Crain's Chicago Business articles from November 2007

Crain's Chicago Business archives from November 2007

Christopher Fiegen; 39 Chief investment officer, Equity International.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Equity International Properties Ltd.)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Alby Gallun Investing in Mexico used to seem "on the edge'' to Christopher Fiegen, chief investment officer of Equity International, Sam Zell's overseas real estate investment business. Yet the edge keeps moving farther out to...

Nils Larsen; 37 Managing director, Equity Group Investments LLC.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Gregory Meyer A man lugs a mountain bike out of an office building, hops on and pedals north on Canal Street. He wears bike shoes, a skateboard helmet and a messenger bag over a shoulder. To drivers stuck in traffic he resembles...

Gerald Beeson; 35 Chief financial officer, Citadel Investment Group.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Ann Saphir Gerald Beeson, his pregnant wife and three kids had just come up from the lake at their Michigan vacation home on a Sunday afternoon in late July when his cell phone rang. Mr. Beeson's boss, Citadel Investment Group CEO...

Donald Wilson Jr. 39 CEO, DRW Holdings LLC.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Ann Saphir Donald Wilson Jr. debuted at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1989. Each day after trading in the eurodollar options pit, he'd go figure his next moves on his Macintosh SE, muffling his printer with a pillow so he...

Peng Chen; 37 President, chief investment officer, Ibbotson Associates Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Sarah A. Klein Twelve years before Peng Chen was named president of Morningstar Inc. subsidiary Ibbotson Associates Inc., he was struggling to figure out how to use an ATM card. As a newly arrived immigrant from China who barely...

Jimmy Lee; 30 Managing director, U.S. Asian Business Council.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Dee Gill Even before his 29th birthday, Jimmy Lee routinely briefed President George W. Bush on U.S.-Asia relations and shared meals with world leaders. But it came as a surprise last month when Mr. Lee took leave from his job as...

William Harker; 35 Senior vice-president, general counsel, Sears Holdings Corp.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Monee Fields-White William Harker is an avid sports fan. Most Saturday mornings and about three times a week, Sears' top lawyer can be found flying around on his Trek 1500 or Madone road racing bikes. His goal: to pedal at...

Bobbi Marstellar; 36 Vice-president, American Institute of Steel Construction.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Christina Le Beau As the youngest and only female vice-president of the 86-year-old American Institute of Steel Construction, Bobbi Marstellar gets the expected novelty treatment. One recent cringe-worthy declaration: "Woman of...

Emissions debate gets heated; Dissenters hit proposed 'cap-and-trade' allowances.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: PAUL MERRION Business and labor groups are getting hot about a state global-warming plan expected from Gov. Rod Blagojevich next year. The groups have started lobbying state lawmakers about proposals to restrict emissions from...

Chinwe Onyeagoro; 28 Co-founder, managing partner, O-H Community Partners Ltd.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Christina Le Beau Last summer, Chinwe Onyeagoro was chatting with two friends, fellow entrepreneurs, when one joked that the three of them should write a screenplay about female business owners. "We'd have these midnight calls,...

Kip Kirkpatrick; 36 Partner, co-founder, Water Street Healthcare Partners.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Mike Colias It became known as the "double-bank shot'' around Water Street Healthcare Partners, the private-equity shop Kip Kirkpatrick co-founded in 2005. The firm last spring was negotiating perhaps its most complex...

Fabio Acerbi; 33 Corporate and government affairs director, Kraft Foods Brazil.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Laurie Cunningham As a 4-year-old in Brazil, Fabio Acerbi used to put on his father's suits and pretend to speak English in front of a mirror."Other kids wanted to be astronauts or firemen, but I always wanted to be a...

Alexi Giannoulias; 31 Treasurer, State of Illinois.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Greg Hinz He is, as U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Chicago, puts it, "hungry''-someone who clawed his way to a high rung in state politics at age 30 over tremendous opposition. Yet, "he's genuinely committed to public service,'' she...

Julie Ruder; 35 Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Sarah A. Klein Julie Ruder spends her days prosecuting corrupt politicians and other high-profile defendants, including Canadian media baron Conrad Black, who is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of mail fraud and...

