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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 31, 2009 · Developer pleads guilty to fraud · AG Madigan sues Wells Fargo · Navistar still fighting for $3.3B Pentagon contract · Corus in 'critical' condition · Merrill snags pair of wealth managers · 7 local properties in huge retail portfolio deal · Owner of NHL's Coyotes challenges Reinsdorf's bid for team · Ariel marketing officer departs · In brief: Goettsch Partners | Ventas | General Growth · Suspect bag outside Oprah's studio was harmless · 10 things to do this weekend  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Driehaus pinches pennies, big bucks for Dillinger items and economy hits restaurateur Segal: Taking Names · Another Axelrod's new gig, state pay IOU and no tweets -- or else! Greg Hinz · Breaking up is hard to do, even with a bank you don't like: Enterprise City  As of 1:45 p.m. Dow Jones 9,170.56 +16.10 +0.18% NASDAQ 1,985.48 +1.18 +0.06% Crain's Index 75.54 +0.460 +0.613% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT New Job-Hunting Tool from Crain's Want to do a speed search of jobs offered by Chicago-area companies? Check out the new, electronic Job Seeker Edition of Crain's Book of List—with direct links to job listings for each company. Plus a direct link to Crain's stories about each employer. It's just $49. To sample and buy, go to www.ChicagoBusiness.com/jobseeker. OTHER HEADLINES · Recession eases; GDP dip smaller than expected Crain's New York · Congress races to save 'clunkers' program Chicago Sun-Times · Chicago PMI strengthens in July MarketWatch Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today - July 31 Big response to Cash for Clunkers exhausts program money. Huge increase in runners for the inaugural Chicago Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon. Read More · Check, Please! visits Kendall College · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · EIA: An entrepreneur is born · New Crain's golf iPhone app SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.