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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 11,869.04 +162.42 | NDQ 2,650.67 +12.25 | S&P 1,242.00 +12.95
Stocks rose as details from the European summit to resolve the debt crisis began to emerge: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
Freddie Mac Chief Executive Charles E. "Ed" Haldeman Jr. will step down by the end of the year: MORE>>
Illinois House members join Senate colleagues in voting to adopt changes to vetoed smart grid legislation: MORE>>
 First paying passengers make flight on a Boeing 787: MORE>>
• Boeing ups 2011 forecast as profit jumps 31 percent: MORE>>
Illinois contracts with Zipcar for state employees: MORE>>
Goldman director Rajat Gupta, who once headed the Chicago office of McKinsey & Co., pleads not guilty in insider trading scheme: MORE>>
Exelon's third-quarter profit tumbled 29 percent on a series of one-time charges, including the costs of Hurricane Irene: MORE>>
• Acco shares soar more than 17 percent on strong earnings: MORE>>
• Hospira swings to loss amid production slowdown: MORE>>
• Ford turns profit for ninth straight quarter, still no dividend: MORE>>
From 1979 to 2007, household income for the nation's top 1 percent tripled. Middle-class incomes grew by less than 40 percent: MORE>> LATEST BUSINESS NEWS >> | SEND US A NEWS TIP >>
TALKING BUSINESS
"I'd like to create an integrated television set that is ... seamlessly synched with all of your devices and … will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it," former Apple CEO Steve Jobs told biographer Walter Isaacson before his death earlier this month: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
What difference does a day make? Here, about 25 degrees: MORE>>
 Chicago man once thought to be one of John Wayne Gacy's victims found alive and well in Florida: MORE>>
Authorities investigating how a 33-year-old Chicago man got on a plane without a boarding pass at Midway Airport: MORE>>
President Barack Obama outlines a plan allowing millions of student loan recipients to lower their payments: MORE>>
• Rising tuition taking a bigger bite of family incomes: MORE>>
Clouds still in the air in Oakland, Calif., where police used tear gas on Occupy Wall Street protesters Tuesday night. Police in Atlanta took on protesters Wednesday morning (NYT): MORE>>
Gadhafi's son and intelligence chief want to surrender: MORE>>
Tenth Tibetan monk sets himself on fire to protest religious controls in China: MORE>>
The flu vaccines we're lining up for may not be that effective: MORE>>
LATEST CHICAGO AND NATIONAL NEWS >>
IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Jen Weigel explores whether single workers get stuck with more work, in Lessons for Life: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Two Cubs fans claim they spotted Ryne Sandberg on Michigan Avenue. In town for talks about being manager?: MORE>>
• The "Starbucks guy" who spotted Theo Epstein vindicated: MORE>>
Weather forces delay of Game 6 of the World Series: MORE>>
NBA negotiations resume today: MORE>>
LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>
OFF THE CLOCK
 Veteran television commentator Andy Rooney, 92, who recently left "60 Minutes," hospitalized in serious condition: MORE>>
Maya Rudolph is playing Oprah on "Up All Night," even if she doesn't know it: MORE>>
• Steve Johnson: Rosie refusing to play it safe: MORE>>
A pathologist says Amy Winehouse consumed a "very large quantity of alcohol" prior to her death: MORE>>
HEADED OUT?
Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Chilly air of Canadian origin blasts across the city area, bringing temperatures down as low as 42. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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