Caterpillar CEO: 'We can never make enough profit'

05/17/13 — A big piece in this week's Bloomberg Businessweek focuses on Caterpillar workers' stagnant wages and the company's no-holds-barred approach to union-busting.

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More food disappearing from McDonald's menu

05/17/13 — The fast-food giant is deciding whether to keep several food items as it examines the efficiency of its menu.

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Activists turn to Indiegogo to buy Tribune's newspapers

05/16/13 — Koch brothers, take note: a new Indiegogo campaign is trying to stop you from buying the Tribune Co.'s newspaper group.

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Pritzker got $54 million from Bahama trust: report

05/15/13 — U.S. commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker received $54 million last year from an offshore trust in the Bahamas, Bloomberg News reports.

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Billionaire investor Peltz doubles Mondelez stake

05/15/13 — Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz has doubled his hedge fund's stake in food manufacturer Mondelez, the Chicago Tribune reported today.

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Study finds Illinois swears too much

05/15/13 — Illinoisans drop the F-bomb (or other expletive) in the course of a phone conversation more than most states in the nation.

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Work begins on Milwaukee Avenue protected bike lane

05/15/13 — The Chicago Department of Transportation began tearing up a stretch of Milwaukee Avenue this week to make way for a protected bike lane between Kinzie Street and Ogden Avenue.

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Chicago, state big for dog bites

05/15/13 — We rank high in the number of mail carriers attacked and insurance claims filed.

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Illinois Senate moves beer distributor bill forward

05/14/13 — The move comes about a month after the state's House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that calls for brewers to divest any ownership they have by Jan. 1, 2015, in any beer distribution company.

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Local toy company sets world record in New York

05/13/13 — Call this item For the World Record. Oak Brook-based toy company TOMY International said it earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records over the weekend with a vertical toy train track more than 17 feet tall. The track was built...

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McDonald's axes Angus Third Pounder burger line

05/09/13 — The Oak Brook-based restaurant chain is phasing out the burgers, which made a splashy debut in 2009.

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Does Chicago care if Koch brothers buy the Trib?

05/08/13 — A small group of protesters met outside Tribune Tower today to oppose a possible takeover of Tribune's newspapers by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers.

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