• Remembering Hitler's Ford City 'headache'
• When life gives you a layoff, make 'Lemonade'
• Unemployment hits 10.2%, worst since '83
• New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
• Bob Marley's heirs take on unlicensed sellers
• Small banks in Ga., Mich. closed; 117 on year
• Britain wants G20 insurance against future bailouts
• Obama extends jobless benefits, mortgage break
• Wash down a Slim Jim with a 'full-bodied' 7-Eleven wine
• Wal-Mart wants to urn your business
• Business briefs

• Obama signs bill extending jobless benefits
• Jobless rate at highest since 1983
• Landmarks panel rejects historic label for Reese
• Home buyers tax credit renewed
• Stocks rise as traders shrug off unemployment
• CF Industries rejects Agrium’s newest takeover bid
• GM exec pleads guilty in kickback scam
• Park Ridge rescues its Christmas lights
• Yankee title good for market
• BUSINESS IN BRIEF
• 30-year mortgages dip below 5%
• $3.6 mil. in tax refunds returned
• Borrowers facing foreclosure get option to rent own homes

• Verizon Droid almost enough to give up iPhone
• Forecast for holiday jobs not all gloom and doom
• $154K schools job for ex-Daley aide
• Network newscasts still dominate
• Kiplinger: Northwestern University a deal at $51,850 a year
• Post office shipping prices to rise next year
• Stocks rally at open after better jobs data
• Hyatt Hotels raises $950 million in IPO
• Shopping for that high-end Jenn-Air oven? It's only at Sears
• 3-way tie for No. 1 in local radio
• Bus driver strike over layoffs an 'option'
• Homeowners saving with lower mortgages
• Get going now, cast a wide net in seasonal job search
• Workers asked to back fund-raiser
• Productivity jumps 9.5 percent in third quarter
• New jobless claims drop to 512K, lowest since Jan.
• Limits of automatic 401(k) plans
• Congress set to clear aid to jobless, homebuyers
• Sara Lee 1Q profit rises 23 pct though sales fall
• October sales offer relief to merchants
• Gimme a break, Mr. Landlord

• How moms make ends meet
• Three tied atop Chicago radio ratings
• New Regal sale in trouble
• Film studio planned for West Side
• City replacing 911 workstations 9 months after updates
• Sears helps find rebates for energy-efficient appliances
• Stocks jump on more growth at service companies
• SK Hand Tool workers end strike, get health insurance
• Look before you buy: Check expiration dates of online items
• Tribune Co. planning to switch ESOP to profit-sharing program
• Fewer employers help fund workers' health-care plans
• Better credit card deal via credit unions
• $3.7 mil. to study O'Hare terminal airlines don't want
• Online book price war rages over Grisham tome
• Suspended 10 days for not talking
• Comcast 3Q net income up 22 pct, but growth slows
• Kellogg pulls health claims from Rice Krispies
• Terra rejects CF's latest takeover offer
• BUSINESS BRIEF
• Fed again pledges to hold interest rates at record-lows
• Time Warner 3Q profit drops, boosts outlook
• MillerCoors 3Q profit up on cost-control efforts
• iCan't stand by and watch Droid ad smear iPhone

• Half of all kids on food stamps at some point
• Developer: Block 37 site has 13 new retailers
• High hopes at WBBM
• End of the line for two fine-dining establishments
• Tribune Co. ending ESOP plan for employee profit sharing
• Help with heating bills available for poor
• Agency that runs Navy Pier, McCormick Place in deep debt
• Stocks fall as Buffett deal brings modest comfort
• Factory orders rise 0.9 percent in September
• Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week
• T-Mobile service disrupted nationwide for calls, text
• Berkshire buying Burlington Northern railroad
• What's your holiday budget?
• 1 dose of flu vaccine for expectant moms, 2 for kids
• Archer Daniels Midland profit falls on weak demand
• Johnson & Johnson sets restructuring, plans charge
• Viacom's 3Q profit jumps 15 percent
• Medco Health 3Q profit jumps 13.5 percent
• Job vacancies posted online down 2.5% in U.S., 5.8% in Illinois
• Down payment aid for first-time home buyers

