06/29/11 —
Some of Chicago's biggest names have gone to Colorado for the Aspen Ideas Festival, but leave it to Bill Clinton to bring about the biggest headline with news from his Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago that the AFL-...
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06/29/11 —
Chicago women who have taken control of the board room remembered a time before Title IX during a 40th anniversary gathering Tuesday of the landmark act that provides equal gender access to educational programs.Christie...
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06/29/11 —
Mesirow Financial CEO Richard Price toasted his friend and predecessor, the late Jim Tyree, on Tuesday, and he looked to the future.Richard Price "I have big shoes to fill," he told a high-profile crowd of...
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06/28/11 —
The guys from Groupon aren't the only new millionaires in town. Looks like the merger of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group and Chicago-based Exelon Corp. will be a windfall for some of the Maryland...
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06/27/11 —
Magazine publisher Ted Widen's annual Chicago Scene Boat Party, tentatively planned for July 30, is in jeopardy here — but it might be held in Indiana.Ted Widen He says the city doesn't want to deal with ...
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06/27/11 —
Stanley Tigerman is back on the building scene — dismal as it is. The renowned architect is renovating the Seminary Co-op Bookstores next to Robie House at the University of Chicago. The project, which...
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06/24/11 —
The No. 1 wine-auction house in the country is moving into Chicago. New York-based Acker Merrall & Condit just acquired Edward Roberts International, a small wine-auction house located in Lake Forest....
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06/23/11 —
PR man Ron Culp says he's decided to take the same advice he's passed along to readers of his popular culpwrit blog — to follow your passions.Ron Culp The former Sears senior VP who has spent eight...
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06/22/11 —
Garrison Keillor hits Chicago this week to dedicate the new Poetry Foundation Building and to perform his show at Ravinia with Lyric Opera performers.Garrison Keillor An old friend to both the Poetry...
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06/21/11 —
Chef Grant Achatz is teaming with the doctors who treated him for tongue cancer to raise funds for the head and neck cancer program at the University of Chicago.Grant Achatz The program emphasizes organ-...
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06/20/11 —
Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz of Boka Restaurant Group have closed Landmark in Lincoln Park to open a new restaurant in its place: Balena (Italian slang for "fat man").Chris Pandel Boka will team up with Bristol...
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06/17/11 —
It was a perfect night for festivities Thursday with Chicago movers and shakers skipping from one event to another, free for once of coats and umbrellas. There were sundresses and summer suits...
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06/17/11 —
It was a perfect night for festivities Thursday with Chicago movers and shakers skipping from one event to another, free for once of coats and umbrellas. There were sundresses and summer suits...
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