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Hyatt's Pritzker tiptoes into Iraq

Source: ChicagoBusiness.com, Nov 10 2012, 2:59pm CST

Thomas Pritzker, patriarch of Chicago's richest family and executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corp., is starting to do business in Iraq. A venture he co-founded to chase deals in the war-torn country and other parts of the Midd ...

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4 hours ago

Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker

Source: Sify  |   May 23 2013, 4:38pm CDT

"I regret the failure of Superior Bank," she said. Pritzker stressed that she stepped down as chairman of the bank in 1994, seven years before it failed. With about $1.7 billion in assets, Superior was at the ...

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6 hours ago

Penny Pritzker clears Senate hurdle in bid to be Obama commerce secretary

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 23 2013, 2:49pm CDT

"I can't see that there is anything that would keep her from getting through the process in pretty good shape," said Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the top Republican on the Senate commerce committee, after a hearing on her nomination. "I thought s ...

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27 weeks ago


Quote:
"To have people there, you have to have hotels"


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7 hours ago

Oops! Penny Pritzker Underestimates Income By $80 Million

Source: Chicagoist  |   May 23 2013, 1:37pm CDT

The income in Pritzker’s amended filing includes some in-kind fees, the equity interests of which had already been listed in her original disclosure forms, according to Anderson. According to Bloomberg, Pritzker amended her income filing on Tuesday ...

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8 hours ago

UPDATE 1-U.S. Commerce nominee fields questions on failed bank, tax havens

Source: Reuters  |   May 23 2013, 1:20pm CDT

WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker appeared on her way to becoming U.S. Commerce Secretary on Thursday, after a top Republican said she had satisfactorily answered most of his questions about her role ...

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9 hours ago

Pritzker: Obama Seeks Better Ties to Businesses

Source: Wall Street Journal Blogs  |   May 23 2013, 11:38am CDT

By Josh Mitchell Penny Pritzker , President Barack Obama ‘s nominee to head the Commerce Department, told a Senate committee Thursday that one reason Mr. Obama picked her is that he believed she could improve his relationship with busines ...

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13 hours ago

Hotel Workers Union to Protest Pritzker Pick for Commerce

Source: Broadcasting & Cable  |   May 23 2013, 8:22am CDT

The president of UNITE HERE, the hotel and restaurant workers union, along with some Hyatt hotel workers, will be at the Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing for the president's choice for Commerce Secretary, Penny Pritzk ...

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15 hours ago

Pritzker to face tough congressional questions in Commerce confirmation hearing

Source: McClatchy  |   May 23 2013, 5:36am CDT

WASHINGTON — With Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker set to be grilled by senators Thursday at her Commerce secretary confirmation hearing, Bill Daley feels her pain. Daley, a son and brother of Chicago mayors, faced his own confir ...

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1 day ago

Pritzker nomination for Commerce is an insult to unions, working-class people

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |   May 22 2013, 3:20pm CDT

Several boys are accused of targeting a number of girls in the recordings. One of four officers charged in the beating of a wanted meth cook during an arrest pleaded no contest Wednesday to misdemeanor peace disturba ...

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1 day ago

Kirk backing Pritzker for Commerce job

Source: Chicago Tribune  |   May 22 2013, 8:52am CDT

— Sen. Mark Kirk announced Tuesday that he'll support Penny Pritzker for the top job at the Commerce Department, calling her experienced and willing to take on special interests. Pritzker, 54, a Hyatt Hotels heir from ...

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