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NATO host committee switches insurance brokers

The NATO host committee pulled an insurance brokerage contract from Aon Risk Solutions after the company found only one carrier willing to insure local police against lawsuits and at a price higher than summit organizers anticipated, the Tribune has...

Tags: Punishment, International Organizations, Rahm Emanuel, Iraq War (2003-2011), Public Officials

Open for business — sort of

There are an estimated 300,000 people who work in the Loop each weekday. This Friday and the following Monday, a good number of them will be staying home. Citing concerns over logistics and security, some downtown businesses will close their doors,...

Tags: McCormick Place, International Organizations, Bars and Clubs, International Workers' Day, Karen May

Office Space: Linda Myers

Linda Myers' view is unlike any she has had before. With a slight turn of her head, the corporate partner and member of the global executive management committee at Chicago law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP can gaze from Lake Michigan to the Willis Tower...

Tags: United Air Lines, Health, Chicago Board of Trade Building, Hospitals and Clinics, Georgetown University

William B. Levin, volunteer firefighter

William B. Levin, a longtime member of the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company and senior claims adjuster at the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, died Friday in hospice care at the Gilchrest Center of kidney cancer. He was 65 and had...

Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Economy, Business and Finance, Cancer, Companies and Corporations

Tom Cole stepping down as chair of Sidley executive committee

Tribune reporter

Tom Cole, a well-known corporate attorney in Chicago, will step down as chairman of Sidley Austin's executive committee next year as part of a planned leadership succession at the law firm. The firm said Carter Phillips, a prominent attorney in...

Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Tribune Company, Lawyers, Justice System, Chicago Tribune

Accretive Health's annual meeting closed to media

Tags: Health, Walgreen Co., Hospitals and Clinics, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Shareholders

Accretive Health plans to bar media from shareholder meeting

Accretive Health Inc., the Chicago-based hospital billing and collections company under fire from Minnesota's attorney general, said its annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday will be closed to the media. The company has held one other annual...

Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Abbott Laboratories, Shareholders, Economy, Business and Finance

Conversion to a Roth affects taxes, lifestyle

Tags: Customs and Tradition, BellSouth Corporation, Orlando, Interior Policy, Arts and Culture

The day ahead in business

Reports: Unemployment rate for April, 7:30 a.m. Local earnings: Ameren Corp., Aon Plc, Exelon Corp., Federal Signal Corp., Material Sciences Corp., U.S. Cellular Corp. Other major earnings: LaFarge SA, Leucadia National Corp., Progressive Corp.

Tags: Federal Signal Corporation, Material Sciences Corporation, Leucadia National Corporation, Exelon Corp., Ameren Corporation

Burger review: Eggy's

Eggy’s 333 E. Benton Place. 773-234-3449 Rating: !!! (out of 4) Sometimes a great burger can be hard to find. In the case of recently opened Eggy’s, it is actually the restaurant itself that can be tricky to locate. This new diner is...

Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Tomatoes, Hamburgers, Foods and Beverages, Onions

D135 president to take a run for Orland Park mayor in 2013

C2E2, aka Chicago Fashion Weekend

The Vision could not see. "The Vision!" a startled citizen shouted at the Vision, who stood tall and rigid and wore a high yellow collar that, like the cones strapped around ailing dogs, restricted the movement of his head. Also, the Vision was...

Tags: McCormick Place, Entertainment, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Michigan Wolverines, Shia LaBeouf