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Viewing on a PDA? Click here.   To view this email in a web browser click here. CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA WEEKLY JOB CHANGES TOP HEADLINES Monday, August 24, 2009 · Chicago Business Today: Olympic dreams inflated? · Who'll be Chicago's top business banker? · VIDEO: Local lenders chase top title · Kraft touts efforts to skip corn syrup · Sears axes ad budget as sales slide · Old Post Office auction this week – 'big animal to tackle' · Jones Lang wins renewal of deal with McDonald's · Obama tops list of most powerful in health care · Downtown apartment rents, occupancies rise · Apartment owner gets $50 million in refinancing loans  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Ricketts' secret to success; Zell loses out on Cubs deal: Biz of Sports · Matt Murphy seeking way through GOP gov field: Greg Hinz · Extreme sailing or fish guts? Both a gastro challenge: Taking Names · Solheim birdies and bogeys: Inside the Leather · In case you're craving some good news; CCO is a C-suite newcomer: Enterprise City  Final Markets Dow Jones 9,509.28 +3.32 +0.03% NASDAQ 2,017.98 -2.92 -0.14% Crain's Index 78.16 -0.250 -0.319% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT New Ad Age Webcast: Blogging, Buzz and Tweets: An Ad Exec's Guide To Protecting Your Company and Clients When Using Social Media. What every CMO, CFO, Lawyer, AE, HR and digital agency exec should know. August 25. Register now. http://adage.com/bloggingbuzzandtweets OTHER HEADLINES · Motorola rival Nokia plans to start making netbooks New York Times · Business-class deals hurts airlines' profits Daily Herald · U.S Cellular ads sell charm, not service Advertising Age · Final day for Cash for Clunkers program ABC 7 Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Aug. 24 Mayor Daley says the 2016 games would bring in $22.5 billion. Experts call that number crazy. We'll tell you why and what they say is a more realistic estimate.Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Inside the Leather — Solheim birdies and bogeys · Entrepreneurs in Action — Total Attorneys SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.