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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 Thursday, November 12, 2009 · Video: Chicago ranks low in job growth · CTA OKs budget: no fare hikes, but cuts & layoffs loom · Playboy stock leaps on sale talks · State finds way to pay for capital plan · Local foreclosure activity jumps after artificially low period · Blackhawks value jumps 26%: Forbes · Neighborhood Housing Services chief Gottschall retires after 35 years · Barrage of foreclosure suits hits developer · McDonald's to spend $2.4B to improve, open new restaurants in 2010 · Evanston firm nabs $2.5M geothermal grant · In brief: Bronzeville TIF | Jones Lang | Inland Western · 10 things to do this weekend  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Top state pension drawing heavy fire: Greg Hinz · Film 'Ten9Eight' spotlights teen-preneurs: Enterprise City · Bears-Vikings in prime slot, Butkus tops list of Bears linebackers, and more: Biz of Sports · A rogue's story selling out in Chicago: Taking Names · The latest job changes and appointments: People on the Move  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,197.09 -94.17 -0.92% NASDAQ 2,149.02 -17.88 -0.83% Crain's Index 82.21 -1.020 -1.226 » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Celebrate This Holiday Season with Christmas Seals® Support the American Lung Association's Christmas Seals® and continue the fight against lung cancer, childhood asthma, secondhand smoke, air pollution and influenza. Visit ChristmasSeals.org OTHER HEADLINES · BK franchisees sue over burger promo Advertising Age · McD's made Starbucks better: Starbucks CEO Reuters · Analysts see Moto returning to 'Apollo 11' roots Daily Herald · WBBM reunites Jacobson and Kurtis for one night only Chicago Sun-Times Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Entrepreneurs in Action — Fay Financial Fay Financial is seizing an opportunity created by the economic downturn. The mortgage servicer helps homeowners - and their lenders - avoid foreclosure.Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Chicago Business Today — Nov. 12 · Check, Please! visits Meli Café · 40 Under 40 for 2009 SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.