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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, March 18, 2010 · Video: Allerton Hotel far from tip-top · Illinois Supreme Court upholds ruling against Provena in tax-exempt case · Delta Air Lines switching New York service to O'Hare from Midway · Caterpillar's North American sales start climbing out of hole · Walgreen buys prescription files, assets of 17 Memphis drugstores · Exelon threatens to shut New Jersey nuke plant · Chicago Network taps attorney to lead group · Gold Coast building to auction 30 condos · Chicago's consumer costs rose 0.2% last month · Boeing puts 747-8 Freighter through test flight · Key General Growth hearing likely to be pushed back · 10 things to do this weekend  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Duchossois' Chamberlain Group names James Roberts CEO: Taking Names · Illinois biz-loan delinquencies rise; Score video: To gain an advantage, assess customer needs; and more: Enterprise City · Provena case may open way for state, local effort to tax hospitals; Daley acts like candidate: Greg Hinz · Cubs look to net $2 million-plus from new bleachers sign; limited early-round Masters coverage: Biz of Sports  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,779.17 +45.50 +0.42% NASDAQ 2,391.28 +2.19 +0.09% Crain's Index 93.84 -0.120 -0.128% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Join us at the 2010 ATHENA Leadership Summit April 5-6 as we honour Doris Christopher, Pampered Chef; Dr. Mulu Muleta, Women and Health Alliance International, Jessica Faye Carter, Nette Media & Carolyn Kepcher, Work Her Way! Register at http://www.athenainternational.org OTHER HEADLINES · DDB Chicago's new-business exec is out Advertising Age · Greenspan concedes that Fed failed to gauge the bubble New York Times · Christiane Amanpour leaving CNN for ABC News CNN · 25,000 pounds of honey spill onto the Ike Chicago Sun-Times Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — March 18 The landmark Allerton Hotel is the latest downtown property to experience financial distress. Learn whether it will go into foreclosure and whether more Chicago hotels are headed for a similar fate.Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Graphic: Young and unemployed · EIA: Start-up support on the rise? SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.