Competitors vie for downtown Denver block
Two development titans are competing to land the leading role in downtown Denver's biggest real estate play in a decade. To be the star, any developer must contend with a...
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Loop protest ends peacefully
Thousands of anti-war demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago tonight, the second straight day that protesters disrupted the city's evening commute. An estimated 4,500 protesters gathered again at Federal Plaza carrying...
Research can thwart ploys in global market
Like a lot of small-business owners, Jerome Oreluk has learned lessons about global e-commerce the hard way. The chief executive of CD Dymensions Inc., a computer sales firm in Clarendon...
Markets looking to CEOs for sign
For the captains of industry, the day they must swear to the credibility of their companies' bottom lines is fast approaching. While willing to personally sign off on their firm's...
ABN Amro bridges clashing networks
Merging companies often are stuck with computer networks that can't network. Banking giant ABN Amro liked its solution to system incompatibility so much that it is spinning off a new...
E-mail ad distributors dance with dollars
Take another bow, Michael Flatley. You and the cast and crew of "Riverdance" have helped Jaffer Ali figure out how to make millions online: the Laff A Day e-mail list....
Successful thinking: Identifying customer priorities
Chicago-based technology consultant DiamondCluster International has formed The Center for Market Leadership, a think tank and research center aimed at flushing out the secrets of success. The center, to be...
TECH EXECS, LAWMAKERS TALK TAXES, E-PRIVACY
Once as far apart on the issue as Silicon Valley and Washington, technology executives and lawmakers found a middle ground Monday, agreeing that the government does have a regulatory role...
NAPIER OUT TO MAKE ANNOYANCE A LAUGHING MATTER ON THE NET
Chicago improv comedy director Mick Napier is using the Internet to spread Annoyance everywhere. The founder of Annoyance Theatre, which counts "Coed Prison Sluts" among its most notable works, recently...
PANEL SLOW TO BACK O’HARE LAWSUIT
Arlington Heights officials Monday night walked a fine line to fight expansion of O'Hare International Airport. Trustees, meeting as a committee of the whole, acted on a recommendation from the...