Lisa Moeller; 38 President, chief operating officer, USO of Illinois.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(United Service Organization)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Michelle Evans Lisa Moeller is no Bob Hope. As president and chief operating officer of the USO of Illinois, her goal for the non-profit organization is to meet the needs of military personnel, not just function as a dance hall...

Jason Katzman; 38 Vice-president, foodservice bakery marketing, Sara Lee Corp.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: David Sterrett Jason Katzman isn't a typical marketing professional. He's a "numbers guy'' who worked in banking prior to joining Sara Lee in 1995. After spending a decade moving up the finance department ladder, he lobbied for a...

Source Seeker.(Business of Life)(Global TradeSource Ltd.)(Laurel Delaney )(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Laura Bianchi If Laurel Delaney could kick her addiction to business input, she would hole up with literary classics. Instead, the founder of Global TradeSource Ltd. and LaurelDelaney.com, Chicago-based firms helping businesses go...

Center stage: Execs bid on starring roles.(Business of Life)(Motorola Inc.)(Eileen Sweeney)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Shia Kapos Chicago executives might crave the spotlight, but for real drama, they buy their way onto the stage. Eileen Sweeney, who heads corporate giving for Motorola Inc., plans to bid on a chorus position at Victory Gardens...

David Fisher; 38 CEO, OptionsXpress Holdings Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Dee Gill In 2001, David Fisher had no restaurant experience, no public accounting certification and barely two years on the job as a corporate financial officer. So what made Bryant Keil, CEO of Potbelly Sandwich Works LLC, realize...

For the Record.(Briefs)(George Ryan cases of corruption)(Kraft Foods Inc contracts with DANONE Group )(Neumann Homes )
November 5, 2007... Former Gov. George Ryan's hopes of staying out of prison got a boost when a U.S. Supreme Court justice asked prosecutors to explain why Mr. Ryan should not remain free on bond while he challenges his corruption conviction. Mr. Ryan, 73, is due...

CTA doomsday delayed, for now.(Briefs)
November 5, 2007... Doomsday is off-at least for now. An unexpected source rode to the rescue of Chicago-area public transit users: The Federal Transit Administration, which provides grants to local governments and states, authorized Illinois to transfer $21...

On the Move.(People)(brief)
November 5, 2007... FINANCIAL SERVICES Advanced Equities Inc., Chicago: Byron Crowe, 42, to president, from chief operating officer. He replaces Jeff Fisher, 48, who left the company. Alumni Capital Network, New York: Paul S. Detlefs, 51, to managing...

Joseph DeVito; 36 Owner, Moto and Otom restaurants.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Hanson Four years ago, Chicago restaurateur Joseph DeVito had an idea. "I wanted to do something I hadn't done before-an Asian fine-dining restaurant,'' he says. Then Mr. DeVito met Homaro Cantu, a Charlie Trotter...

FED RATE CUTS WON'T FEND OFF '08 SLOWDOWN; A Conversation with Money Manager Jeff Rode.(Markets)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Daniel Rome Levine Jeff Rode, 41, principal and portfolio manager, Segall Bryant & Hamill Investment Counsel, Chicago Experience: Eight years Assets under management: $4.9 billion Crain's: How has your investment...

Hotels 'the hottest product'; Project starts nearly double while office, multifamily sectors fall.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: EDDIE BAEB Hotel construction is booming in the Chicago area, as project starts through the first three quarters almost doubled compared with the same period last year, while the larger office and multifamily sectors slowed,...

Destination: Milwaukee.(Business of Life)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Anne Ford GET AWAY: With only three weeks until Black Friday, it's time to start strategizing for holiday shopping. Unless you enjoy navigating the chain-store herds, your smartest gift-buying move may be hitting smaller, quirky...

CTA sinkhole; COST OVERRUNS ON DOWNTOWN SUPERSTATION ADD TO TRANSIT AGENCY'S WOES.(News)(Chicago Transit Authority)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Greg Hinz However it ends-as of this writing, doomsday had apparently been postponed again-the great debate over public-transit funding in Springfield has shown our local government leaders to be anything but. A leader is...

Datebook.(Calendar/Datebook)(Calendar)
November 5, 2007... THIS WEEK NOV. 5: Career Resource Center Inc. presents Resume Preparation and Presentation. 10:15 a.m. Career Resource Center, Grove Cultural Campus, 40 E. Old Mill Road, Suite 105, Lake Forest. Fee: $40. (847) 295-5626. NOV. 5-6:...

