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July 26, 2010

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Divine evangelist Andrew 'Flip' Filipowski returns to Chicago with InterAct

Andrew "Flip" Filipowski, Chicago's pied piper of the Internet, who burned through $1 billion at the peak of the dot-com bubble, is back. 

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Illinois prepaid college tuition program loses big on ShoreBank investment

The state's prepaid college tuition program is caught in the downward spiral of ShoreBank. 

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Banco Popular changing name in bid to expand beyond Hispanic market

Banco Popular is changing its name in Chicago to attract more non-Hispanic customers. 

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Kraft Foods sees slowdown in U.S. cookie and cracker sales, complicating CEO Rosenfeld's growth agenda

Crumbling cookie and cracker sales threaten Irene Rosenfeld's aggressive growth goals for Kraft Foods Inc. 

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Taking Names: Dept. of Education job in D.C. will reunite first lady, close friend Sandy Matthews

It's not that Michelle Obama wasn't excited to learn that friend Sandy Matthews would be moving to Washington, D.C., for a government job. It's just…

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Crain's Fast 50 looked smashing on video. Here is is. 

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5 ways to boost cash flow now

5 ways to boost cash flow now

Most of the advice for staying cash-flow positive is as old as the men pictured on the currency, but there are some more novel tactics to consider. 

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Self-employed workers live with ups and downs of freelance lifestyle

Self-employed workers live with ups and downs of freelance lifestyle

After 11 years as a freelance copywriter and television producer, Donna Bozzo has learned to ride the ups and downs of an unpredictable work schedule. 

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Atwood Café under new chef has some success, some stumbles

Atwood Café under new chef has some success, some stumbles

The contemporary American strategy is the same, but the results are not always up to scratch on the new menu at Atwood Café, freshly in the hands of executive chef Derek Simcik. 

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Venture capitalist Bruce Rauner floats plan to raise cash for public schools while supporting charters

Some great ideas are born in times of economic malaise. There's something about rough times that makes folks think outside their normal parameters and come up with new thoughts. 

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Editorial: Financial transformers needed for Chicago, Cook County government

Illinois is broke: $13 billion in debt. Chicago, too, is looking at a $700-million budget gap and busily spending 75 years' worth of parking-meter money as fast as we can swipe our credit cards to pay the higher parking fees. 

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OpEd: Illinois can win big if privatization of lottery management is handled properly

Illinois is about to roll the dice on a gambling-related issue — privatization of the state lottery's management — for the second time in a year, and it's critically important to not roll snake eyes again, as our lawmakers did…

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Editorial cartoon: Sara Lee bake sale

This week's editorial cartoon by Roger Schillerstrom 

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Letters: Video poker at racetracks, shopping Jewel, outsourcing, kudos for ShoreBank, West Side heliport

Sure bet to fund Ill. capital plan? Slots at horse tracks 

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Readers respond: Time for action as Chicago's cop murder wave rages

Here's what readers of ChicagoBusiness.com said about "Time for action as Chicago's cop murder wave rages" (Greg Hinz blog, July 19). 

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