Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Dow down 97 | New Economic Club president | Synthetic cocaine ban | Dixie Square's date with destiny | D. Rose was impressed too

 Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 • chicagotribune.com business newsletter
By Mary Jane Grandinetti, BizWrap columnist

CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,780.95 -97.33 | NSDQ 2,915.83 -16.00 | S&P 1,343.23 -7.27

The markets give up early gains on technical barriers and a mixed bag on the economy: MORE>>



TOP BUSINESS NEWS
Donna Zarcone new Economic Club president: MORE>>

JAL orders 10 more Dreamliners: MORE>>

Kellogg's gobbles up Pringles: MORE>>

Citi in $153 million mortgage settlement: MORE>>

jjHoly swimming holes, Batman: MORE>>

Inspectors: iPad factory better than most: MORE>>

FCC sides with GPS in LightSquared battle: MORE>>

Pensions as they knew them are a thing of the past at GM: MORE>>

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TALKING BUSINESS
"But the big problem of the U.S. auto industry was not simply a cost problem. All together, this restructuring package is sustainable. If you just get the labor costs down, would that have carried things? The answer is no," Wharton School professor Peter Capelli on the restructuring, resurgence and renewed optimism in the auto industry: MORE>>


IN OTHER NEWS
Chicago alderman OK synthetic cocaine ban: MORE>>

jjBlago's getting a new place in Colorado: MORE>>
 • See where he fits in Illinois' rogues' gallery: MORE>>

A box of beans? Now, that is suspicious: MORE>>

D-day scheduled for Dixie Square: MORE>>

If you thought Romney and Santorum were nasty before: MORE>>
 • U.S. bishops are ready to step up the fight too: MORE>>
 • And none of it may matter with faulty voter registration: MORE>>

Iran nuclear capability gets a frightening spin: MORE>>

More than 350 die in Honduras prison fire: MORE>>
 • It's the cold that's killing people in Eastern Europe: MORE>>

LATEST CHICAGO AND NATIONAL NEWS >>


IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Chicago investment manager and philanthropist Richard Driehaus has a few things to say about the Eisenhower Memorial design, and they're not all that complimentary. Blair Kamin explains in Cityscapes: MORE>>
 • Driehaus also lets his money do the talking at alma mater DePaul: MORE>>


SPORTS FIX

Hawks' skid hits 9: MORE>>

Here's why Randy Moss is a good fit for the Bears: MORE>>
 • But Ron Jaworski isn't anymore for "Monday Night Football": MORE>>

Add D. Rose to those wowed by Jeremy Lin's buzzer beater: MORE>>

LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>


OFF THE CLOCK
jjGood vibrations for Auditorium: MORE>>

Malachy may be top dog: MORE>>
 • But he had a lot of company at the Westminster Kennel Club event: MORE>>
 • And this little gal who didn't even make the show (yahoo.com): MORE>>

Investigation into Whitney Houston's death turning to her doctors: MORE>>
 • Congressional Record honors her, Don Cornelius: MORE>>


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Weather |
Mostly cloudy highs in the 40s this afternoon give way to rain tonight. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>



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