• Battered investors tired of hearing recession over
• Health-care insurance cheaper in the suburbs
• Jones Soda targets vegans with Tofurky and Gravey
• Judge tells BofA, Block 37 developer to get pedway
• Deals keep sewage boss flush
• Get an early line on holiday deals
• Stanley Works tool maker to buy Black & Decker
• Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales
• Stocks surge on manufacturing, housing data
• Airlines ratchet up holiday surcharges
• Web startup gets Bump from iPhone apps
• Lawry’s settles men’s sex discrimination suit
• Commissioner would accept suspension for hiring abuses
• Ford surprises with $1B profit; sees profit in '11
• Human Genome, Glaxo cite positive lupus drug study
• Online sources give info on costs, coverage
• CDC: Contaminated beef may be linked to 2 deaths
• Shopping for smartphone? Web site lets you compare
• CIT files for Chapter 11

• CME's got a blizzard-buster
• Obama tempers economic news with caution on jobs
• No Philly transit union strike during World Series
• Boehner: GOP has right answers on health care
• Internet believers: Pastors open online churches

• Ricketts outline game plan for owning Cubs
• Sox Park spruce-up in the works
• Daley hedges bet on Chicago casino
• Zara hits Mag Mile in 'dream' site
• Grocery, gas prices heading up again
• Ricketts says he'll lead off with repairs to Wrigley Field
• Cubicle workers unite ... white-collar unions?

• Is recession finally over? Possibly
• Heartburn relief at a lower cost
• Company holiday parties become casualty of downturn
• WFLD plan: distinction
• Regulators seize nine banks – all units of FBOP Corp. in Chicago
• House Dems roll out their health care plan
• WBBM late news climbing in ratings
• Little to no growth in 2010 starting salaries, survey says
• Save those fins, sock away $780 in a year

• Unhappy anniversary: We had it worse in '29
• Crack the discount code
• Economy grows in 3Q, signals end of recession
• Droid built for speed, screen
• Police shortage a growing problem; city 2,000 shy
• Chrysler offers live TV service
• Stocks rise in early trading after GDP report
• Rates on 30-year loans rise to 5.03 percent
• First-time jobless claims drop less than expected
• Motorola posts 3Q profit, names CFO
• Tollway expects boost in revenues after reconstruction
• Not all iPhone GPS navigation apps are created equal
• Burger King profit slips for first quarter
• Sprint Nextel 3Q loss grows on subscriber losses
• UniCare to stop selling health insurance in state
• Make your own holiday gifts to save a bundle, mom says
• Aldermen accuse Daley of mortgaging Chicago's future
• Retailers roll out deals galore to lure shoppers to stores
• Now you can have beer in the shower
• Proposed deal to demolish Bensenville homes near O'Hare
• Local talent in focus at Chicago's fashion week
• How LaSalle Street bore the Crash

• Ford gains ground on Honda, Toyota in reliability
• Motorola unveils Droid smart phone
• South Side projects at risk
• Costco wants Kiddieland site
• Frankfort shop a dream come true for owner
• Hotel workers vote to strike if fair contract isn't reached
• Daley: Don't punish BofA for moving to foreclose on Block 37
• Boeing picks South Carolina for 2nd 787 line
• Durable goods orders rise 1 percent in September
• Stocks fluctuate as new home sales fall
• Tom Hudson taking job with 'Nightly Business Report'
• New home sales fall 3.6 percent
• Job-hunting tips as holidays near
• Some paralyzed by money woes
• Spray liberally near the stingy
• Home prices in Chicago rose 1.7 percent
• Council may reject any large pay hikes for cops: aldermen
• Suit accuses Pinnacle of deceptive sales tactics
• BUSINESS IN BRIEF

• Cubs sale final: Ricketts family take ownership
• WCIU starts new show with unusual format
• Blame the dollar: Gasoline jumps 26 cents in a month
• Demonstrators protest at Chicago banker’s meeting
• Stocks trade mixed as consumer confidence falls
• Beware fees in pre-loaded gift cards
• Bankers group says it won't be deterred by protesters
• Worsening job picture fuels slide in confidence
• Home prices rise in most major cities in August
• Overdraft fees hit seniors hard
• City may pay you for turning in tax cheats
• 'Little Buddy' GPS device keeps tabs on your kid
• U.S. newspaper circulation down 10.6 percent
• Jobs: fewer cutting, more adding
• Shareholders fail to show Midway Games execs hid financial condition
• Valero margins get squeezed, loss widens
• Crackdown as one-third of Streets, San out daily
• Whose property taxes went up most in Chicago?
• Asians top auto reliability; Ford cars score well
• Sun-Times sale to Tyree group complete
• BUSINESS BRIEFS

