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Well, Eliot Spitzer resigned from his position as New York’s governor a few minutes ago, and Lt. Gov. David Paterson will soon be sworn in as the new gov. In case you don’t know who he is, here are 10 things you don’t know about him, courtesy of U.S. News and World Report (I added [ READ MORE ]
According to reports, two robbers entered the Hilton Chicago on Michigan Avenue late Sunday evening and went straight to a third floor ballroom, where a fashion show audition was taking place. When they got there, one of them pulled a gun, and they supposedly stole $20,000. Some folks in attendance were allegedly bound with duct [ READ MORE ]
BY DANIEL B. HONIGMAN Times Correspondent Cook County Board President Todd Stroger may have hoped for a quieter return Tuesday, his first County Board meeting since he underwent surgery for prostate cancer. But in the sweltering fifth floor of the Cook County building, about 200 county prosecutors staged a rally in and outside of the board meeting. Holding signs [ READ MORE ]
Read the Chicago Sun-Times story on it here. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
According to a piece in today’s Chicago Sun-Times, the Macy’s on State Street may be up for sale. Either that, closed down or returned to its Marshall Fields origins, Sandra Guy reports. Who’s the potential buyer? An equity firm. (Figures, no?) It’s rumored that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. will pay $52 a [ READ MORE ]
Here’s a piece by Chicago Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne about how Chicago isn’t as environmentally friendly as its politicians, especially one, would have you believe. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
It seems Federated Department Stores, Inc. thinks it has found a cure to its recent ills. Owner of Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, Federated canned its marketing chief, Anne MacDonald, after only 15 months on the job, Bloomberg News reported After acquiring Marshall Fields, May Department Stores and other local department store chains, company brass decided MacDonald wasn’t doing [ READ MORE ]
In a Sun-Times report today, Monifa Thomas writes that the Chicago Transportation Authority mulled around some ideas to help get rid of its $97.5 million budget gap yesterday. One plan, she said, was to raise bus and train fares to $7 during rush hour. If the CTA did this, then any claims that Chicago is a “green” [ READ MORE ]
Congratulations to Eric Ferkenhoff and Matt Bigelow for their Time.com piece. (Ferk is a professor at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and Bigs is a classmate of mine.) The piece addresses an interesting question: Can Mayor Richard M. Daley make true on his pledge to end homelessness in Chicago by 2012? If [ READ MORE ]
It was good to see some news about a favorite of mine from my Buffalo days. Tim Horton’s, a Canadian donut shop chain, was featured on the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal “Marketplace” section. (You need a PW to access the piece.) This place has about the best donuts and coffee ever. [ READ MORE ]