In Chicago, a Rowdy Trading Scene Grows Quieter
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As electronic trading becomes more common, the culture of open outcry trading may be nearing its end.
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The commercial real estate marketplace weathers the storm.
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But Chinaâs move to cool its heated stock market limited Wall Streetâs broader advance and raised concern about a global equity sell-off.
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More and more brokerages are courting the little guy.
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Making the transition while the market churns.
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Not everyone wants the market to keep going up.
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Rapid cooling of area real estate market compels superintendents, teachers to do more with less.
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As property tax bills hit Chicago mailboxes next week, most will deliver a lighter thud than before. Don&#39;t get too excited -- that thud will gradually get heavier.
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London traders still in selling mood after yesterday's turbulent session and hectic trading in Asia overnight
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Hundreds of the cityâs best and brightest are leaving, driven away by crime, high rents and what many say is a dissipating sense of possibility.
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The nationâs big retail chains, a closely watched barometer of economic health, reported dreary December sales, which may stoke fears of a recessionary downtown.
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The bloodbath in the residential mortgage market is attracting some creatures of a darker disposition.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices were mixed in quiet trade on Friday as investors shuffled money up and down the yield curve while awaiting economic data and more Fed comments later in the session.
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Fewer restaurants than usual are open, making the narrow street appear dimmer. A staff shortage has owners tending bar, and the menus have thinned.
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AirTran's expansion in Chicago may be bumpy.
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A US construction boom in office towers, retail space, and warehouses contrasts the dormant housing market.
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The days of seeking out ticket-scalpers in the shadows, ducking into alleys and dodging police for that elusive Yankees-Red Sox seat are fading fast.