• Money woes should be the mother of invention
• Southwest ads on target
• Web tips on getting that job
• White Sox launch new Web service
• Legislature seeks CTA solutions
• Suburban bank to plead guilty to conspiracy
• Stocks slide as rising dollar hits oil prices
• Survey: Hiring, spending pickup seen in next 6 mos
• Caterpillar cuts 2,500 laid-off workers
• Gov. Quinn appoints John Colgan to ICC
• Sun-Times cites rate hike, industry trends in circulation drop
• Innovation means squat without sweat
• United may soon be feeling heat in Denver
• City puts breaks on red-light camera project
• FairPoint phone company files for bankruptcy
• Business owner helped family get on Blago payroll
• Verizon 3Q profit falls 30 pct on higher costs
• Auto recyclers struggling to meet clunker deadline
• Stiffer penalties in latest health plan
• Investor who made billions from Madoff found dead in his pool
• New-car tax deduction

• Wall Street back to old tricks
• Credit card issuers raise the specter of annual fees
• In pursuit of happiness, Coke-style
• The Fixer: Overdraft fees get out of hand

• Bank closings top 100 for year; most since 1992
• Airlines raising fares again
• Obama: 'Cynical claims' attacking energy bill
• Obama: Time for big banks to help small businesses
• U. S. BANK FAILURES TOP 100 -- MOST SINCE S&L CRISIS IN '92
• Should the Federal Reserve be the bank salary police?

• U.S. bank closures pass 100 for the year
• B of A on city hot seat after Block 37 foreclosure filed
• Sinking Jay hurts news
• Wrigley neighbors: Clark project too tall
• Five Chicago assets that could be sold off next
• Facebook tweaks home page based on feedback
• New York Times first client of CNC news-gathering venture
• Home sales rise 9.4 pct in Sept., beats forecast
• Stimulus cash sought to broaden Net access
• No need to freak out over Halloween: Adult costumes start at just $18
• Stick to list for super grocery savings
• Cut tax, lose benefits: Stroger
• New SEC site aims to teach about investing, avoiding scams
• BUSINESS BRIEF

• Windows 7 is a triumph in the operating system's line
• Still time to close the deal for $8,000 tax credit
• How to get into the global market
• Will Pullman Park become Chicago's next neighborhood?
• Brit gets discount on old post office
• Chicago area unemployment hits 10.1 percent
• Twitter sells search rights to Google, Microsoft's Bing
• Stock futures mixed ahead of opening
• McDonald's sees profit climb 6 pct
• Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter
• Caterpillar picks Oberhelman as next CEO
• What you need to know before installing Windows 7
• New jobless claims rise more than expected to 531K
• City plans to pick up recycle bins every third week
• Attention first-time home buyers
• Microsoft employees cheer release of Windows 7
• How to find the right health plan
• Microsoft releases Windows 7 operating system
• What to do before Nov. 30 gets here
• Ouch! 90% pay cuts for execs at bailed out companies

• Block 37 developer facing foreclosure
• Old Main Post Office sold to original bidder
• Buffett: Punish failure
• Survey: Home-price floor not reached
• Robert Feder to write for Vocolo.org
• Stocks rise as profits at banks provide boost
• Boeing posts $1.6B loss in 3Q on plane charges
• Bailout watchdog expects much to remain unrefunded
• College tuitions up 6.5% to $7,020
• 23 states report higher unemployment in September
• Aldermen told details of Daley's raid on reserves
• Cocoa Puffs a 'smart' choice? Maybe not
• Barnes & Noble unveils new e-reader: the 'nook'
• Morgan Stanley posts first profit of year
• More credit card users find plastic going 'poof!'
• Wells Fargo 3Q profit rises to $3.2 billion
• Revised formula puts 1 in 6 Americans in poverty
• BUSINESS BRIEF
• Continental loses $18 million in third quarter
• BusinessWeek's editor to step down
• Timeline: 'Blocked 37'
• More turn to payday loans over credit
• Sears.com adds twist to online booksellers' raging $9 price war

