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LAKE GENEVA: A party place grows up
Tribune staff reporterIt's changing here too. For the better? For the most part. But there's a tug--and we'll get to that a little later.For sure, Lake Geneva is on a roll. It's surrounded by booming development on its edges that's beginning to ease closer to town, for one...Tags: Flowers, Transportation, Bars and Clubs, Clubs and Associations, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Chicago hopes Zell polishes civic icon
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFor more than 40 years, Martha Campbell has started her day by picking up a copy of the Chicago Tribune. As a youngster, she scoured the pages to make sure the country hadn't gone to war with the Soviet Union. As a parent, she got up hours before her...Tags: North Carolina, Clubs and Associations, Companies and Corporations, Newspapers, Nazi Party
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Leslie Carto
From the time she walked into class until the bell rang, Leslie Carto’s high school history teacher only allowed her to ask two questions. The would-be reporter used up too much class time. Since there is always so much more to learn, Carto...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Alabama
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Nowhere to go but up
Special to the TribuneAlex Piper and her husband, Jonathan, moved to Evanston four years ago for the same reasons many young families do: good schools, cozy neighborhoods, a short walk to a Lake Michigan beach, a fast commute to downtown Chicago. "It was," she remembers,...Tags: Bars and Clubs, House Building, Chicago Bears, Regional Authority, Daniel Burnham
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Buyer has been bold about name changes
Will the name Marshall Field's become a footnote in Chicago retailing history? Federated Department Stores Inc., which on Monday finalized its proposal to purchase Field's parent May Department Stores Co., is not shy about changing the names of the...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), New York, Federated Department Stores Incorporated, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Macy's
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What's in store for Field's?
Tribune staff reporterFor the second time in less than a year, Marshall Field's and Frango mints have been caught up in a wave of consolidation sweeping the nation's struggling department stores. This time, the Chicago icon, known for its distinctive green bags and its...Tags: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Neiman Marcus, Beauty Products and Fragrances, Companies and Corporations
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Apparel missteps take toll at Sears
Tribune staff reporterWhen Sears, Roebuck and Co. bought Lands' End in 2002, the retailer explained that the preppy clothing line had a strong following across several key categories. Two years later, Sears is scaling back the brand for children, recognizing that parents...Tags: Science and Technology, Children, Tucson, Inventories, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Editor's wife rented to 2 suspects, FBI says
Chicago Tribune staff reporterIn a strange twist, the FBI said Sunday that the wife of the editor of the tabloid newspaper where anthrax has been discovered rented apartments in Delray Beach, Fla., to two men suspected of crashing a hijacked jetliner into the World Trade Center on...Tags: Health, Disasters and Accidents, Rentals, Unrest, Conflicts and War, CBS Corp.
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Not your parents' Loop
Special to the TribuneTake a quick spin around Chicago's Loop and you might think it's a place only for working grown-ups. From the Federal Building to the Board of Trade, the downtown area dominated by the "L" tracks can seem like a place that's off-limits to kids. Sure, the...Tags: Gold Coast, Transportation, Clubs and Associations, Foods and Beverages, Sculpture
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Part 1 of 2: Once grand, now bland
Tribune architecture criticBanks used to be about ritual and permanence. They resembled Greek or Roman temples, with the banker playing the secular priest, dispensing loans instead of benedictions. Banks inspired awe, though their built-for- the-ages classicism was salesmanship,...Tags: Merchandise Mart, Apple Inc., History, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), House Building
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Field's buyout getting cold shoulder
Tribune staff reporterGene Kahn is like "the dog who instinctively chases the car but isn't sure what to do with it when he finally catches it." That's one Wall Street analyst's take on the chief executive officer of May Department Stores Co., which last week bought...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Consumers, Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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Federated bets on malls
Tribune staff reporterIn a deal to create a department store giant that will control the anchor positions at malls across the country, Federated Department Stores Inc. on Monday officially announced an acquisition of May Department Stores Co. The $11 billion deal for May,...Tags: Old Orchard Mall, Advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, JC Penney Company Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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