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Romney fundraisers have ball rolling in Chicago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has built a who's who roster of Chicago business leaders to help him raise millions in President Barack Obama's backyard.
Romney's Illinois finance committee, which has 22 members, is led by Goldman Sachs...Tags: Democratic Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Rahm Emanuel, John McCain, Michael Bloomberg
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Newsroom CAN TV: Host Ken Davis is joined by Thom Clark (Community Media Workshop), Kimbriell Kelly (Chicago... -
Japanese officials kept nuclear report on evacuations secret
World NowJapan, nuclear, tsunami, earthquake, Fukushima: Japanese officials hushed up a government report last year warning that tens of millions of people might need to evacuate if the Fukushima nuclear crisis took a turn for the worse, the Associated Press... -
CEOs need to brace for G-8, NATO
The G-8 and NATO summits being held in May in Chicago are expected to draw thousands of protesters, and Christie Hefner had heard that some local CEOs were being told by their senior staff to "get out of town" that week to avoid them.
The warnings were...Tags: Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Tribeca, Finance
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The Zorn/Thayer papers
Change of SubjectMy Wednesday print column pulls portions out of the following e-mail dialogue (lightly edited) I had with Andy Thayer, local veteran activist and spokesman for the Coalition Against NATO/G-8 War & Poverty Agenda: To Andy: I’d like to do short...... -
Head of Emanuel's business panel vows to let sunlight in
The leader of an influential business panel that answers privately to Mayor Rahm Emanuel is promising a more open organization that addresses potential conflicts of interest involving its board members as they promote the city.
Michael Sacks, vice...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Economy, Business and Finance, Oliver Purnell, Rahm Emanuel, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Group targets growth in city
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has touted and touted his work on economic development, often choosing little-watched advisory committees to help him shape his policies. But one has become prominent: World Business Chicago , a largely city-funded nonprofit, of...Tags: Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance, CareerBuilder, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Rahm Emanuel
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Focus turning to NATO, G-8 summits in Chicago
The team Mayor Rahm Emanuel assembled to host the G-8 and NATO summits here in May knows there are important unsettled questions about costs, security and other logistics, but decisions on such key issues have been held up by a gathering 4,000 miles...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Demonstration, Labor Legislation
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Occupy Chicago arrests are seen as a trial run for international summits to come next year
With two international summits coming to Chicago in just seven months, the city got a chance to conduct a trial run early Sunday in arresting a large group of protesters without it escalating into violence.
Throughout Saturday evening, police remained in...Tags: Protest, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Demonstration, University of Chicago
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Local activists gear up for G8, NATO summits planned for city
Tribune reporterActivists are planning massive demonstrations to coincide with the G8 and NATO summits in Chicago scheduled for spring 2012, with crowds of protesters likely to reach “tens of thousands,” organizers said. More than 160 members representing...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Protest, Demonstration, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Autism summit offers latest answers
The Kids Institute for Development and Advancement will present the latest developments in the research on autism in a comprehensible, "parent-oriented" format at the third annual Summit on Autism, the center's founder said Friday. Designed to be a...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Rosalynn Carter, Politics, Harvard Medical School
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SNERD - June 29, 2011
Staff reporterBlago's "Weiner's Circle"... Now that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on 17 counts in his federal trial, and soon he'll hold the title of "Prisoner" rather than "Governor," we can now reveal that for the last few weeks, Blago...Tags: Peter Falk, Comedy (genre), Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Springsteen, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Oct 27, 2011
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