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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 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 · Video: Sears thinks outside the big box · From Monday's print edition: O'Hare rift between city, airlines threatens expansion plans · General Growth stock jumps on Simon's $10-billion offer · Create project hopes for $300M from feds for railroad fix · McDonald's rival Burger King plans coffee counteroffensive · Motorola extends, modifies CEO Jha's contract · Job market to keep suburban apartments stagnant · Sara Lee to spend $3B on stock buyback; still open to acquisitions · Motorola exec sued for taking job with rival says he had OK · Valley Community Bank still seeking funding · In brief: Evanston hotel | Casual Male | Industrial leases · Last Call: Take our survey on Chicago's best restaurants for business  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Seeding the clouds, $1,000 at a time; is your business unsellable? Enterprise City · Jason Plummer presents his case for lieutenant guv; no Dillard concession today in GOP race for guv: Greg Hinz · Bob Gottfred of Erie-LaSalle auto-body repair looks to expand: Taking Names · White Sox could be part of new FM sports talk station: Business of Sports   Final Markets Dow Jones 10,268.81 +169.67 +1.68% NASDAQ 2,214.19 +30.66 +1.40% Crain's Index 86.51 +1.570 +1.848% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Crain's Blogs. Now You're Talking. Sure to pique your interest every business day, Crain's expert bloggers expound on government, small business, after-hours with Chicago's elite, golf and the business of sports. Click here to read what Greg Hinz, Shia Kapos, Ed Sherman and other Crain's reporters are saying today. And talk back, they'd love to hear from you. OTHER HEADLINES · United, other carriers rescind recent fare hike Reuters · Caterpillar turns 100 Daily Herald · U.S. demands Toyota recall documents CNN Money · Lady Gaga to headline Lollapalooza: report NBC5 Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Manufacturing wages This month, our regular feature highlights Chicago's manufacturing sector, showing how local wages trail behind many of the country's top 15 manufacturing centers.Read More · Chicago Business Today — Feb. 16 · 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.