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TOP HEADLINES Wednesday, November 16 2011 · Pair of downtown apartment builders get funds to join crowded field · Developer buying loans on blighted Purple Hotel property · Cheers, tears and jeers for Michelin star winners · Zell's Equity Residential leading bidder for rival Archstone: report · CFTC chair says agency may vote soon on protecting investor funds · OfficeMax lays out improvement plans · Lawson Products moving HQ, 400 jobs to Chicago from Des Plaines · Tonight on WTTW's "Chicago Tonight": Mayor Emanuel's first city budget. Plus: Look for Crain's headlines on the show. · People on the Move: Check out the latest job changes · VIDEO: Chicago Business Today: Giordano's new owners   CRAIN'S BLOGS · Greg Hinz: 'New day' at City Hall as mayor's budget passes unanimously; Preckwinkle follows Richard J. Daley's mantra that good government is good politics · Shia Kapos: Julianna Margulies to headline Steppenwolf fundraiser; Lally Daley, former mayor's youngest daughter, to marry with Rev. Jack Wall officiating · Brigid Sweeney: Shoppers buying more Groupons as gifts, report says · Ann Dwyer: Steve Sipress on 'discount marketing' done right; Domenic Rinaldi on sings that banks are getting back into biz-for-sale lending game   Final markets Dow Jones 11,906 -190 -1.57% NASDAQ 2,640 -47 -1.73% Crain's Index 103.10 -2.12 -2.015% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT OTHER HEADLINES · Consumer prices slide 0.2% in Chicago area Associated Press · Salvation Army bell ringers go digital New York Times · State Farms taps William Shatner to warn on turkey fryers CBS 2 Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Slide show: Society: Chicago Urban League Singer Patti LaBelle entertains the crowd at the Chicago Urban League's 50th Golden Fellowship Dinner. Read More · Video: Chicago Business Today | Giordano's new owners · News and video: Veterans in the workplace · Video: Retooling Chicago | Going global SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM.