Crain's Chicago Business back issues from September 2009:
Architecture and Engineering; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... CAROL ROSS BARNEY Design principal Ross Barney Architects Inc., Chicago Age: 60 Business: Architectural design Revenue (millions): $5.2 Professional: American Institute of Architects; Chicago Women in Architecture; ...
Banking; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... NORMAN R. BOBINS Chairman PrivateBank & Trust Co., Chicago Age: 66 Business: Financial services Assets (millions): $10,040.7 (PrivateBancorp Inc.) Professional: AAR Corp.; Nicor Inc.; Sims Metal Management Ltd.; RREEF ...
Business Organizations; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... RITA REAGEN ATHAS Executive director World Business Chicago, Chicago Age: 61 Business: Economic development Budget (millions): $2.6 Professional: Economic Club; Chicago Metropolis 2020; Executives' Club; Japan ...
Business Services; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... GARY D. AHLQUIST Senior vice-president, managing partner Booz & Co., Chicago Age: 56 Business: Management consulting Revenue (millions): Not available Professional: Economic Club Civic: Chicago ...
Chemicals and Agribusiness; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... WILLIAM J. DOYLE President, CEO Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Northbrook Age: 59 Business: Fertilizer manufacturer Revenue (millions): $9,446.5 Professional: Executives' Club; Fertilizer Institute; Canpotex Ltd.; ...
Construction Services.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... MICHAEL CLUNE Chairman, CEO Clune Construction Co., Chicago Age: 59 Business: General contractor Revenue (millions): $360.5 Professional: Mercy Housing Lakefront; Contractors Rallied About Servicing and Helping ...
Consumer Products and Services; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... CAROL LAVIN BERNICK Executive chairman Alberto-Culver Co., Melrose Park Age: 57 Business: Personal and household care products Revenue (millions): $1,443.5 Professional: YPO-WPO; Cosmetic, Toiletries and Fragrance Assn.; ...
Cultural Institutions; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... TED A. BEATTIE President, CEO John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Age: 64 Business: Aquarium Budget (millions): $43.4 Professional: Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums; American Assn. of Museums; Economic Club; Museums in the Park; ...
Education; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... PAULA ALLEN-MEARES Chancellor University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Age: 61 Business: Higher education Budget (millions): $1,750.0 Professional: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies; New York ...
Financial Services; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... CARL S. ALLEGRETTI Global and U.S. chief clients and markets officer Deloitte Tax LLP, Chicago Age: 48 Business: Professional services Revenue (millions): $10,980.0 (Deloitte LLP) Professional: Economic Club; Illinois CPA ...
Financial Services Continued; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... BRUCE A. HEYMAN Managing director Midwest region partner, private wealth management Goldman Sachs & Co., Chicago Age: 51 Business: Private wealth management Assets under management (millions): $779,000.0 (parent Goldman ...
Food; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... ROBERT B. AIKEN JR. President, CEO U.S. Foodservice Inc., Rosemont Age: 46 Business: Distributor of food and restaurant supplies Revenue (millions): $19,800.0 THOMAS J. BALDWIN Chairman, president, CEO ...
Government; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... DAVID M. AXELROD Senior adviser to President Barack Obama Washington, D.C. Age: 54 Business: Federal government Budget (millions): $3,550,000.0 Civic: Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy CHARLES E. BOX ...
Healthcare; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... JEFFREY S. ARONIN President, CEO Lundbeck Inc., Deerfield Age: 41 Business: Biopharmaceuticals Revenue (millions): Not available Professional: Discover Financial Services; Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of ...
Insurance; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... GREGORY C. CASE President, CEO Aon Corp., Chicago Age: 46 Business: Risk, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, consulting Revenue (millions): $7,631.0 Professional: Economic Club; St. John's University School of Risk ...
Law; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... LAUREL G. BELLOWS Principal Bellows Law Group P.C., Chicago Age: 61 Business: Law firm Revenue (millions): Not available Professional: American Bar Assn.; National Conference of Bar Presidents; Executives' Club; Economic ...
Manufacturing; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... SAMUEL R. ALLEN President, chief operating officer Deere & Co., Moline Age: 56 Business: Construction and farm machinery, heavy trucks Revenue (millions): $28,437.6 THOMAS M. BEGEL Chairman TMB ...
Media and Marketing; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... LEE ABRAMS Senior vice-president, chief innovation officer Tribune Co., Chicago Age: 56 Business: Newspaper publishing Revenue (millions): $4,300.0* *Crain's estimate EMILY L. BARR President, ...
Non-Profits; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... JOSEPH J. AHERN Senior adviser Chicago 2016, Chicago Age: 64 Business: Olympic bid committee Assets (millions): $14.0 Professional: Economic Club; Executives' Club; Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; World Business Chicago ...
Real Estate; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... MICHAEL J. ALTER President Alter Group Ltd., Skokie Age: 48 Business: Real estate development Revenue (millions): $446.9 Professional: Urban Land Institute; YPO-WPO; Economic Club Civic: City Year; Illinois ...
Retail; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... DORIS K. CHRISTOPHER Chairman Pampered Chef, Addison Age: 64 Business: Direct sales of kitchen tools Revenue (millions): Not available Professional: Direct Selling Assn.; Better Business Bureau; Committee of 200; National ...
Technology and Telecom; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... MICHAEL J. BIRCK Chairman Tellabs Inc., Naperville Age: 71 Business: Telecommunications equipment provider Revenue (millions): $1,729.0 Professional: Molex Inc.; Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu Civic: Purdue Research ...
Transportation; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... ANN M. DRAKE CEO DSC Logistics Inc., Des Plaines Age: 62 Business: Logistics, supply chain management Revenue (millions): $210.0* Professional: A. M. Castle & Co.; Committee of 200; Chicago Network; Center for Women's ...
Utilities and Energy; Who's Who in Chicago Business 2009.(NEWS)(Directory)
Sep 07, 2009 ... FRANK M. CLARK Chairman, CEO Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago Age: 63 Business: Electric utility Revenue (millions): $6,136.0 Professional: Economic Club; Executives' Club; Waste Management Inc.; Harris Financial Corp.; ...
TAKING ON TINSELTOWN; CEO Lowe lands blows in brawl with Hollywood over DVD rentals.(NEWS)(Redbox Automated Retail LLC's Mitch Lowe )
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: JOHN PLETZ Sometime next month, Mitch Lowe will set off on a 30-mile hike through the Peruvian Andes to the lost Incan city of Machu Picchu. "Hiking is about finding a place to sort my thoughts out, says Mr. Lowe, who spends enough time on the trails to know ...
HOPING FOR THE NEXT HUMIRA; Abbott shares slump as drugmaker's search for the next blockbuster drags on.(NEWS)(Abbott Laboratories)
Sep 07, 2009 ... Byline: MIKE COLIAS Abbott Laboratories' investors, coming down from a Humira high, are clamoring for their next growth fix. Concerns over decelerating growth for the blockbuster anti-inflammatory drug have driven the North Chicago-based drug- and medical-device ...
Alexi kin cash in at Broadway; Family bank paid big dividends on eve of real estate collapse.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: STEVE DANIELS The family of state Treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias pulled $70 million out of its Broadway Bank in 2007 and 2008, just as Broadway's high-octane growth strategy collided with the housing meltdown that has now put the lender's future in ...
Sorry, kids: It's public school now; Private education is no longer in the budget for some families; a nerve-wracking switch.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: SHIA KAPOS At the Schneider household in Evanston, mom and dad were more nervous than the kids about the first day of school this year. Having drawn the line at dipping into savings to keep their children in the private Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, ...
Datebook.(NEWS)(Calendar)
Sep 07, 2009 ... THIS WEEK SEPT. 9: Score presents Financials: Mastering Cash Flows and Profits. 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Score, Citicorp Center, 500 W. Madison St., Suite 1250. Fee: $50. (312) 353-4540. SEPT. 9: College of DuPage Center for Entrepreneurship presents What Business ...
