Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Dow down 27 | Home sales up | New Walgreen alliance | School 'apartheid'? | A DVD underdog

 Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 • chicagotribune.com business newsletter
By Mary Jane Grandinetti, BizWrap columnist

CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,938.67 -27.02 | NSDQ 2,933.17 -15.40 | S&P 1,357.66 -4.55

More jitters over Europe push stocks down after this week's brush with 13,000: MORE>>



TOP BUSINESS NEWS
jjExisting home sales rocket to 2007 levels but leave prices behind: MORE>>

Boeing 787 production develops some cracks: MORE>>

Walgreen, other pharmacies team up: MORE>>

Identity thieves calling: MORE>>
 • Which probably is not good news for Nokia's bid to lift sales: MORE>>
 • Or the new Beatles ringtones: MORE>>

Honda recalls Odyssey over aggressive lift gate: MORE>>
 • Side airbag supplier under scrutiny: MORE>>

Fuller Brush files for Chapter 11: MORE>>

Switzerland calls on banks to clean up their mess: MORE>>

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is back in the pokey: MORE>>

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TALKING BUSINESS
"We have taken this step because Motorola is attempting to block sales of Windows PCs, our Xbox game console and other products," Microsoft general counsel Dave Heiner on its complaint that Motorola Mobility is limiting access to standardized patents in Europe: MORE>>


IN OTHER NEWS
jjJesse Jackson rails against "apartheid" of Chicago Public Schools: MORE>>
 • He's not the only one: MORE>>

Oak Park gets more Wright: MORE>>
 • But it's still not going to the dogs: MORE>>

Heading into tonight's debate, Rick Santorum is picking up steam: MORE>>
 • So are talks of a brokered convention: MORE>>

Capsized Costa Concordia gives up eight more of its dead: MORE>>

Defiant Iran refuses to play nice on nukes: MORE>>

Rush-hour train crash kills 49 in Argentina: MORE>>

Google catches the wave: MORE>>

LATEST CHICAGO AND NATIONAL NEWS >>


IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Gov. Quinn's belt tightens around prisons, social services and even tourist attractions. Clout Street has details: MORE>>


SPORTS FIX

Corey Crawford finally shows up, and the Hawks have won four straight: MORE>>
| • Toews remains in question: MORE>>

Sox arrival in training camp not a moment too soon: MORE>>
 • Theo Epstein isn't the only thing the Cubs got from the Red Sox: MORE>>

LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>


OFF THE CLOCK
jjThis summer's Grant Park Music Fest will be something to sing about: MORE>>
 • Song in Adele's heart doesn't extend to TV execs: MORE>>

TBS extends "Conan" through April 2014: MORE>>

Simon Bar Sinister, Sweet Polly Purebred and Shoeshine Boy make it to DVD: MORE>>


HEADED OUT?
Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>

Weather |
Dreary with temperatures holding around 40. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>



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