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Chicago area consumer prices dip on 11-cent gas decline

TradeMonster rides mobile waves as traders adopt iPads

Northern Trust 1Q profit up, but misses expectations

Littelfuse buys sensor-maker Hamlin for $145M in cash

Radogno cites pension advances, but reignites ‘cost shift’ debate

Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno said on Monday that state lawmakers made progress during the current legislative session toward addressing Illinois’s estimated $100 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. But the Republican leader from Lemont also criticized Speaker of the House Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) for his focus on downstate teacher pensions.

“We’ve won the battle on acknowledging the problem,” Radogno said of pensions at a City Club of Chicago luncheon. “Now, of course, the difficulty is finishing the war.”

Danish pumpmaker to move HQ, 40 jobs to Downers Grove

Ricketts: Wrigley Field deal will help Cubs win World Series

Envestnet buying Prudential wealth unit

City ordinance promises TIF transparency amid calls for reform

A coalition of aldermen proposed legislation on Wednesday that would require the city to aggregate information and performance metrics regarding Tax Increment Finance projects into a centralized online database.

The “TIF accountability ordinance” builds on the 2009 TIF sunshine ordinance that required the city’s Department of Housing and Economic Development to publish information about spending in each TIF district.

FAA orders inspection of more than 1,000 Boeing jets

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