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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 11,577.05 +180.05 | NDQ 2,657.43 +42.51 | S&P 1,225.38 +24.52
Stocks rose, led by financials, as better-than-expected bank earnings overshadowed new worries about the crisis in Europe fueled by a warning over France's credit rating: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Motorola brings back the Razr, billing it as the world's thinnest smartphone. It's certainly more tricked out than the version launched seven years ago: MORE>>
• The Razr: Then and now: MORE>>
Ernst & Young to add 500 jobs in Chicago: MORE>>
Starbucks adding a lighter blonde roast for those who prefer not to drink coffee that tastes burned: MORE>>
• Caribou Coffee adding seven stores in Chicago market: MORE>>
Apple stores closing tomorrow for Steve Jobs memorial: MORE>>
Goldman Sachs reports first loss since 2008: MORE>>
• Bank of America turns $6.2 billion profit in third quarter: MORE>>
Hospira shares tank more than 20 percent on lower outlook: MORE>>
• W.W. Grainger profit jumps 21 percent after acquisition: MORE>>
Evanston board recommends 5-cent fee on all shopping bags: MORE>>
Boeing sees more Dreamliner order cancellations: MORE>>
$1 million fountains top fantasies in this year's Neiman Marcus Christmas book: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"The major servicers are still doing an unacceptably bad job at meeting the needs of their customers," said U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about loan-servicing companies: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
About 70 families of men who disappeared during the 1970s have come forward to help ID John Wayne Gacy victims' remains: MORE>>
 Mother, teen son shot and injured in North Side home invasion by two masked gunmen: MORE>>
Drivers who haven't removed their old city stickers are getting tickets -- even if they have the new one: MORE>>
Social Security to hand out its first raises since 2009: MORE>>
Officials say the United States has deported nearly 400,000 people in the last year, a new record: MORE>>
Mailing a letter may cost a penny more next year: MORE>>
President Barack Obama talking jobs in swing states: MORE>>
• Stolen van with president's teleprompter inside recovered: MORE>>
Israel swaps 1,000 prisoners for one soldier: MORE>>
A Italian judge clears Silvio Berlusconi in a fraud and embezzlement case: MORE>>
Promising malaria vaccine protects about half of children: MORE>>
LATEST CHICAGO AND NATIONAL NEWS >>
IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Steve Rosenbloom offers this advice to Tom Ricketts: Finish the Epstein deal now or you're finished, in The Rosenblog: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
NBA players, owners meeting with federal mediator: MORE>>
Senators, health official urge MLB to ban chewing tobacco: MORE>>
At least two teams have had internal discussions about trading for running back Matt Forte: MORE>>
LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>
OFF THE CLOCK
Shia LaBeouf roughed up outside a bar in Canada: MORE>>
 Not realizing daylight come, Harry Belafonte sleeps through TV interview: MORE>>
• When awake, he's backing Occupy Wall Street protestors: MORE>>
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to movies, filming "The Last Stand," with former "Jackass" star: MORE>>
HEADED OUT?
Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Cloudy and cool with some rain as autumn storm system develops. Low of 42. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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