• State's tech exports growing, but future challenging
• Ownership lawsuit stalls CBOE's switch to stock-based company
• Many bitten by online teeth-whitening offer
• Baby food recalled; sold at Toys-R-Us, Babies-R-Us
• Could city's budget cuts sink Venetian Night?
• Stocks fall after mixed economic data, earnings
• LongBox digital comics store adds to Apple tablet frenzy
• Going to pieces: Kiddieland rides to be auctioned off
• Wholesale inflation dips unexpectedly in September
• Ill. treasurer sets date to auction hotel
• September housing construction rises 0.5 percent
• Caterpillar 3Q profit drops 53 pct on weaker sales
• Outsourcing firm readies to hire, expand
• Droid on prowl vs. iPhone
• Daley: Police hiring to stay slow
• Big-ticket items now can be bought via layaway at Toys R Us
• Peabody profits slump; coal miner turning to China
• Postal Service delivers 1st-class news: No price hike
• UAL reports $57 million 3Q loss
• College tuition cost rising again this fall
• Target, CVS encourage reusing shopping bags by paying back their customers
• No change in 401(k) top contribution

• With holiday supplies tight, 'right' gift hard to find
• Porsche TV spot on target
• Web baby business born in the cradle
• Quinn OKs 2nd-semester aid for college students
• Family feud might disrupt Hyatt Hotels' business
• Stocks rise as earnings reports top expectations
• Verizon's Motorola Droid ads take aim at Apple iPhone
• Officials: 250,000 teaching jobs aided by stimulus
• CIT still might face bankruptcy after debt swap
• Bye, Buell: Harley getting out of sport-bike market
• Elvis auction nets $304K, triple the estimate
• Acting keeps new Miller Lite ads afloat
• 4 recommended by topless bar owner hired by Blago
• Agency gets creative shot in arm
• Product recall: Del Monte cantaloupe
• Fed boss says US should cut budget deficit
• Toys R Us adds layaway for big-ticket items
• Earnings reports this week key indicator of economy
• Insurance premium caps? White House mum for now

• House, Dems at odds on health care overhaul
• Artist admits using key AP photo for 'HOPE' poster
• Report: FAA expands American Airlines repair probe
• Peanut products doing just fine after health scare
• Falling dollar a bogus crisis
• Wal-Mart goes big on plus-sizes
• Evanston considers ban on Ryan Field peddlers

• State jobless rate hits 10.5 percent in September
• 'Black Wall Street' hit hard by sewer project
• Federal deficit hits all-time high of $1.42T
• Bank of America loses $2.24B as loan losses rise
• A steal! 'Villa Taj' of Burr Ridge on block for $6.2M
• Elvis auction is on despite lawsuit
• Even if you can find work, it's probably paying less
• Business briefs

• Tyree names Sun-Times investors
• Martin is all over the dial
• Free expert advice at green home, bungalow expo
• Groupon growing past its Chicago roots
• Where did Pullman Market money go? FBI investigating
• Kraft in talks to sell Maxwell House to Sara Lee Corp.
• Inside Rod Blagojevich's jobs machine
• Illinois unemployment hits 26-year high
• Stocks fall early after GE, Bank of America earnings
• Target scrambles to remove illegal alien costume from Web site
• Industrial output up more than expected in Sept.
• U.S. deficit hits record $1.42 trillion
• Google stock prices soaring after third-quarter profit
• Bank of America loses $2.24 billion in third quarter
• Study: Chicago area prices down 1.9% in last year
• General Electric profits fall in third quarter
• Property tax bills to sport new look, bring same dread
• MPC Products whistleblower's reward: $4.5 million
• BofA departing CEO Lewis gets no pay for 2009
• No cost-of-living hike for Social Security

