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Stimulus Projects Could Slow Traffic
KickingTiresWith a spate of new construction projects set to begin as the $787 billion Recovery and Reinvestment Act kicks into gear, drivers shouldn???t be too shocked if they have to sit in a bit of traffic. Approximately $27 billion is......Tags: Investments, Travel, Road Transportation, Construction, House Building
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Labor Sec'y: No 'quick fix,' peaks, valleys
The Swampby Mark Silva Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who still has $250 million to "roll out'' for job creation, maintains that the Obama administration is "not looking at just a quick fix'' for the economy and allows that this is "the......Tags: National Government, Politics, Local Government, Employees, Crime, Law and Justice
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Joe Biden: Economic stimulus 'jolt' or no?
The Swampby Mark Silva One hundred fifty nine days after President Barack Obama signed his $787-billion economic stimulus act into law, the White House maintains today that the plan is having its "intended'' effect of supporting a steady and measured improvement.....Tags: New York City, National Government, Fires, Politics, Travel
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NYC crane crash another prod for OSHA
The SwampA large crane lies in this intersection on Manhattan's Upper East Side after it collapsed Friday, May 30, 2008 in New York City just before first responders arrived. (AP Photo/Seth Holladay) by Frank James It's still too early to......Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Employees, Property-Casualty Insurance, Mass Media, Construction
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Change in Madiganistan starts at home
Wind-swept Madiganistan, that arid economic wasteland once known as Illinois, is in absolute ruins. Young people flee the state in search of a future, and their future isn't here. Businesses leave, taking jobs with them. Taxes keep going up to feed...
Tags: Tom Cross, Local Elections, Lisa Madigan, Recipes, Politics
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
Tags: Shareholders, Politics, Rockefeller Center, Boeing Co., Business
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Luxury home sellers feeling rich again
After a long, dry spell, it's almost — but not quite — a seller's market for the nation's pricier houses, according to an organization that trains agents who specialize in selling luxury properties. Although upscale housing is selling better...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Services and Shopping, Inventories, Real Estate Sellers, Homes
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Chicago Confidential: Lehman Brothers bankruptcy examiner believes lessons not heeded
The lessons of Lehman Brothers, Chicagoan Anton Valukas says, haven't been learned. He would know. As the man charged by the bankruptcy court with getting to the bottom of what caused the largest bankruptcy in history, the Jenner & Block chairman and...
Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Federal Reserve, Crime, Law and Justice, Bankruptcy
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Feds seek to stop misleading letters to businesses
Last month, I warned about misleading letters being sent to businesses from an outfit called Pennsylvania Corporate Compliance. The letters instructed businesses to fill out an "annual meeting disclosure statement" listing their corporate officers, and...Tags: Punishment, Financial and Business Services, Fines, Agriculture, Crime, Law and Justice
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Inside Penny Pritzker's portfolio: How a billionaire invests
How do the wealthy stay wealthy? The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio. Pritzker inherited much of her wealth,...Tags: Blue Chip Stocks, Chicago Real Estate, PlayStation Portable, Penny Pritzker, Michigan Avenue
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Signs of a new housing bubble
Um, don't look now, but out there in the real estate trenches, they're whispering the B word again. That's B as in "bubble." That's because agents in various parts of the country are using such terms as "overheated" and "buying craze" and...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Rentals, Chicago Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers, Homes
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Rosenthal: Sears Holdings' Edward Lampert discusses company's future, new role in it
He's been a big-time investor in the retail sector for more than 15 years and was chairman of Kmart after it emerged from bankruptcy about a decade ago. A few years later, he paired it with once-dominant Sears. Yet even as Eddie Lampert is poised next...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Sears Holdings Corp., Walmart, Homes, Mutual Funds
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