GOP should strike while Cook tax hike is hot.(NEWS)(Grand Old Party)
Sep 07, 2009 ... Todd Stroger's sales tax hike represents the best opportunity in decades for a Republican revival in Cook County. Anger over the increase is widespread, especially in suburbs near the county line, but also in the city of Chicago, where consumers now pay the highest total sales ...
Parkways Foundation Garden Party celebrating the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Garden.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... Parkways Foundation Garden Party celebrating the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Garden When: 10:30 a.m. Thursday Where: Columbus and Balbo drives in Grant Park How much: $225 and up ...
Public sours on Illinois' sweet spot; Corn-syrup backlash stings Corn Products,ADM, local farmers.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: PAUL MERRION Another Illinois industry is under siege. Demand for high-fructose corn syrup, the cheap sugar substitute that sweetens most of the nation's soft drinks and many of its foods, has been dropping fast amid suspicions about its health effects. The ...
Lake Geneva's cramped challenge; Houses hem in rolling space, leaving narrow fairways that are for experts only.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: H. LEE MURPHY Anybody who played Geneva National Golf Club's Arnold Palmer signature course in 1991, when it first opened, enjoyed a wild and adventurous experience on rolling woodlands unspoiled for practically as far as the eye could see. Then houses adjacent to the ...
Geneva National Golf Club.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Sep 07, 2009 ... 1221 Geneva National Ave. South Lake Geneva, Wis. (262) 245-7000 www.genevanationalresort.com Head pro: David Winget Tee times: Accepted 30 days in advance Green fees: $125 on weekends Length: 7,171 yards ...
Home bust makes Heart tick; Loan-workout specialists ride crest of the foreclosure wave.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: ALBY GALLUN A Schaumburg call center that once housed a subprime mortgage lender is now a MASH unit for the foreclosure crisis. A low murmur of voices floats over rows of cubicles where about 200 workers field 7,000 calls a day from delinquent borrowers trying ...
Alphabetical Index.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... {A } Abrams, Lee 48 Ahern, Joseph J. 51 Ahlquist, Gary D. 33 Aiken, Robert B. Jr. 41 Alberding, Ellen S. 51 Allegretti, Carl S. 38 Allen, Samuel R. 47 Allen-Meares, Paula 37 Alter, ...
Info Junkie.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... Byline: Laura Bianchi Technology, politics and comedy top the playlist of Carson Conant, 34, co-founder and CEO of Mediafly, a Chicago-based Internet media broadcasting company. Where he finds them: At home in Glenview, MSNBC's "Morning Joe with Republican Joe ...
Can Mark Shale be re-tailored? New investors bet it can, pinning hopes on fresh looks, celebrity cachet.(NEWS)(Kaleidoscope Imaging Inc's Gary Chiappetta )
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: MONEE FIELDS-WHITE Mark Shale has been outfitting Gary Chiappetta in suits and sportswear for five years. Now Mr. Chiappetta is giving the retailer a new lookand attempting to revive the venerable Chicago clothier after its second trip to bankruptcy in 15 years. ...
Middleby plans to leave Cook County.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... Byline: TODD J. BEHME Commercial oven maker Middleby Corp. plans to move its headquarters out of Cook County, where the company says its property taxes are too high. Elgin-based Middleby has put its 202,752-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility at 1400 ...
On the move.(NEWS)(RBS Citizens, NA)(Geneca LLC)(briefs)
Sep 07, 2009 ... FINANCIAL SERVICES CHARTER ONE BANK, Providence, R.I.: William Kwiatkowski, 38, to vicepresident of the middle-market banking team, in Chicago, from vice-president of capital markets at Freeport Financial LLC. RBS CITIZENS N.A., Providence, R.I.: Stephen A. Maenhout, ...
Prevent Blindness VP aims to boost awareness; Spotlight: Jacinda Adams.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009 ... Byline: Monee Fields-White Job: Vice-president of marketing and development at Chicago-based non-profit Prevent Blindness America, since February. Vitals: 38 years old; bachelor's degree in sociology of law, criminology and deviance, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, ...
