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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, April 12, 2010 · Video: Cubs' Ricketts era begins · From Monday's print edition: McDonald's Corp. plans $1B-plus revamp that aims for 'coffeehouse' feel · GreenChoice Bank puts down roots with Family Federal Savings purchase · Chicago to sell $1.2 billion O'Hare bonds as issuance recovers · Auditors for Spire developer Kelleher raise funding questions · Industrial vacancy rate rises for 10th straight quarter · General Growth bid revision possible from Simon: source · McLean's stake in Piper's Alley building to hit auction block · Some Tribune Co. lenders call exit plan 'unfair' · Gatorade attempting to broaden its appeal · Caterpillar helps pull Dow higher · DDB Chicago finds top creative chief in London  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Ricketts readies for new experience at Wrigley; Mickelson trumps Woods in many ways: Biz of Sports · Botanic Garden sows expansion plan; Linda Johnson Rice staying put: Taking Names · 'Young and Empowered' connects female biz owners; Barry Moltz: Grow, polish and protect your personal brand; Foodie app team launches Web-based version: Enterprise City · Giannoulias goes on attack, rips Kirk on economic issues; New Broadway Bank fallout; Bundle of Republicans want to be national committeeman: Greg Hinz  Final Markets Dow Jones 11,005.97 +8.62 +0.08% NASDAQ 2,457.87 +3.82 +0.16% Crain's Index 96.33 +0.290 +0.302% » 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 · State Farm asks Toyota to repay acceleration claims USA Today · For Nike, the Tiger Woods brand was too big to fail Advertising Age · N.Y.'s Schumer vows to block airlines from charging for carry on luggage CNN · Conan O'Brien will do late-night show on TBS New York Times Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — April 12 Baseball starts on the North Side today, and for the first time in three decades the Cubs and Wrigley Field have new owners. Tom Ricketts has been busy. We look at the changes Cubs fans can expect this year.Read More · Interactive graphic: School job cuts · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Check, Please! on Park 52 · The Best Places to Work in Chicago 2010 SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.