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City for sale

Source: Chicago Reader, Dec 12 2012, 4:21pm CST

It would be fair to say that Ed Burke is a fixture in the Chicago City Council, except that he's been there longer than many of the fixtures—43 years, in fact, which makes him the longest-serving alderman in Chicag ...

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22 hours ago

Chicago taxpayers could finance private university’s sports arena

Source: The Daily Caller  |   May 21 2013, 8:53am CDT

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to revitalize the Chicago area includes the controversial use of public funds to build a new sports arena for DePaul University — a private, Catholic institution. If Emanuel gets his way, the city will spend over $100 million de ...

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1 day ago

Tumblr Deal Was a Private Party, With Few Bankers Invited

Source: Dealbook  |   May 20 2013, 11:14am CDT

Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe Yahoo logo in front of Yahoo’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Despite the fact that the deal was one of Yahoo’s biggest acquisitions, the negotiations were conducted largely through principals. ...

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22 weeks ago


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"You had a couple years of other jurisdictions saying, 'Wow—what did they do?'"


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2 days ago

Private equity focus shifts from emerging markets

Source: Dubai Chronicle  |   May 19 2013, 9:04am CDT

Private equity showed clear signs of strength in North America and Brazil, South America’s largest market, in 2012. Buyout deal value in North America was up 23 per cent in 2012, while deal activity in Europe a ...

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4 days ago

Analyst says funding gap for LSU hospital deals

Source: San Francisco Chronicle  |   May 17 2013, 3:58pm CDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94 percent of the funding Gov. Bobby Jindal 's administration set aside for eight such arrangements, budget analysts told senators Friday. ...

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5 days ago

Doing it wrong on guns, Chicago-style

Source: Chicago Reader  |   May 16 2013, 4:59pm CDT

I was up late the other night, reading "Addicted to Guns", my man Mick Dumke's latest feature on crime and violence in Chicago. It should be mandatory reading for everyone. Teach it in the schools. Hell, we ...

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6 days ago

Mayor dodges on rules in accepting campaign gifts

Source: Chicago Tribune  |   May 16 2013, 12:46am CDT

Leaders of a tech firm seeking a city contract donated $15,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign fund, despite Emanuel's own executive order banning contributions from vendors trying to get city business. The donations linked to a ...

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6 days ago

*** UPDATED x1 *** Big McCormick Place deal in works while Chicago retiree health care subsidies cut

Source: Capitol Fax Blog  |   May 15 2013, 11:44am CDT

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to announce this week plans for a $300 million 12,000-seat arena for DePaul University at McCormick Place — a proposal that will call for millions in taxpayer dollars, sources tell the ...

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