Sale won't stanch Sun-Times' losses; Buying at the bottom, Tyree would need to spark revenue growth.(NEWS)(Sun-Times Media Group Inc.)(James Tyree)
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: MIKE COLIAS James Tyree could keep the ink flowing at battered Sun-Times Media Group Inc. Turning it from red to black will be harder. Mr. Tyree, chairman of Chicago's Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc., leads a group of investors in advanced talks to buy the ...
Delinquent loan rate jumps in Chicago; In commercial lending, rank is third-worst among U.S. metro areas.(NEWS)
Sep 07, 2009; ... Byline: EDDIE BAEB The epic commercial real estate hangover for banks is getting worse. The delinquency rates for Chicago-area commercial mortgages, along with construction and land loan delinquencies, jumped again in the second quarter and could rise well into 2010 ...
CORRECTION.(Correction notice)
Sep 07, 2009 ... An Aug. 24 article incorrectly stated Norman Bobins' title. He is chairman of ...
20 YEARS STRONG.
Sep 07, 2009 ... These 30 business leaders have been on the Who's Who list since our inaugural edition in 1989. Michael B. Arrington Michael J. Birck Neil G. Bluhm Peter C. B. Bynoe LeRoy T. Jr. Carlson Constantine A. "Bud" Cataldo ...
Crain's launches online seminars.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009 ... Crain's Chicago Business is launching an online seminar series providing valuable business information to Chicago-area owners and executives, who can participate in the interactive events from their desks. The first Crain's online seminar will be Sept. 23 at 11:30 a.m. and will ...
Do you have what it takes to be your own boss.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009 ... As appealing as being in charge may seem, not everyone is cut out to be a business owner. Even climbing the corporate ladder to top management doesn't always translate into entrepreneurial ability. "The majority of people really do not belong as entrepreneurs because they lack ...
The art of the lawsuit.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: SHIA KAPOS Richard Love, a charismatic art dealer with a prominent Michigan Avenue gallery, has been sued before. But the past two years have yielded a half-dozen lawsuits totaling at least $3 million that paint a picture of a man who reneges on promises, fails to make ...
Ice cracks in office market; First Loop sale in more than a year signals a sharp drop in prices since last fall's credit freeze.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: THOMAS A. CORFMAN The downtown office market is about to see its firstand possibly onlybig building sale of the year, but the price isn't likely to start other owners rushing to sell. A deal is near for the 26-story tower at 303 W. Madison St. at a price of ...
City Hall peddles $40-mil. bike path; Lakefront trail would fix Navy Pier bottleneck, but how to pay for it?(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: PAUL MERRION The Daley administration is reviving plans to build an elevated pathway to keep bicyclists and pedestrians off the streets near Navy Pier, roughly doubling the original cost to $40 million by extending and revamping the route across the Chicago River to fix ...
After School Matters fundraising dinner.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009 ... After School Matters fundraising dinner When: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Where: Washington Park, 5500 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Who'll be there: ...
Winter break on gas bills; Heating tabs set to plunge nearly 30%; "look at it as a gift'.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: STEVE DANIELS Recession-weary consumers and businesses will get a much-needed break this winter in the form of sharply lower heating bills thanks to the cheapest natural gas prices in eight years. Peoples Gas forecasts that the typical Chicago household's gas ...
NO LICENSE TO PRINTMONEY; Delay in economic upswing hasInnerWorkings' investors getting impatient.(NEWS)(InnerWorkings Inc.)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: H. LEE MURPHY As the chastened executives at printing broker InnerWorkings Inc. have come to conclude, the economic recovery still lies somewhere in the distant future. That uncertainty has proved too much for some investors to handle, while those remaining ...
Hotel checks out of Block 37; Loews' exit leaves another hole in hexed project.(NEWS)(Loew's Hotels Inc.)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: THOMAS A. CORFMAN Loews Hotels has walked away from an agreement to build a high-end hotel as part of the Block 37 development, despite getting the site for $1, dealing another blow to a downtown project dogged by decades of delays and other setbacks. Loews ...
