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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 Wednesday, November 11, 2009 · Doc's Rx: Treat the poor · Spire developer accuses B of A of overcharging interest · Ohio bank enters Chicago market through deal to buy First Bank · National City Bank sweetens stakes to snare retail customers · Zell: Predictions of commercial crash 'greatly exaggerated' · Moto looks to sell set-top box unit: Journal · Illinois speeding toward budget disaster, study says · OptionsXpress sees Oct. trades fall; assets rise · Elysian drops condo-hotel plan · Allstate adds recruiting exec to board · Chrysler to add about 1,000 workers for temporary second shift to Belvidere plant · 2 apartment properties to sell for $52 million  CRAIN'S BLOGS · CTA fares to be frozen until 2012; TIF fever spreads fast in burbs: Greg Hinz blog · Tips on managing the ins and outs of cash flow: Enterprise City · NBC sticks with Bears-Eagles; Matt Millen preps for Bears-49ers: Biz of Sports · Charity organizers expected Zell to be hard sell: Taking Names  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,291.26 +44.29 +0.43% NASDAQ 2,166.90 +15.82 +0.74% Crain's Index 83.19 +0.590 +0.714% » 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 · Macy's posts smaller 3Q loss; raises outlook Crain's New York Business · Wal-Mart looks to control crowds on Black Friday Reuters · Ex-President Clinton brings health-reform pitch to Chicago Chicago Sun-Times · Brian Dugan sentenced to death Chicago Sun-Times Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Check, Please! visits Meli Café Greektown's Meli Café reminds attorney Vicky Halikias of a trip to the homeland. The upscale diner fare and the sunny dining room make it a great spot for entertaining clients.Read More · Chicago Business Today — Nov. 11 · Social Whirl: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce · Recession is the mother of reinvention · 40 Under 40 for 2009 SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.