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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, January 14, 2010 · Foreclosure activity up 32% last year in Illinois · Chicago lawyer gets 7 years for role in Refco Inc. fraud · Lincoln Square businesses saw rise in 2009 sales · First Midwest Bancorp prices public offering at $11 per share · Kraft's new bid worse than first: Cadbury CEO · Baxter gets analyst boost · 2 law firms to stay at UBS Tower · OfficeMax tethers new ad campaign to optimism · Citadel Investment hires new head of asset management unit · Abbott's cancer test cleared by Europe · Federal Signal to buy Canada's Sirit Inc. · 10 things to do this weekend · INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Chicago's job market in 2010  CRAIN'S BLOGS · NFL unlikely to get clean win; sports talk radio ratings roar: Business of Sports · Todd Stroger throws punches back: Greg Hinz · Calling those fast enough for Fast Fifty: Enterprise City · Promoter Henry Cardenas to open LA office: Taking Names · The latest job change and appointments: People on the Move  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,710.55 +29.78 +0.28% NASDAQ 2,316.74 +8.84 +0.38% Crain's Index 90.07 -0.09 -0.10% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Breakfast w/ CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas: Join the Young Professionals of Chicago on Wed., Feb. 17th as we welcome CEO Peter Roberts to discuss his experience leading one of the world's largest commercial real estate firms, managing 7,700 employees across 5 countries. Click to register: http://www.ypchicago.org/events/event_details.asp?id=88199 OTHER HEADLINES · Obama calls for bailout tax CNN Money · Macy's on hunt for more fashion brands Crain's New York · Haiti text donations to Red Cross hit $4M ABC News Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Jan. 14 New numbers reveal that Chicago will lose more jobs in 2010. But it's not all bad news. We'll tell you which industries will be hiring. Read More · Resolutions 2010 · Crain's 2010 Book of Lists · Entrepreneurs in Action - Lesson Learned · Enterprise City — a small-business blog SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.