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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 Friday, July 10, 2009 · GM exits bankruptcy protection · Restaurateur aims to curry favor with fast-food fans · Webio's Hernandez indicted for alleged scheme · Group blows whistle on high-speed rail plan · United, Continental alliance cleared by feds · Financier's funds frozen amid Ponzi charges · Building supply firm to exit Chicago market · Cemetery workers made $300K in Burr Oak scheme · Exelon slate for NRG should be rejected: firm · In brief: General Growth | Prime Group | Chick-fil-A · 10 things to do this weekend  · Recession corking luxury wine market; high-end crowd gears up for Nascar: Taking Names blog · Winners and losers: Cubs, Sox fans, Chicago 2016, NBA salary cap: Biz of Sports blog · Microlending on rise but expected to decline: Enterprise City · Quinn flip-flops speaker Madigan's way in budget war: Greg Hinz blog · Golfweek says LPGA commissioner will be fired: Inside the Leather blog  As of 2 p.m. CDT Dow Jones 8,117.80 -65.37 -0.80% NASDAQ 1,751.52 -1.03 -0.06% Crain's Index 66.09 -0.330 -0.497% » 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 · AIG asks gov't to approve bonus payments Crain's New York Business · McDonald's wins with global palates CNN Money · Illiana Expressway cost could top $1B: study Daily Herald · Hynes makes move toward guv run ABC7 Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today - July 10 CME Group, the world's largest futures exchange, faces some new competition from an upstart rival backed by Wall Street giants. General Motors exits bankruptcy after just 40 days. Chicago's strip-mall vacancy rate tops the overall nation.Read More · Inside the Leather · Top tourist attractions · 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.