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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, April 22, 2010 · Video: Strip-mall struggles · Harris is bidding on teetering Amcore Bank · United Airlines, US Airways end merger talks · March home sales rise 45% in Chicago area · Blagojevich wants to subpoena Obama · Jobless rate holds at 10.9% in Chicago · Gov. Quinn backs off taxing downloads · Sears adding Edwin Watts Golf Shops within stores · Baxter shares drop 13% on forecast cut · Old Republic touches 52-week high on surprise profit · In brief: Jewish Federation | Tower Olds site | IRS move · 10 things to do this weekend  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Spin swirls over Alexi's bank; Brady puts strings on tax return vow; Cullerton's Senate blows it on seniors ride free: Greg Hinz blog · A thaw in private equity, VC markets; Score video on how microloans can boost your small biz: Enterprise City · Illinois-Northwestern to play at Wrigley; Cubs' Zambrano: Baseball's most expensive set-up man; Bears drafts hits and misses: Business of Sports · Jamie Dimon wows execs with fiery take on business and politics; Red Stars' Natalie Spilger starts GreenLaces non-profit: Taking Names · The latest job changes and appointments: People on the Move  Final Markets Dow Jones 11,134.29 +9.37 +0.08% NASDAQ 2,519.07 +14.46 +0.58% Crain's Index 99.69 +1.140 +1.157% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Join Crain's BtoB for its NetMarketing Breakfast in Chicago – April 27 – Hotel 71 From video and mobile marketing to social media and beyond, our experts will share the tools and techniques that have worked for them. www.BtoBonline.com/breakfasts OTHER HEADLINES · NCAA to expand March Madness to 68 teams Chicago Sun-Times · Obama scolds Wall Street Crain's New York Business · McDonald's unveils 'I'm Lovin' It' 2.0 Advertising Age Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES EIA - Kitchen controversial When she opened her shared-cooking business, Splice Kitchen, former banker and marketing executive Tonya Ojuluwayo doubled down on the Chicago food scene. Then she wound up taking on City Hall. Read More · Chicago Business Today — April 22 · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Business of Sports Video: Rocky Wirtz · Society: Erikson Institute SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.