ROSENFELD BETS IT ALL; High-stakes Cadbury bid spawns doubts about Kraft's turnaround.(NEWS)(Irene Rosenfeld)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: DAVID STERRETT Irene Rosenfeld could have played it safe. The Kraft Foods Inc. CEO could have spent the next couple of years reaping the benefits of a turnaround strategy that's just starting to bear fruit. With help from a recovering economy, even Kraft's ...
On the move.(NEWS)(Duff and Phelps Inc. appoints Glen Clarke)(Plante and Moran P.L.L.C. appoints Kathy M. Downey)(CDW Corp. appoints Thomas E. Richards)
Sep 14, 2009 ... FINANCIAL SERVICES DUFF & PHELPS CORP., New York: Glen Clarke, 45, to managing director, in Chicago, from leader of the food and beverage investment banking practice at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. LLC. PLANTE & MORAN PLLC, Chicago: Kathy M. Downey, 48, to managing ...
RUSSIAN TEA TIME.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009 ... ??RUSSIAN TEA TIME 77 E. Adams St. (312) 360-0000 ...
Bringing investors back to hedge funds at Mesirow; Spotlight: Thomas Macina.(NEWS)(Occupation overview)(Brief article)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: Ann Saphir Job: President, financial services company Mesirow Advanced Strategies in Chicago, since July 21. Vitals: 40 years old; bachelor's degree in finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991; MBA, Northwestern University, 1996; analyst, ...
Hospitals' new case race: stroke patients; Grabbing gadgets, docs, credentials to cash in on newly lucrative specialty.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009 ... Byline: MIKE COLIAS Stroke patients are the new prize in Chicago-area hospitals' competition to land the most-lucrative cases. Edward Hospital showed off a $5-million lab last week that can help remove blood clots from a stroke victim's brain without surgery. ...
Fioretti follows Daley's lead in backing TIF.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009 ... Alderman Robert Fioretti campaigned for office as an independent willing to oppose Mayor Richard M. Daley, but he's following the mayor's lead when it comes to giving away taxpayers' money. The 2nd Ward alderman is learning to love Mr. Daley's favorite tool for rewarding ...
TROTTER MAKES HIS MOVE; He's seen the worst, and now top chef is going on offense.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: MONEE FIELDS-WHITE The recession that has hammered the restaurant business for 12 months spared nobody, including famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter, whose Armitage Avenue eatery saw sales fall 20%its first decline in 22 years. But now, believing the worst of ...
Conflict at cocktails? Tyree's sure to be tested; When Sun-Times takes on his pals, consummate insider will hear about it.(NEWS)
Sep 14, 2009; ... Byline: ANN SAPHIR Mesirow Financial Inc. CEO James Tyree, accustomed to rubbing shoulders with the city's elite, may soon find himself stepping on their toes. Mr. Tyree, the lead investor of a group that has agreed to buy Sun-Times Media Group Inc., wears more civic ...
A BUSY MAN.(James Tyree)(Brief article)
Sep 14, 2009 ... Some of James Tyree's affiliations: * PrivateBancorp Inc., board member * Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, board ex officio member, executive committee member, former chairman of major donor and global campaign committees * Juvenile ...
PEELING BACK THE COVERAGE; Daley's Olympics insurance leaves city exposed to billions in risk.(NEWS)(Richard M. Daley)
Sep 21, 2009; ... Byline: JOHN PLETZ Mayor Richard M. Daley and Patrick Ryan assure Chicago taxpayers that a safety net of insurance would insulate them from the financial risks of hosting the 2016 Olympics. But the insurance policies Mr. Ryan says he'll secure would cover only about ...
Dogfight over Denver! Southwest steps up attacks on United after failing in merger bid that might have brought peace to key route.(NEWS)(Southwest Airlines Co.)(Frontier Airlines Inc.)
Sep 21, 2009; ... Byline: JOHN PLETZ Southwest Airlines Co.'s failed bid for Frontier Airlines is hurting United Airlines in the key Denver-Chicago market. Dallas-based Southwest continues to add service after it was unable to land a deal that was expected to reduce competition on the ...