Friday, February 24, 2012

S&P at 4-year high | Sears closing Illinois stores | Goose Island sit-in ends | Pastor off roof | Lin-santiy ice cream

 Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 • chicagotribune.com business newsletter
By Mary Jane Grandinetti, BizWrap columnist

CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,982.95 -1.74 | NSDQ 2,963.75 +6.77 | S&P 1,365.74 +2.28

While the Dow danced around 13,000, the S&P swept to a four-year high: MORE>>



TOP BUSINESS NEWS
jjSears to close five stores in Illinois: MORE>>
 • Postal Service to cut 35,000 jobs: MORE>>

Workers at Goose Island factory end overnight sit-in with 90-day reprieve: MORE>>

Chicago Police invest in Ford's South Side plant: MORE>>
 • Fiat is not so flush: MORE>>

Dreamliner chief gets a new job: MORE>>
 • United reserves right to seek damages over delays: MORE>>

Eric Ferguson's Lincoln Park home listing makes you wish you went into radio: MORE>>

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TALKING BUSINESS
"Consumers have shrugged off concerns about rising gas prices, the European crisis and election year politics, preferring to focus on the favorable impact of job growth. A potential threat is that consumers expect too much too soon. Improved job prospects may entice many more people to seek work, easily outstripping the number of new jobs created," Survey of Consumers chief economist Richard Curtin said of the latest numbers from the University of Michigan: MORE>>


IN OTHER NEWS
jjChicago pastor no longer up on the roof: MORE>>
 • Tyler Perry's pledge does the trick (video): MORE>>

Mark Kirk is doing well, and you'll just have to take his family's word for it: MORE>>

Bill Maher gives Obama more than his 2 cents: MORE>>
 • Romney picks up support after latest debate: MORE>>
 • While talk of a Ron Paul tie-in grows
: MORE>>

Iran has cranked up the centrifuge, U.N. says: MORE>>
 • U.S. still not sure it wants a bomb: MORE>>

Arab neighbors turn attention to Syria: MORE>>

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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Web database is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound -- and appears impervious to Kryptonite. Blair Kamin has the story in Cityscapes: MORE>>


SPORTS FIX

And here's what little Starlin Castro has to say about those assault charges: MORE>>

Chet "the Jet" Walker
gets Hall of Fame nod: MORE>>
 • Jeremy Lin's trajectory shallowed: MORE>>
 • Ben & Jerry's doesn't miss a beat: MORE>>

Feds subpeona Penn State brass about Jerry Sandusky: MORE>>

LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>


OFF THE CLOCK
jjShe's smart. She's beautiful. And she's rich: MORE>>

After singing with Domingo: MORE>>, Colbert turns to the ministry: MORE>>

You know who has been nominated; now see who should have been: MORE>>



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

Weather |
Saskatchewan Screamer leaves with a Winnipeg Whimper. Cold with scattered flurries. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>

 • Mild winter enough to give dog owners paws: MORE>>


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