| | Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 chicagotribune.com business newsletter |  | CLOSING BELL DJIA 12,471.02 +21.57 | NSDQ 2,724.70 +13.94 | S&P 1,295.50 +3.02 U.S. stocks extended gains with the S&P 500 hitting another five-month high: MORE>> TOP BUSINESS NEWS Sears shares sink after CIT halts loans to suppliers: MORE>> Foreclosure activity in the Chicago area was at its lowest level in three years in 2011: MORE>> • U.S. foreclosure filings at 4-year low: MORE>> • Mortgage rates hit another record low: MORE>> Peoples Gas customers to pay about $4 more per month: MORE>> Andrew Mason tells "60 Minutes" that being Groupon's founder gives him latitude to buck traditional CEO rules: MORE>> Bing surpasses Yahoo to become No. 2 U.S. search engine in December. But the both, combined, can't touch Google's traffic: MORE>> Apple, other boutiques setting up shop in Target stores: MORE>> LATEST BUSINESS NEWS >> | SEND US A NEWS TIP >> TALKING BUSINESS "Computing devices that are not on a network are lonely," said Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, about a future that promises an ever-increasing number of gadgets in people's homes: MORE>> IN OTHER NEWS Snow could accumulate an inch an hour just as the evening rush hits. Happy commuting: MORE>> • Snow photos: MORE>> • Skilling's forecast: MORE>> Metra Link-Up pass price to go up $6 on Feb. 1: MORE>> Fifteen luxury boats at a marina along the Illinois River in Seneca, Ill., burned this morning in a fire called "suspicious": MORE>> Taliban says Marine corpse abuse tape won't hurt peace talks: MORE>> A Mississippi judge barred the state from releasing any prisoners recently pardoned by former Gov. Haley Barbour: MORE>> U.S. intelligence report finds stalemate in Afghanistan: MORE>> Pneumonitis knocked homicide off the list of top killers in the United States for the first time in 45 years: MORE>> LATEST CHICAGO AND NATIONAL NEWS >> IN THE BLOGOSPHERE Julie Deardorff talks with Cornell McClellan, the longtime personal trainer for President Barack Obama and the first family, in Julie's Health Club: MORE>> SPORTS FIX Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa and Patrick Kane have been selected for the 2012 NHL All-Star Game: MORE>> Greg Olson, the offensive coordinator for the Buccaneers, is expected to interview for the Bears' passing/quarterbacks coach vacancy this week: MORE>> After big night replacing Derrick Rose, John Lucas III could head back to the Bulls bench: MORE>> LATEST SPORTS NEWS >> OFF THE CLOCK First lady Michelle Obama joins Twitter: MORE>> In case you missed the People's Choice Awards, here are the winners: MORE>> • The Oscars may leave Hollywood for Los Angeles: MORE>> HEADED OUT? Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>> Weather | Winter Weather Advisory in effect for the entire metro area until 4 a.m. Friday with steady, light snow expected.. Low of 9 degrees. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>> RSS US You can subscribe to an automatic feed of the latest Chicago Tribune business headlines. View them in your RSS reader or in your browser's tool bar. It's easy, just click here: MORE>> | | | |  | CHICAGO SHOPPING |  | I JUST WORK HERE | | BE THE FIRST TO KNOW | | | NEWS SEARCH |  | |
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