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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 25, 2010 · Video: Office market's death spiral · Financial leaders press Daley for help making Chicago more tech-friendly · McDonald's new breakfast rival: Subway · Cubs owner Tom Ricketts touts Wrigley's worth to Executives' Club · General Growth plan could trigger rival moves · Teamsters groups buy Park Ridge office for move from city · Illinois unemployment rises, but signs point to joblessness slowing · University of Illinois law professor named dean of Tulane's law school · Deere, Caterpillar peg health care reform cost at $250M · Morningstar buys Australian researcher Aegis · 10 Things to do this weekend · Are you ready to retire? Take InvestmentNews' retirement planning survey.   CRAIN'S BLOGS · Poll finds independents here don't like Obamacare; state pension deal more politics than reform: Greg Hinz · 6 things to do today to prep your biz for sale; Score video on building a relationship with your bank; How to protect sensitive company data: Enterprise City · Baseball Digest gets bigger; Who's Who in Baseball still going strong: Biz of Sports · Jake boutique closing; Conrad Black selling Palm Beach mansion; Hotel Palomar opens in River North: Taking Names · The latest job changes and appointments: People on the Move  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,841.21 +5.06 +0.05% NASDAQ 2,397.41 -1.35 -0.06% Crain's Index 93.85 -0.290 -0.308% » 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 · Senate passes set of changes to health care overhaul New York Times · Seven woman arrested in massive identity theft bust Chicago Sun-Times · Whoppers, DQ removed from U.S. bases CNN Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — March 25 Office space makes up a majority of the $7.5 billion of distressed real estate in Chicago. With unemployment at a 27-year high, that market might get worse before it gets better.Read More · Social Whirl: Art Institute of Chicago · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · 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.