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Reinventing the brownie
Baking brownies has made Sheila G. Mains more than popular among friends and family. It has turned her into an entrepreneur as founder and chief executive officer of Sheila G Brands, LLC, based in West Palm Beach. Mains grew her passion into a food...Tags: Windermere, Media Industry, Consumers, Amusement and Theme Parks, Google+
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For candy-maker, Nelly endorsement could be sweet or sour
Hip-hop endorsements have taken a couple of high-profile hits lately, with major companies cutting ties to artists whose work has been criticized as degrading to women. But Just Born Inc. is embracing the culture, touting on Tuesday its new marketing...
Tags: Emmett Till, National Basketball Association, Nelly, PepsiCo Inc., Reebok Ltd.
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National Restaurant Association show: Samples, swag draw thousands
The National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show (or as convention-goers say, "No, not that NRA ...") is the yearly confab of food and hospitality professionals at McCormick Place that began Saturday and ends Tuesday. As national...
Tags: Food Network (tv network), Go Daddy Group Inc., Dining and Drinking, Howard D. Schultz, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...Tags: Michael Madigan, Pension and Welfare, Executive Branch, John J Cullerton, Interior Policy
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McPier: DePaul events to bring in one-third of operating income at new arena
DePaul University's use of a proposed $173 million McCormick Place arena for Blue Demons basketball and other events would generate about one-third of the nearly $3.6 million in event-related proceeds expected in the first year, convention officials...
Tags: Basketball, College Basketball, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Sports, Dan Hynes
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First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope
As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...
Tags: Rituals, Religious Events, CBS Corp., Symbols and Symbolism, South Shore
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The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods
Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...
Tags: United Center, Chicago Mayor, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Rahm Emanuel, West Loop
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: National Government, Gambling, Organized Crime, Government, Regional Authority
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Human Accomplishments, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Mental Health, Psychology
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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
TribuneHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...Tags: Employees, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Penny Pritzker, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace
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Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago
Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...
Tags: Basketball, Corporate Officers, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lollapalooza
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Plan aims to turn Navy Pier into more of a park
Navy Pier, the highly commercial tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more parklike feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans formally announced Friday. Due to cost constraints, the initial $176 million remake does not...
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Architecture, Manhattan (New York City), Rahm Emanuel, DePaul Blue Demons
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