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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 Monday, December 21, 2009 · Video: Chicago Spire twists in the wind · McDonald's rivals launch barrage of ads attacking quality, price · Retail sales in Chicago kept sliding in Q3: study · Sheraton hotel in Arlington Heights to close · Walgreen 1Q profit up 20% on rise in prescriptions, flu shots · Michigan takes carp gripe to Supreme Court, aims to shut shipping locks · Chicago-area industrial real estate seen stabilizing in 2010 · AMA backs Senate healthcare reform bill · Advisory Research being sold to Piper Jaffray for $218M · TreeHouse buys private-label health food maker for $660M · Navistar rival BAE wants Army to reconsider truck purchase · FreightCar America CEO resigns, replaced by former marketing executive   CRAIN'S BLOGS · Northwestern will be well represented in Tampa; bowl gifts include watches, gift cards: Biz of Sports · New solar vehicle may be street legal, but will it sell? Dill Pickle food co-op launches in Logan Square, and more: Enterprise City · GOP 'searches' for candidate against Mike Madigan; Thomson deal looks done: Greg Hinz · Winnetka artisan working with White House; dark side of a cookie exchange: Taking Names   Final Markets Dow Jones 10,414.14 +85.25 +0.83% NASDAQ 2,237.66 +25.97 +1.17% Crain's Index 86.34 +0.860 +1.006% » 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 · Federal government limits tarmac waits for passengers to 3 hours New York Times · GM names Microsoft finance chief as CFO Reuters · Fans seek funds for anti-Lovie billboard NBC5 Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Dec. 21 Lisa Leiter and Senior Reporter Eddie Baeb discuss the prospects for the stalled Chicago Spire since a deal with some local labor union investment funds fell apart.Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Entrepreneurs in Action - Lesson Learned SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.