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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 Monday, December 7, 2009 · Video: Firing up Francesca's · Rocky Wirtz's next power play · Loyola's $50M gift from Cuneo family sets school record · Worst appears over for suburban apartments · Cadbury to formally answer Kraft's takeover bid Dec. 14 · Reyes Holdings to move headquarters · Supreme Court fight won't delay Blago trial, feds say · Aon buys construction industry specialist · Top Chicago searches of 2009 on Yahoo Mobile · Navistar buys concrete mixer maker Continental Mfg. · CF Industries ups bid for Terra to about $4.6B · In brief: No default notice, Tishman says | Ty Warner hotels   CRAIN'S BLOGS · Morrissey heading to Sun-Times; Cubs tix prices: Biz of Sports · Large or small, it's time to seek a deal on rent: Enterprise City · Gossip under the White House Christmas tree; Bill Brady's gov message clear, but does it add up? Greg Hinz · Some will work the coat room to see Second City reunion: Taking Names   Final Markets Dow Jones 10,390.18 +1.28 +0.01% NASDAQ 2,189.61 -4.74 -0.22% Crain's Index 85.04 -0.100 -0.117% » 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 · Chicago man charged in '08 Mumbai attack New York Times · Judge declares mistrial in blogger case on Ill. judge threats Daily Herald · Asian carp fight heads to court ABC 7 · Boeing fans bid up stock ahead of 787's maiden flight MarketWatch Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Dec. 7 Find out how local Italian chain Francesca's is using the recession to reach new markets.Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Check, Please! visits Volare · Society — Casa Central SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.