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Retail rehab gets started on Cottage Grove

It was the heart of Chicago's "Black Metropolis," a commercial swath of black-owned businesses that thrived on the South Side between World War I and World War II. To some,...
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Rocky to head Wirtz Corp.

Under a succession plan crafted by his grandfather, Rocky Wirtz assumed the post of president of Wirtz Corp. and became chairman of its Chicago Blackhawks hockey franchise Friday. While Rocky's...
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Credit doesn’t crumble for all

Some people can't get home loans or refinance their adjustable-rate mortgages. Others are seeing the interest rates on their credit cards double. It's the biggest consumer credit crunch in recent...
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Dark day for Lord Black

Unmoved by testimony about a jet-setting lifestyle at company expense but certain that Hollinger International Inc. had been pilfered, a federal jury on Friday found press baron Conrad Black guilty...
Dennis FitzSimons, former chairman and CEO of the Tribune Co., in his office at Tribune Tower. Documents show that the company's top 38 managers received almost $150 million in payments triggered by the Tribune deal, including various incentive and severance packages, as well as restricted stock. FitzSimons alone walked away with a total of more than $40 million, including proceeds from stock holdings accumulated over his career at Tribune Co.

Wolves owner ready for his shot at Cubs

Don Levin doesn't know how much it would cost to buy the Cubs, with or without Wrigley Field, but the wealthy businessman who has turned the local minor-league Wolves into...
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Wolves owner ready for his shot at Cubs

Don Levin doesn't know how much it would cost to buy the Cubs, with or without Wrigley Field, but the wealthy businessman who has turned the local minor-league Wolves into...
Dennis FitzSimons, former chairman and CEO of the Tribune Co., in his office at Tribune Tower. Documents show that the company's top 38 managers received almost $150 million in payments triggered by the Tribune deal, including various incentive and severance packages, as well as restricted stock. FitzSimons alone walked away with a total of more than $40 million, including proceeds from stock holdings accumulated over his career at Tribune Co.

FCC could force company breakup

Real estate magnate Sam Zell's $8.2 billion purchase of Tribune Co. is going to have to jump some regulatory hurdles before it reaches the finish line. The transaction has to...
Dennis FitzSimons, former chairman and CEO of the Tribune Co., in his office at Tribune Tower. Documents show that the company's top 38 managers received almost $150 million in payments triggered by the Tribune deal, including various incentive and severance packages, as well as restricted stock. FitzSimons alone walked away with a total of more than $40 million, including proceeds from stock holdings accumulated over his career at Tribune Co.

Chandlers lost chance to increase stock value

It's hardly a model for other activist shareholders to follow. Dissatisfied with the gradually sinking price of Tribune Co. shares, the Chandler family of California put the company in play,...
Dennis FitzSimons, former chairman and CEO of the Tribune Co., in his office at Tribune Tower. Documents show that the company's top 38 managers received almost $150 million in payments triggered by the Tribune deal, including various incentive and severance packages, as well as restricted stock. FitzSimons alone walked away with a total of more than $40 million, including proceeds from stock holdings accumulated over his career at Tribune Co.

Peers have high opinion of new chief

He doesn't sit on lots of corporate boards, his name isn't on a lot of buildings, and he isn't the first guy local charities run to when they need a...