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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, November 30, 2009 · Video: Cyber Monday · Advocate CEO on the attack · Lincoln Park Savings seeks $20M to meet fed order, mulls going private · Group scraps plan to house ashes at Three Arts Club · New orders behind surge in Nov. Midwest business activity · Higher office vacancy, more deals expected in 2010 · Shipments of Motorola smartphones behind schedule: analyst · Playboy promotes Jellinek to chief content officer · Abbott settles one of four Tricor patent suits · CAT to buy South Korean component maker · Federal Signal fetches $35M for lighting unit · In brief: Harley-Davidson unit | Spire | Law firm expansion  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Tiger skipping own tournament; Woods doesn't owe us an explanation: Biz of Sports · Upsides of going global; state's new minority-biz chief; small-biz confidence dips: Enterprise City · D.C. $$ reforms, GOP stampede continues, Obama's big decision: Greg Hinz · 2 A-list parties: one under warm lights — and one amid garish décor: Taking Names   Final Markets Dow Jones 10,344.84 +34.92 +0.34% NASDAQ 2,144.60 +6.16 +0.29% Crain's Index 82.54 +0.550 +0.671% » 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 · Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis has been fired Chicago Sun-Times · Cyber Monday shoppers: 4 million per minute CNN/Money · December tends to deliver stock-market gains MarketWatch Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Nov. 30 It's the unofficial kickoff of the online holiday shopping season. Find out how the Thanksgiving weekend shopping stacked up and what's expected for the 25 days until Christmas.Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Society — Casa Central · 40 Under 40 — the party SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.