WRIGLEY'S RUNNING MAN; William Perez, the first outsider CEO at Wrigley, is off to a fast start. Can he outrun Cadbury Schweppes?(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: DAVID STERRETT Marathoner William Perez has spent his first year at Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. getting the gum maker in shape. The first outsider to run the 116-year-old Chicago-based company controlled by the Wrigley family has...

Local talent taking Apollo global; Ex-Credit Suisse star also rumored as next CEO.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: STEVEN R. STRAHLER The country's biggest educator, Apollo Group Inc., plans to run its newly established international operation from a Chicago office headed by a former analyst of the company and the for-profit education industry....

Sebastien Canonne; 39 Co-owner, dean, French Pastry School.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Ritz-Carlton Hotel)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Sarah A. Klein Sebastien Canonne has a lot to cover in a two-hour class on puff pastry dough and creme anglaise, most of which his students are not expecting. His first lesson: Don't forget to put your wedding ring back on...

The Condo King; Developer Colin Kihnke breaks ground on Loop high-rise project, luring buyers with bargain- basement prices and bucking local real estate swoon.(News)(CMK Development Corp.)
November 5, 2007... Byline: ALBY GALLUN Colin Kihnke is proving that cheap chic sells in Chicago's downtown condominium market. Mr. Kihnke's company, CMK Development Corp., broke ground last month on a 714-unit high-rise at 235 W. Van Buren St., the...

Private Bank's bid for the big time; Private Bank's Little-known lender tries to capture top spot in business banking by hiring away dozens of LaSalle execs in biggest bank talent raid Chicago has seen.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: STEVE DANIELS An obscure commercial real estate lender with a yen to manage money for wealthy families has pulled off the most audacious talent raid in Chicago banking history in a bid to become the city's top business bank. ...

U.S. Bank branches out; Moving in on Chase's turf in Chicago area: Dominick's stores.(News)(U.S. Bancorp.)
November 5, 2007... Byline: STEVE DANIELS U.S. Bancorp Inc. has broken J. P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s hold on bank branches within Dominick's Finer Foods. The Minneapolis-based bank-the nation's sixth-largest, with assets of $228 billion-has two new branches...

Susan Hassan; 37 Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom L.L.P.)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Emily Stone Between college and law school, Susan Hassan helped found an organization that mentors homeless adults. She entered law school at the University of Michigan thinking she would apply her degree toward similar public...

Jay Ryan; 35 Artist, owner, the Bird Machine.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Sarah A. Klein Before artist and printmaker Jay Ryan tackles his to-do list, he and his wife, Diana Sudyka, walk their greyhound, Seth, to the Starbucks in their Evanston neighborhood. Along the way, they stop to whistle at the...

Energy-efficiency strategies make economic sense.(Opinion)(Environmental Law and Policy Center)(Viewpoint essay)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Howard A. Learner Howard A. Learner is executive director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago. Implementing modern, clean energy- efficiency technologies is the best, fastest and cheapest way to meet Chicago's...

Tasting Smart.(Business of Life)(Amateur wine and beer tasting groups )(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: H. Lee Murphy Amateur wine and beer tasting groups have sprung up around Chicago and the rest of the country. Here are some tips from the pros: Limit your beverage assortment. Amateur palates get fatigued or confused after more...

Canning's batting average to be tested; Madison Dearborn CEO sees pace of deals slowing.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: ANN SAPHIR John Canning has a new game plan: small ball. After recently closing on his $7.3-billion takeover of CDW Corp., the CEO of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC has been telling investors to expect a decline in the pace of...

Scott Dolan; 36 Senior vice-president of airport operations, president of United Cargo, UAL Corp.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Mark Scheffler When Scott Dolan peers at his computer every morning, it seems more like a window than a screen. What he sees at 6:30 a.m. each weekday isn't United Airlines 747s or harried passengers sprinting to the gate. Mr....

Cat rival mines big truck order.(News)(Komatsu America Corp. contracts with coal company)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: BOB TITA Caterpillar Inc. isn't the only company busy building big yellow trucks in Downstate Illinois. Komatsu America Corp., the Rolling Meadows-based subsidiary of Japan's Komatsu Ltd., will assemble 45 giant dump trucks...

