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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 Tuesday, August 25, 2009 · Chicago Business Today: Religion gets no respite from the recession · Ricketts' Wrigley game plan: rehab on a budget · McD's brings Dollar Menu to breakfast, signals sleepy coffee sales · Chicago-area home prices up in June over May · Harris parent's Q3 US losses narrow · Chicago Reader's new owner is a hedge fund · Jones Lang adds 2 downtown landlord brokers · Tool workers strike over health coverage · AAR to continue sheltering Army vehicles · Quinn pushes biz development to follow rail lines · Illinois students beat national average SAT score · In brief: Mortgage firm expands | Dirksen | West suburban move   CRAIN'S BLOGS · 'One good thing to say per day'; health costs to soar; 8 bad Twitter habits: Enterprise City · Franks still mulling Dem race for guv: Greg Hinz · Slow play rant No. 818: Inside the Leather · Author pens tale of secret club of CEOs: Taking Names · No more Cub-une at the Tribune: Biz of Sports  Final Markets Dow Jones 9,539.29 +30.01 +0.32% NASDAQ 2,024.23 +6.25 +0.31% Crain's Index 78.40 +0.240 +0.307% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Crain's 2010 Book of Lists. This is the issue you'll see on every decision-maker's desk in the city, starting with the 1500 companies featured inside. Place an ad to put you in the right place at the right time all year round. Contact Kate Van Etten at kvanetten@crain.com or 312-649-5492. Delivers Dec 28. Ad Close Nov 3. OTHER HEADLINES · GM to remove GM logo from all vehicles Automotive News · Attendance drops at Illinois State Fair Daily Herald · Bomb threat leads to evacuation at Daley Center Chicago Sun-Times ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Enterprise City — a small-business blog GasPedal's Andy Sernovitz on small business blogging: 'Have one good thing to say per day.' Plus, get updates for entrepreneurs via Twitter: @EnterpriseCityRead More · Inside the Leather — a golf blog · Chicago Business Today — Aug. 25 · Entrepreneurs in Action — Total Attorneys SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.