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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign dedicates its $208 million supercomputer today. Will federal budget cuts slow future production? Read the story
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Crain's kicks off a new series featuring second homes of notable locals. Take a tour of a 1923 Georgian brick mansion meticulously "dressed" by fashion designer Mark Heister and his wife, Linda.
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For more than 80 years, Ideal Box Co., a corrugated-box maker near Midway Airport, churned out brown box after brown box. But with diminishing margins from a saturated market, Ideal needed a new idea.
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Take a tour of a 1923 Georgian brick mansion meticulously "dressed" by fashion designer Mark Heister and his wife, Linda.
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Steve Greenspon started Honey-Can-Do International with this idea: become a retailer's one-stop shop for products like hangers and shoe racks. Five years later, it's a $40 million global business and growing. Read the story
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Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman talks about his goal of reaching 60 million homes by 2015 and why he's hoping ad buyers will start changing their habits.
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Justin Norman, one of the Class of 2010, celebrates with his wife Veronica and other 40 Under 40 honorees and guests at a reception Nov. 3. Check out the photos.
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When Lil' Ed Williams became a member of Crain's 40 Under 40 class of 1992, he was 37 and building a national reputation as a fiery blues performer. Today, he's still recording and touring the world.
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Paul Zeller, Zeller Realty Group's chairman and founder, talks about the Wrigley Building renovation and the starlet's potential successor. Read the story
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Bill Martin, founder and executive vice president of ShopperTrak, explains how his shopper-counting devices can boost retail sales.
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Digitas executive Doug Ryan's private space represents the convergence of several core messages important to how he runs the business. Read the story
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We review Golfshot and Golflogix, which promise to help you get on your game.
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When your business is fashion, you dress for the runway every day. Read the story
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Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc.'s CEO Richard Price talks with Crain's Lisa Leiter about the kinds of deals he is scouting and what succession plans the company has made.
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Step into the kitchen of Grace and watch as chef Curtis Duffy and his team match bread with food.
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The chief financial officer uses a fast-paced strength-training program to build muscle and burn calories at the same time.
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Is your area on the upswing or still sliding? Use our interactive map to explore home price indexes in 240 Chicago-area ZIP codes.
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This year's rundown includes many familiar names and a few you've probably never heard of. They're all hard-wired for growth.
Full FeatureAnd some are even younger than 20. Here are snapshots of tomorrow's leaders. Meet the entire inaugural class .
Full FeatureWe identify the Top 20 workplaces and lay out the array of motivating perks and feel-good benefits.
Full FeatureOur annual roundup of Chicago's up-and-coming leaders also includes a look back on '40s' past.
Full FeatureThe 308 companies ranked on this year's list of the largest privately held companies in the Chicago area raked in a combined revenue of $337 billion.
Full FeatureUse our interactive map to pick your next business lunch or power dinner. Plus, read all our reviews.
Full FeatureCrain's editors have named the 649 most influential players in Chicago's business community. Plus: Meet the Power 50
Full FeatureHere's the data — from the market itself to the people who live and work here — that your business needs to take off.
Full FeatureCheck out our collection of every list we published last year, including our rankings of public and private firms and more.
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