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LOS ANGELES — A judge has increased bond to $100,000 for an Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. Michael Barrett was in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Friday to face one count of interstate stalking. It was not immediately clear ...

(Reuters) — U.S. regulators are reviewing preliminary data suggesting patients taking Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s weight loss drug Meridia may have a higher risk of cardiovascular problems, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. "The analysis of these data is ongoing and FDA is ...

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A $17 billion offer by the Pennsylvania chocolatier -- reportedly being encouraged by its trust -- could start a bidding war with Kraft.

In a major setback to its urban ambitions,Joseph Freed and Associates LLC lost control of the long troubled Block 37 project just as the first stores prepared to open.

A muscle car show announced Friday it is leaving McCormick Place, but not for Las Vegas or Orlando.

(AP) — Sun-Times Media Group Inc., which was recently sold out of bankruptcy to an investor group, said Friday it named John Barron to the newly created group publisher position. He was also named senior vice president of news and editorial operations. The owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and ...

March event moving to Rosemont

The muscle car show announced Friday it is leaving McCormick Place, but not for Las Vegas or Orlando.

(Crain’s) — Allstate Corp. is getting out of the stock-picking business. The Northbrook-based insurance giant confirmed that it has hired Goldman Sachs Asset Management to handle its $4.6-billion portfolio of public equities. About 15 jobs — 5% of Allstate Investments’ workforce — ...

(Reuters) — U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co. is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. Hershey has lined up deal funding from Bank of ...

With its membership pinched, the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago.

(Crain’s) — Oprah Winfrey's decision to end her long-running syndicated program is a bet on the future of TV — that niche cable channels, with their dual revenue streams from advertising and subscriptions, will be a more stable media base, and that technology will allow any content provider ...

(Crain’s) — An investor in the now-defunct De La Costa Restaurant is seeking nearly $3 million from his former partner, who recently pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. Michael Demnicki claims in a lawsuit that principal investors in De La Costa deliberately hid the restaurant’s ...

(AP) — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision. Winfrey told the audience that she loved "The Oprah Winfrey Show," that it had been ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent-flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb. 10.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will keep its operations there, instead of leaving the state to cut costs.

A unique non-profit effort to expand and enhance the lives of young African women has been started at Niles West High School in Skokie. For the past two summers, the High School District 219-based organization called Expanding Lives has brought seven young African women to the Chicago area.

SKOKIE, Ill.----Forsythe Solutions Group, an IT infrastructure integrator with 38 years of industry experience, today announced that it received the Partner of the Year award at the 2009 EMC® North America Partner Council, which took place in San Antonio on November 3, 2009.

SKOKIE, Ill.----Forsythe Solutions Group, an IT infrastructure integrator with 38 years of industry experience, today announced that it received the 2009 VAR of the Year Award from Symantec Corporation November 5th at Symantec Partner Engage 2009 in Orlando, Florida.

(Crain’s) — Aon Corp. on Friday announced the sudden departure of Ted Devine, one of CEO Gregory C. Case’s key lieutenants. Effective immediately, Mr. Devine, 46, is leaving as president of Aon Risk Services, the Chicago firm’s core insurance brokerage unit, to launch a non-profit ...