Chicagoans seek psychic relief by making a mockery of the fired police superintendent.
Tag: Chicago Board of Trade
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Why did Mayor Emanuel stonewall the Tribune?
The newspaper spent months fighting for information from the Chicago Public Schools.
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NYSE sale to ICE different from CBT to CME
ICE, CME, and TIFs: In the battle of the acronyms, New York fared better than Chicago
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A financial exchange
CME needed the big tax break it just got, because it has so many hungry pols to feed.
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8/7 — Free Pizza at Roots & Culture
On Sat 8/7, Roots & Culture hosts an opening reception for “Hey, We’re All Beginners Here!,” with free pizza.
Posted inNews & Politics
Enriched
To explore the gap between wheat as commodity and wheat as food, artist Sarah Kavage bought—and took possession of—1,000 bushels.
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The latest weirdness on the wheat market
Evan Dooley’s bad wheat bets cost a Chicago firm $141.5 million.
Posted inNews & Politics
A Sucker’s System
In effect, the city is proposing to divert roughly $67 million in property taxes from the chronically broke schools, parks, and county on the shoulders of an $8 million project. Only in Chicago would this kind of deal stand a chance.
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Money for nothing . . .
Welfare for the well-off: a new proposal would give $40 million in TIF funds to the newly merged Merc and Board of Trade.