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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 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SEARCH TOP HEADLINES Tuesday, October 20, 2009 · Video: Charity care debate · B of A seeks $128 million, control of Block 37 · Health group slams Kraft's claims on breakfast item · FDA warns Baxter over misleading label · First Chicago bolstered by $50M new-capital infusion · Former Blago aide pleads guilty to corruption · Sears to reward Web site book buyers · UAL reports smaller than expected 3Q loss · Caterpillar profit beats expectations, shares jump · OptionsXpress earnings top analyst predictions, firm eyes acquisitions · Illinois Tool Works sees 3Q earns fall by a third · Equity LifeStyle beats estimates   CRAIN'S BLOGS · Obama administration to up small-biz lending; startup taps into power of electric cars: Enterprise City · 'Olympics deal' charged; was Chicago cheated? Greg Hinz · Joffrey founder's belongings on the block; a benefit for the dogs — literally: Taking Names · Local writers pull for Dodgers' Colletti; Bears' rating tops Dodgers' in L.A.: Biz of Sports  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,041.48 -50.71 -0.50% NASDAQ 2,163.47 -12.85 -0.59% Crain's Index 84.81 -0.780 -0.911% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Give the gift of Zagat! Put your company's name and logo on one of our Deluxe Edition guides to create a powerful marketing tool customers will reference all year long. Receive FREE imprinting with code CCH-09. Order online or call 1-800-540-9609. Click Here! OTHER HEADLINES · Could city's budget cuts sink Venetian Night? Chicago Sun-Times · Jewel-Osco parent cuts outlook, dividend Reuters · United sued after plane skids at O'Hare Daily Herald · Chicago 5th best US city: mag ABC 7 Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Accounting's day of reckoning The recession is finally gripping the accounting biz, closing the books on a six-year boom. How will local firms cook up gains now?Read More · Chicago Business Today — Oct. 20 · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Check, Please! visits La Scarola · Society: Chicago Public Library Foundation SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.