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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 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SEARCH TOP HEADLINES Wednesday, December 16, 2009 · Video: Local investor teams with Schrager for Ambassador East · UAL, city still at odds on funding O'Hare expansion · Bayless bust a bust: USDA visits eateries to look for illegal meat · Playboy shares drop after Iconix reportedly breaks off talks · Baker & McKenzie signs lease to move · Lincoln Park Hospital site handed over to new owners · Strategic Hotels to sell Paris property · Crown Imports owners sue one another over marketing · State Farm drops plan to leave Florida · CME clears $119M in credit default swaps in debut · Loan problems dog lifestyle center · Soldier Field bond downgrade by Fitch sparks ire of sports authority chief  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Appolicious lands $2M in VC cash; most small businesses still resist Web; the upside of entrepreneurship: Enterprise City · Big Ten should stay at 11 schools: Biz of Sports · Obamas cut receiving lines from some holiday receptions: Taking Names   Final Markets Dow Jones 10,441.12 -10.88 -0.10% NASDAQ 2,206.91 +5.86 +0.27% Crain's Index 86.41 +0.460 +0.535% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Celebrate This Holiday Season with Christmas Seals® Support the American Lung Association's Christmas Seals® and continue the fight against lung cancer, childhood asthma, secondhand smoke, air pollution and influenza. Visit ChristmasSeals.org OTHER HEADLINES · Fed says economy improving, though slowly New York Times · Consumer prices in metropolitan Chicago edge upward Chicago Sun-Times · Gov't agency sits on posh site near Mag Mile, pays no taxes CBS2 · Playboy on iPhone has to have fun with its clothes on MinOnline Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Dec. 16 Hotelier Ian Schrager finds a local investor to help him buy the landmark Ambassador East Hotel and its famed Pump RoomRead More · Entrepreneurs in Action - Lesson Learned · Check, Please! visits Vie · Enterprise City — a small-business blog SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.