Friday, February 10, 2012

Dow down 89 | Dinner and a movie | iPad3 sized up | Obama blinks | Jordan, Pippen redux

 Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 • chicagotribune.com business newsletter
By Mary Jane Grandinetti, BizWrap columnist

CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,801.23 -89.23 | NSDQ 2,903.88 -23.35 | S&P 1,342.64 -9.31

Continued problems in Greece send the S&P to its first weekly loss in six weeks. The other markets didn't fare any better: MORE>>



TOP BUSINESS NEWS
jjTwo chains team up to offer dinner and a movie: MORE>>
 • Possibly a better deal than at the cineplex: MORE>>

Expect iPad3 to be leaner, meaner: MORE>>

Mortgage settlement too little too late? MORE>>
 • And other reasons consumers are grumpy about the economy: MORE>>

Apple scores a patent win over Motorola Mobility in Germany: MORE>>
 • And Google's likely to take Europe on Motorola deal: MORE>>

What went wrong for Jennifer Hudson in Burr Ridge: MORE>>

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TALKING BUSINESS
"I don't have anything personally against any of the guys on the board. They've got a lot of smart people on there -- but there's too many of them," former board member Jeff Carter on the CME Group's plans to shrink its 32-member board: MORE>>


IN OTHER NEWS
jjObama bends on birth control: MORE>>
 • Santorum casts himself as the anti-Obama: MORE>>
 • Romney says "me too": MORE>>

Thieves get half million in jewels from Lincoln Park store: MORE>>

Audit finds Solyndra program lacked oversight: MORE>>

Feds are looking into whether Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., actually broke some incredibly lax insider trading laws: MORE>>

Greece finds itself between a rock and a hard place: MORE>>

Bombings and general carnage continue in Syria: MORE>>

LATEST CHICAGO AND NATIONAL NEWS >>


IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
The jury at Edmunds.com and the readers of the L.A. Times agree to disagree on the worst cars of all time. See it in Money & Co.: MORE>>


SPORTS FIX

Luol Deng and Derrick Rose are the Bulls' modern day Pippen and Jordan: MORE>>

All former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky wants is to see his grandkids: MORE>>

LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>


OFF THE CLOCK
jjRosie's downsizing -- her OWN talk show that is: MORE>>

With Christopher Nolan leaving speculation abounds that Tim Burton is heading back to Gotham: MORE>>

Forget his gaunt and unkempt appearance, Macaulay Culkin is feeling just fine: MORE>>

Looking for something to do this weekend? MORE>>



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

Weather |
Winter wonderland conditions, particularly for the Hoosiers, to end in a cold weekend. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>



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