Monday, February 27, 2012

Dow down 1 | Motorola Solutions cuts Icahn stake | Shell targets old plant | 1 dead in Ohio school shooting | Hawks acquire defensive help | Daytona 500 still soggy

 Monday, March 27, 2012 • chicagotribune.com business newsletter
By Mary Jane Grandinetti, BizWrap columnist

CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,981.51 -1.44 | NSDQ 2,966.16 +2.41 | S&P 1,367.59 +1.85

Selloff stymies Dow's latest assault on 13,000. S&P and Nasdaq eke out gains: MORE>>



TOP BUSINESS NEWS
jjMotorola Solutions extracting itself from Carl Icahn (right): MORE>>
 • Apple wins round in Motorola Mobility patent suit: MORE>>
 • And it's putting cash into promoting Android: MORE>>

North American growth spurt for Groupon: MORE>>

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Scheming trader ordered to pay $6.6 million: MORE>>

Investors to give 99 foreclosed properties in Chicago a new lease: MORE>>

Shell to close 94-year-old plant near St. Louis: MORE>>

Gap reportedly goes Threadless: MORE>>

Now that the Sox train in Arizona, United is flying nonstop to Sarasota, Fla.: MORE>>

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TALKING BUSINESS
The program "is a celebratory way to encourage both residents and visitors to dine out and experience our vibrant, diverse restaurants. I can't think of a better way to honor the nations that will represented," Sheila O'Grady, president of the Illinois Restaurant Association, on its international dining initiative that will coincide with the G-8 and NATO summits in May: MORE>>


IN OTHER NEWS
jjMan confesses to four-year-old hit-and-run: MORE>>
 • It must be cold-case Monday: MORE>>

You can vote early at least: MORE>>

Video poker in Illinois still somewhere between a royal flush and a dead man's hand: MORE>>

Supreme Court washes hands of Asian carp fight: MORE>>

One dead, four hurt in shooting at school near Cleveland: MORE>>

Bill Clinton gets Nobel nod: MORE>>

Santorum's home state has some sharp things to say about him: MORE>>
 • Making his strength in Michigan problematic for the GOP: MORE>>

Plot to assassinate Russia's Putin foiled: MORE>>
 • Protests aren't: MORE>> 

U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says Iran's relying on old technology: MORE>>

More troubles for Costa cruise line: MORE>>

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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Warren Buffett is once again putting his money where his mouth is on the housing market, as Money & Company explains: MORE>>
 • He's playing it close to the vest on his successor: MORE>>

SPORTS FIX

The Hawks apparently snapped up defenseman under the trade deadline wire. But how is he on the power play? MORE>>
 • Predators beef up too: MORE>>

Rainy days and Mondays get the racers at Daytona down: MORE>>

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OFF THE CLOCK
jjIt's your turn to be the fashion police: MORE>>
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 • Sean Young proves there's one in every crowd: MORE>>

Chinese architect snags Pritzker prize: MORE>>


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