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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 Thursday, December 17, 2009 · Video: Business travel outlook · First Community Bank of Joliet parent accepts $22M in TARP aid · Illinois jobless rate dips to 10.9% in November · YMCA names former Tribune exec as new CEO · UAL forecasts Q4 revenue slide · Illinois Supreme Court delays ruling on med-mal caps · Discover's profit hurt by rise in bad loans · Sears board OKs $500 million more for stock buybacks · General Growth considers stock offering · Quinn gets Jesse White's endorsement for guv. · In brief: Law firm move | Burlington Coat | Inland Diversified · 10 things to do this weekend  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Revamping the venture capital model; Prepping for a recovery? Not so fast: Enterprise City · PGA Tour chief in damage control mode; BMW extends Western Golf pact; ode to White Sox favorite Dick Allen: Biz of Sports · Diana Montague bows out of Lyric's 'Figaro': Taking Names · The latest job changes and appointments: People on the Move  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,308.26 -132.86 -1.27% NASDAQ 2,180.05 -26.86 -1.22% Crain's Index 85.11 -1.300 -1.504% » 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 · Senate panel backs Bernanke for a second term at Fed New York Times · Blackberry e-mail problem resolved: RIM CNBC · Oprah invites Tiger to talk NBC 5 · What's in your water? Browse contaminant levels throughout the nation New York Times Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Dec. 17 A survey shows more than half of corporate travel managers expect to increase trips next year. Find out what the travel trends and expectations are for '10.Read 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.