Vincent Cordero; 36 Vice-president, general manager, Univision and Telefutura television groups.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Samantha Stainburn Vincent Cordero's path to success has had as many twists as the telenovelas that air on the two Spanish-language television stations he manages. Raised in a working-class Los Angeles neighborhood, Mr. Cordero...

Leslie Lancry; 39 President, founder, Language Stars LLC.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Sarah A. Klein Leslie Lancry watches silently as a 2-year-old boy in a Brian Urlacher jersey makes his way to a Spanish class at her Lincoln Park language school. On the wall behind her, an ambitious mission statement declares...

Indie films get new life on DVD; Libertyville distributor enters competitive field.(News)(Cinema Obscura DVD)
November 5, 2007... Byline: ROBERT LOERZEL Hundreds of independent movies play each year at film festivals, but only a fraction ever make it to DVD. A new Libertyville company aims to bring some of those noteworthy but neglected movies to a bigger audience....

Paramount Room dishes chic snacks; A tony meeting point for after-work grazing.(Business of Life)(Paramount Restaurant Co.)
November 5, 2007... Byline: ALISON NEUMER LARA Although the owners reportedly hate the discordant British term "gastropub'' (and who likes the sound of it, really?), West Town's Paramount Room strikes this note with a chic sensibility reflected in its...

Andrew Ward; 37 Director, investment strategy and asset allocation, Boeing Co.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Samantha Stainburn Andrew Ward is a conservative guy. And that's just how his 650,000 current and retired colleagues like it. Mr. Ward's job is to find a better way for Boeing to manage the $80 billion in its pension plan. Over...

Justin Jarvinen; 35 CEO, VerveLife.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Occupation overview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Christina Le Beau It could be the awards stacked up higher than an ego trip. Or that restaurateurs all over Chicago know him by name. Or the deal VerveLife cut with record label EMI that puts the company in a position to reach four...

Kate Edwards; 34 CEO, Jentro Technologies North America.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Christina Le Beau When Kate Edwards decided to take up hiking, she flew to Nepal. Scuba diving? She dove Belize's famed Blue Hole. Tattoo? A big one, right in the middle of her back. Ms. Edwards doesn't do anything halfway,...

Isaac Palmer; 32 CEO, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Mike Colias Fresh out of college and enrolled in a three-year program for would-be health care managers, Isaac Palmer was given a window into the harried world of hospitals. He wheeled a corpse to the morgue, held a pan for a...

Janet Isabelli; 30 Vice-president, Midwest Wagstaff Worldwide Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Shia Kapos Janet Isabelli has worked with her share of temperamental entrepreneurs. But not many are a match for her latest client, the mercurial Donald Trump and his Trump International Hotel & Tower. The Chicago office...

Mike Polisky; 38 President, general manager, Chicago Rush.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Bruce Blythe It's 6 a.m. on a September morning, and the treadmills and weight benches at the Willow Creek Club fitness center in Rosemont sit mostly idle, the stillness broken only by the occasional clank of a dumbbell and...

Genevieve Thiers; 29 Founder, SitterCity Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Brandon Copple It's quarter to five and, for a moment, Genevieve Thiers is still, locked in on an end-of-the-day e-mail. She sends it and returns to her usual state of hyperactivity. For the next 10 minutes she twists and scoots in...

Absinthe works its magic again.(Business of Life)(Viridian Spirits LLC )(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Crystal Yednak At Delilah's in Lincoln Park, bar owner Mike Miller broke out bottles of a new brand of spirit last month, the likes of which haven't been sold legally in the United States for nearly a century. An authentic...

Navistar maps post-Ford plan; Aiming to push into new markets, biz lines if biggest client walks.(News)(Navistar International Corp.)
November 5, 2007... Byline: BOB TITA Navistar International Corp.'s plans for life after the loss of its biggest customer, Ford Motor Co., include moves into new overseas markets and even new lines of business, such as boat engines. If Ford quits using...

In Internet age, Wish Book makes comeback; Sears pares its historic catalog for the holidays.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: EMILY BRYSON YORK Crain News Service Sears Holding Corp. is betting there's room for its Sears Wish Book catalog in the Internet age. The new Wish Book won't be what it once was: a heavyweight tome packed with every item the...

