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Olympics Loss Puts Daley On Defensive And Chicago Plans In Limbo

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Chicago's dream of an Olympics-sized stimulus was dashed when the 2016 Summer Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, and the loss amoun...

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Chicago-Area Job Losses Rise, Highest Since '04

Crain's Chicago Business | Moneè Fields-White | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

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Companies throughout the Chicago area reduced their payrolls in November by the most jobs in more than four years, government figures released Tuesday...

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Chicago-Area Jobless Rate Now 6.9%

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

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The jobless rate for metropolitan Chicago rose in October to 6.9%, according to figures released Wednesday. The Illinois Department of Employment Sec...

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Area Jobless Rate Slightly Lower

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago-area jobless rate fell in September, remaining above the national average but below statewide levels. The September unemployment rate for...

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Daley Defends Budget Cuts

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

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Ignoring sniping from all sides, Mayor Daley said today he's not about to soften the cuts in his tough-times 2009 budget because there's no money to p...

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Economy Is Voters Biggest Concern: Tribune Poll

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

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For Brian Gerber of Wheeling, the economic anxiety afflicting a nation lumbering toward Election Day gained a very human face last week, and it was a ...

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Ford To Cut 800 Chicago Jobs

ABC 7 | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- There will be more layoffs at an auto plant on Chicago's Far South Side. Ford plans to cut nearly 800 jobs at its factory at 103rd an...

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Illinois Can't Pay Mounting Bills

Southtown Star | Doug Finke | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago

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Illinois finished the first three months of its budget year in some of its worst financial shape ever, with a mountain of unpaid bills and record dela...

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