• Dow Jones caps a five-figure comeback
• WLS blames ratings slide on lazy Cubs listeners
• Don't gossip, girl! Book dishes dirt on loose office talk
• Wal-Mart faces easier road in City Council, Daley says
• Jobless claims drop to lowest since January
• Wal-Mart to join market for prepaid cell phones
• Stocks slip after Goldman, Citi earnings
• Safeway profits drop 35% in third quarter
• Insecure bosses more likely to bully, study says
• Sound opinion: Expert discusses windmill noise
• 'Twaxed' site finds best (and worst) of Twitter
• Federal contractors report 30,000 stimulus jobs
• Goldman Sachs profit tops $3B on strong trading
• Mini Coke can coming next year
• Oil rises above $75 a barrel
• Bears, Hawks team up for TV spots
• Two county hospitals may end inpatient admissions
• Proposal to privatize snow removal plowed under
• FDA warns P&G for adding vitamin C to Nyquil
• FAA seeks millions in fines for United, US Airways
• Anheuser-Busch sponsors SNL to launch new brew
• 7,500 tax dodgers apply for IRS amnesty program
• Business in brief
• Citi results weighed down by failed loans
• Baxter International 3Q profit rises 12 percent

• High bidder defaults on deal to buy old Chicago Post Office
• The Sidekick server meltdown should be a surprise to no one
• Dow Jones closes above 10,000 for first time in a year
• Expecting growth, Southwest to add flights from Midway
• Want to avoid CTA rate increase? Metra just the ticket for some
• Avoid downtown expressways for next 24 hours, IDOT urges
• Stocks surge on strong earns from Intel, JPMorgan
• JPMorgan earns $3.6B, but loan losses remain high
• City to feed jobless tech training with meter money
• Baker & McKenzie making move to Blue Cross building
• Humira and nutrition sales lift Abbott 3Q profit
• Retail sales fall 1.5 percent in September
• Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul
• Garrett Popcorn coming back to Michigan Avenue
• Daley rules out property tax increase to close budget gap
• National Amusements to sell shares of Viacom, CBS
• FAA proposes fines against United, US Airways
• Beanie battle: Ty Inc. tells Target to stop using trademarked term
• Business in brief
• BofA to test-run new fees

• Block 37 close to deal with dinner-theater troupe
• Postal authorities discuss plan for Main Post Office
• Sidekick phone users see personal info wiped out
• Mercy Medical Center: Chicago's clout hospital
• Supreme Court will hear appeal of Enron’s Skilling
• Proposed CTA fare hikes call for $3 L rides
• Stocks zigzag after Johnson & Johnson report
• City to create 'Tech Corps' for laid-off professionals
• Chicago likes black: Ford color data reveals quirks
• Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee
• YOUR WALLET
• Anesthesiologists top moneymaking list
• Sleep like a celebrity
• Teatro Zinzanni blends cabaret, circus, theater
• Get your sleep on like the rich & famous
• CIT Group says CEO Peek plans to resign
• J&J posts 1 percent profit rise despite sales drop
• Bankruptcy filing for Cubs will help in sale
• Dems blast insurance industry health report

• New exec hopes to help Leo Burnett forge brighter future
• Wrigley hotel done shrinking
• How delays led to transit reporter getting $496 bill
• Another late delivery for post office hopeful owner
• Jump in crude oil prices helps lift stock market
• Sidekick contacts, data gone, T-Mobile says
• Chicago Cubs file for Ch. 11 to speed team's sale
• Google board member steps down
• Americans Ostrom, Williamson win Nobel economics
• Job losses mar recovery, create woes for Dems
• Earnings Preview: Abbott Laboratories
• BUSINESS BRIEF
• Summers: Bush era set stage for economic troubles
• Ill. real estate agent wins world chili cookoff

• State budgets get big boost from Clunkers
• Obama: Consensus and obstructionism on health care
• Legal fight looms over NYC's Tavern on the Green
• Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson poses for Playboy cover
• Would-be Post Office buyer misses second deadline
• Owning home still a good deal
• Halloween trick: save $$ on costume

• The new art of the car deal
• Binny's to buy Sam's Wines
• Home sweet home investment? Sure, in the long run
• Airlines warned on limits for lost bag payments
• Obama pushes consumer protection agency

• GM completes deal to sell Hummer to Chinese company
• Playboy's next cover girl: Marge Simpson
• Tillman: Washington Center woes are 'plantation politics'
• Stocks steady in early going after trade report
• Long-term mortgages nearly hit record low
• Experts offer tips for health insurance enrollment season
• No Olympic Village -- so how about a casino at Michael Reese?
• Another U.S. prosecutor to be inspector general
• $150M project back on
• The James Tyree dossier
• BUSINESS BRIEF
• Sun-Times timeline