Costs curb growth at Molex; Metals prices a drag on Lisle parts maker's net.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: H. LEE MURPHY Over the past few decades, Molex Inc. has prided itself on consistently growing at two to three times the pace of rivals in the connector industry. That performance has enabled the company to rise from its No. 10...

Changing perceptions of market researcher IRI.(People)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Brandon Glenn Job: CEO, Information Resources Inc., a Chicago-based provider of market research data to consumer products sellers and retailers, since September. IRI belongs to Symphony Technology Group, a California-based holding...

Crain's Picks.(Business of Life)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Crystal Yednak BOOKS Steven Johnson 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive (312) 665-7400 www.fieldmuseum.org 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Free Author Steven Johnson discusses his best-selling book "The Ghost Map,'' a...

Microsoft moves in; $500-mil. Northlake data hub will be key in battle with Google.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: EDDIE BAEB Microsoft Corp. plans to open a massive data center in Northlake next year that will be central to the software giant's war with Google Inc. for Internet supremacy. The structure, large enough to hold eight football...

Sara Greenstein; 33 Senior vice-president, chief commercial officer, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Bob Tita Whether she's just arrived back from a week of meetings in China or getting ready to jet to Germany or California, Sara Greenstein always finds time for the Bagel. The unpretentious breakfast diner and deli on Broadway...

Kennedy speaks up for the arts.(Business of Life)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Mary Cameron Frey The Illinois Arts Alliance was founded in 1982 to fight a threat to eliminate state funding for the arts. Today, it is among the most innovative and effective statewide arts advocacy and service organizations in...

Opening.(Business of Life)
November 5, 2007... "Mapping the Universe" 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive (312) 922-7827 www.adlerplanetarium.org 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday Museum admission: $10 general, $8 for Chicago residents, $6 for children From early maps...

Corrections.(Correction notice)
November 5, 2007... An Oct. 29 story gave an incorrect figure for Northern Trust Corp. employees outside the U.S. It is about 3,300. The Oct. 22 Taking Names column incorrectly described the attire of Kraft Foods Inc.'s guests at a Halloween benefit last year...

Bill Burgess; 37 Managing director, Goldman Sachs & Co.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Dee Gill Bill Burgess thought pretty highly of himself as a teenager, an impression fueled by great grades and a pick of colleges before him. He chose the U.S. Naval Academy "because it was the only place I thought I would be below...

Peter Dumon; 38 President, Harp Group Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Eddie Baeb Peter Dumon's first hotel development, a Hawthorn Suites in Rosemont, was losing money after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks when the two-year-old property was taken back by the lenders. To help his company survive,...

Alex Vetter; 37 Senior vice-president, sales, Cars.com.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Michelle Evans Alex Vetter knows he will never top his first job. After college, he traveled with a team of U.S. lacrosse all-stars, playing exhibition games across Europe and coaching teams in London. "Since I was a little...

Dusting off glory at U of C Quad Club; New aim: buffing it up to match its storied past.(Business of Life)(Raphael Lee)
November 5, 2007... Byline: STEVEN R. STRAHLER Raphael Lee is a plastic surgeon and biomedical engineer at the University of Chicago who is readying the operating table for his next patient: the Quadrangle Club on the Hyde Park campus. The 85-year-old...

ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT; United's ride gets bumpy amid record fuel prices, spinoff doubts.(Markets)
November 5, 2007... Byline: JOHN PLETZ United Airlines' shares, flying high much of this year, have hit a downdraft as oil prices head toward $100 a barrel and skepticism grows over potential business spinoffs. Shares of UAL Corp., the Chicago-based...

Shundrawn Thomas; 33 Senior vice-president, head of corporate strategy, Northern Trust Corp.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Steve Daniels Shundrawn Thomas is pretty sure his first name is unique to him. His parents-believers in uncommon names for their children-came up with Shundrawn by putting together the first letters of the first names of their best...

Taxpayers can't afford more TIF districts.(Opinion)(Tax Increment Financing)(Viewpoint essay)
November 5, 2007... It's time to take TIFs off the table. A city facing fiscal woes so severe that Mayor Richard M. Daley wants to raise taxes $300 million a year can't afford to forgo any more revenue. Tax-increment financing, the mayor's favorite...

