Tag: Chicago
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Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart’s Allure
Wall Street Journal: Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart's Allure CHICAGO—Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has won the support of dozens of church ministers in its long-running battle to expand in Chicago, a sign of how the recession has softened skepticism of the retailer in a community desperate for jobs. The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands…
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Progressives Declare -No Jobs- are Good Enough For South-Side Residents
Chicago Daily Observer: Progressives Declare -No Jobs- are Good Enough For South-Side Residents If there's ever an illustration of how "progressive" elites and organized labor are keeping the very people they supposedly care about locked up on the plantation, it's their consuming opposition to a new Wal-Mart store on the South Side. … Okay, you…
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Four Hours to Kill in Chicago. What Should I do?
I am flying to Chicago for the day on Tuesday for an event that I thought would be an all-day event. My plane arrives at about 7:30 am at O'hare and the event will be at a nearby hotel. It turns out it won't begin until 12:30 pm! (If you knew how much of a…