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Correction
Mike Evans is chief operating officer of GrubHub. His title was incorrect in an Aug. 30 Focus story.
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Dolores Kunda of Lapiz/Leo Burnett on ‘Squawk Box,’ ‘Divine Design’ and Emily Dickinson
Dolores Kunda, 54, walks from home in River North to her 21st-floor, corner office above Wacker Drive at Leo Burnett USA.
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Find the connections among the power elite
Trace the links among Chicago's corporate, civic and cultural leaders on our interactive map.
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New Chicago Federation of Labor boss Jorge Ramirez vows to keep up the fight
Ask Jorge Ramirez about his new gig, and he replies like the seminarian he once was.
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Future looks lean for pork belly trading at CME
John Staren stands alone some days in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's makeshift pork belly futures trading pit, sandwiched in an overflow area between the hog options pit and the cattle options pit.
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Working across a digital divide: When you’re connected, but your colleague isn’t
You may be connected 24/7, but what if your colleagues aren't?
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Car dealer Napleton accelerates Lincoln Park candy-store condos
Ed Napleton, an owner of the giant Napleton auto-dealership chain, has purchased a luxury Lincoln Park condo complex — adding yet another chapter to the story of a sentimental property that has encountered battles with...
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Chicago’s consumer-products past is its high-tech future
Chicago's oldest businesses may hold the key to the city's future in fast-growing new technology industries.
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Crain's to hold Middle Market University in October
Crain's Chicago Business will hold its second annual “Crain's Middle Market University” next month with a half-day program designed to provide actionable business learning for owners and top executives at middle-market companies.
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Coco Pazzo earns every accolade; Tuscan charm, fresh ingredients
Coco Pazzo is one terrific restaurant for business, and it has been for nearly 20 years.
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TV stations running ahead as Illinois political campaigns make big advertising buys
The election may still be eight weeks away, but there's already one clear winner: Chicago television outlets expecting a 100-year flood of campaign ads from the large number of big races that are too close to call.
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Rising bacon prices squeeze Chicago restaurants
Brian Huston, the chef de cuisine at West Loop restaurant Publican, features 11 pork-based dishes on his dinner menu. This may delight meat-loving customers, but it's been bad for the Publican's bottom line lately.
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Tax increase is the only way Illinois can fix budget problems, grow
Here it is, Labor Day 2010, and Illinois' economy remains listless, even though the recession in all likelihood ended last year.
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Delnor, Central DuPage hospitals in merger talks; combo would be area's fifth-largest
Two large suburban hospitals are discussing a merger that would be the largest hospital combination in three years and could trigger more deals in Chicago's fragmented health care market.
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Managing director aims to expand Accenture’s Chicago footprint
Job: Managing director, Accenture's Chicago office, since June.
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Real estate, casino investor Bluhm seeks $800 million for banking push
Neil Bluhm, the Chicago billionaire who made a fortune on commercial real estate and is developing a casino in Des Plaines, wants to get into the bank business.
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Naperbrook golf course a simple value, just right for beginners
Noted golf-course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. once admitted that the greatest challenge of his profession was traveling to the Midwest to transform utterly flat cornfields into enthralling links lands.
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Continental pilots resist plan to outsource after United merger
United Airlines pilots are known for belligerence, but their counterparts at Continental Airlines Inc. are talking tougher as the two carriers combine to form the world's largest airline.
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Barbecue culture flares up with new restaurants, popular Web site
Chicago's barbecue renaissance includes a crop of bustling restaurants and one of the nation's most popular online food writers.
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