Insurers' latest Rx: rating docs; As a perk to employers, plans now issue grades on costs, other measures.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: MIKE COLIAS Downers Grove surgeon E. Thomas Marquardt was stunned earlier this year when he got a letter from a health insurer slapping his wrist for ordering a certain knee procedure too many times. "Some of these insurance...

Big Brother is watching; With CME 'setting the tone,' cameras will come to former CBOT floor.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: ANN SAPHIR CME Group Inc. is keeping a close eye on its onetime rival. After acquiring the Chicago Board of Trade for about $12 billion in July, CME is getting ready to install, for the first time, a set of cameras on the...

Terry Thomas; 38 Vice-president, general manager, super regional, PepsiCo Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: David Sterrett A childhood conversation still drives Terry Thomas. He vividly remembers his sixth-grade teacher, mother and nine aunts and uncles sitting him down in the family's Danville ranch house to tell him how they had...

Juan Ochoa; 37 CEO, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Gregory Meyer While board members hold forth at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority's public meetings, Juan Ochoa usually keeps his own counsel. It's typical for the former lobbyist, a behind-the-scenes insider who...

Omar Khan; 32 Vice-president, mobile devices business, integrated supply chain, Motorola Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Samantha Stainburn As a talkative 8-year-old, Omar Khan liked to assert his opinions during the lively discussions on Pakistani and Indian politics that often occurred when his parents, immigrants from Karachi, got together with...

Gin, for those who won't drink it; Owner hopes 'vodka fatigue' buoys new spirit.(News)(Right Gin )
November 5, 2007... Byline: DAVID STERRETT A Chicago-based marketer has a unique pitch for a new brand of gin. "Right Gin is for people who hate gin,'' says Cory Isaacson, who also is a part owner of the brand. "Gin hasn't been cool since `The Great...

Ryan Schreiber; 31 Publisher, editor in chief, Pitchfork Media Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Brett Chase Hanging at the bar of Schubas before the start of a show, Ryan Schreiber is talking music-his favorite subject-taking intermittent swigs from his pint of Stella and quick drags of his Camel. Asked what he likes about...

Chicago's hold on spirits world; Tippling for fun, profit at beverage institute; sobering challenges.(Business of Life)
November 5, 2007... Byline: H. LEE MURPHY It's 10 a.m., and Jerald O'Kennard is hunched at a desk at work, drinking. Today is Thursday: vodka. Yesterday it was organic wines; tomorrow it's likely to be bock beer. A shipment of 800 bottles of wine from...

'A better shot' at building new hospitals in Illinois; New law changes how state determines need.(News)
November 5, 2007... Byline: MIKE COLIAS Some local health systems hope a new law will improve their chances of winning state approval to build new hospitals. Because of the law, the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, which regulates construction...

My favorite hour.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Thomas Mucha Each year we bring you Chicago's top 40 under 40. These are the city's young leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and CEOs (current and future). As one might expect, the list is full of smart, talented and...

Sarah Kirson; 38 Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Ann Saphir Sarah Kirson says she got the idea to become a lawyer from her parents. "They focused on the fact that I was very good at arguing with them," she says. A perfect score on the LSAT convinced her to give it a try. She...

Kraft chief pressed to clean out cupboard; CEO Rosenfeld taking inventory of brands.(News)
November 12, 2007... Byline: DAVID STERRETT Irene Rosenfeld is just beginning to rearrange Kraft Foods Inc.'s pantry. A.1. steak sauce, Grey Poupon mustard and Toblerone chocolates are just some of the brands the CEO will have to consider selling in coming...

On the Move.(People)(Adams Harris Inc. appoints Rob Dennison)(Sinai Health System appoints Karen Teitelbaum)(UGL EQUIS appoints Michael Merritt)
November 12, 2007... ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT Chicago Wolves, Glenview: Mike Berndt, 29, to executive vice-president of business operations, from executive director of sponsorship and marketing. Also, Courtney Mahoney, 33, to vice-president of operations, from...

Crain's Picks.(Business of Life)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Crystal Yednak COMEDY "Tuesday Night Live with the Second City'' 1601 N. Clark St. (312) 642-4600 www.chicagohistory.org 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Tickets: $12 general; $10 members As part of the focus on...