebra Tech shares downgraded on cuts  · Why Madigan is skipping U.S. Senate, guv races: Hinz blog · Columnist files malpractice suit; Sox owner donates $1M: Taking Names blog · White Sox's trade and Cubs' non-sale: Biz of Sports · FeedBurner chief flees Google; biz asking prices slip: Enterprise City · Stars missing from U.S. Women's Open: Inside the Leather  Final Markets Dow Jones 8,178.41 +14.81 +0.18% NASDAQ 1,747.17 +1.00 +0.06% Crain's Index 66.37 -0.89 -1.32% » 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 · Daley: Stop throwing darts or risk losing Olympics Chicago Sun-Times · Michael Jackson Funeral Mostly Commercial-Free on TV Advertising Age · State unlikely to recover $1M from school: report ABC 7 Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Check, Please! visits Keefer's for lunch Where you take clients for lunch is a reflection on you. Or so believes Chicago Sun-Times account executive Andrew Pickell. He counts on Keefer's menu and conversation-starting décor (is that what those old radios are for?). Read More · Chicago Business Today - July 8 · Enterprise City -- a small-business blog · New Crain's golf iPhone app SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.