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Articles in January, 1998 issue of Crain's Chicago Business

• Chicago's leading private firms.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Largest mutual fund companies.
  by Carriere, Rebecca
• Largest insurance brokers.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Largest group health care PPOs.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Just when you thought you were shopped out. (new retailers venture to Chicago, Illinois)
  by George, Melissa
• Building on block 37: JMB exec readies project's debut. (JMB Realty Co. senior VP Bob Lenke)
  by Hinz, Greg
• Blues' new operating officer takes brand name overseas. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assn.'s new COO Scott Serota)
  by Littman, Margaret
• Fish tale: stock drop, losses rock Vita's boat. (Vita Food Products Inc.)
  by Rewick, C.J.
• Illinois' largest exporters.(Statistical Data Included)
  by Lyon, Paula
• The Fortunate 100.(Brief Article)
• Largest construction contractors.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Chicago's largest benefits consultants.
  by Lyon, Paula
• A mutually rewarding pursuit: fund director. (investor activists)
  by Fritz, Michael
• CTA plan: sell, lease back its train lines. (Chicago Transit Authority)
  by Hinz, Greg
• Even small Web sites can have big payoffs.(Small Business)
  by Connors, Mary
• The heat stays on; local acquisition frenzy will continue into 1998.(Biggest Deals)
  by Donley, Michele
• Chicago's largest banks.
• Who's who? A list of Chicago's top executives.
• Key information for meetings in Chicago.
• 1997 wage and salary survey.
• New president takes helm at refocused R.R. Donnelley. (R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. new Pres Jonathan P. Ward)
  by Crown, Judith
• Can this man clean up the biggest mess in local TV? (WMAQ-TV Pres. Larry Welt)
  by Borden, Jeff
• Building profits - and houses, too. (A. Ferris & Co. owner Andrew Ferris)(Small Business)
  by Buchholz, Barbara B.
• Going public? The timing is everything. (initial public offerings in Illinois)(Biggest Deals)
  by Murphy, H. Lee
• Chicago's fastest-growing public firms.(Statistical Data Included)
• Chicago's largest money managers.(Brief Article)
  by Lyon, Paula
• Web developers in Chicago.
• Independent practice associations.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Station tunes in ratings, revenues. (WCIU-TV/Channel 26)
  by Borden, Jeff
• Shelling out seafood that suits every taste. (Bluepoint Oyster Bar; Chicago Illinois)
  by Spiselman, Anne
• Chicago's largest accounting firms. (Chicago, Illinois)(tabular data only)(Directory)
  by Fenrick, Katrina
• To attract Wall St. cash, area telecoms strutting their stuff.
  by Cahill, Joseph B.
• 1996 results for 272 Chicago-area banks.
• Top-paid non-CEOs.
• Chicago's largest law firms.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Largest temporary service firms.
  by Lyon, Paula
• There's light at the end of tunnel for CTA. (Chicago Transit Authority)
  by Phillips-Fein, Kim
• Local investors want Firstar to explore sale.
  by Strahler, Steven R.
• When job experience provides little help: corporate world, entrepreneurial skills different.(Small Business)
  by Rewick, C.J.
• Office politics: companies scrambling for space.(Biggest Deals)
  by Adler, Jane
• TECHNOLOGY 100 Chicago's most influential technology players.
• Chicago's largest public companies.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Largest SBA lenders.
• Largest property management firms.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Chicago's largest physician groups.
  by Lyon, Paula
• So many Dems, so little action. (Democratic gubernatorial nomination)
  by Hinz, Greg
• There's room at the inn, but rates are rising. (hotel and motel industry in Chicago, Illinois)
  by Corfman, Thomas A.
• Selectivity is key to picking winners amid Asia crisis. (interview with Institutional Capital Corp.'s Pres and CIO Robert Lyon)(Interview)
  by Fritz, Michael
• Ready, set, go! ComEd rivals start competing. (Commonwealth Edison Co.)
  by Crown, Judith
• Chicago's largest thrifts.(Statistical Data Included)
• Largest management consultants.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Chicago's busiest airlines.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Chichago's largest employers.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Bidding heats up for prime river property. (Chicago, Illinois)
  by Corfman, Thomas A.
• Grubb & Ellis loosens ties to cyclical market. (Grubb and Ellis Co.)
  by Murphy, H. Lee
• Spiegel's spiral: losses, catalog woes mounting. (Spiegel Inc.)
  by George, Melissa
• Next item to assemble: a distinctive marketing plan. (marketing prospects of Andrew Ferris' homebuilding business)5(Small Business)
  by Schindler, Judy
• Stagnant Teltrend looks for makeover. (Teltrend Inc.)
  by Murphy, H. Lee
• Chicago's largest foreign-owned firms.(Statistical Data Included)
  by Lyon, Paula
• Venture capital firms.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Chicago's largest public relations firms.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Chicago's 25 largest hospitals.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Don't touch Internet tax, city, state say. (Chicago, Illinois)
  by MacLachlan, Claudia
• Kennedys eye Mart deal. (financial restructuring of Chicago's Merchandise Mart)
  by Corfman, Thomas A.
• Insurance costs vex employers; customized policies offer businesses relief from rising premiums.(Small Business)
  by Page, Leigh
• Consultant targets software market; Greenbrier goes up against titans Microsoft, IBM. (Greenbrier & Russel Inc.)
  by Cahill, Joseph B.
• Foreign banks in Chicago.
• Chicago's largest accounting firms.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Chicago's largest hotels.
  by Carriere, Rebecca
• Phone hex? It's a wild in wireless. (wireless telephone service deals)
  by Cahill, Joseph B.
• Riding learning curve, DeVry steps up growth. (DeVry Inc.)
  by Murphy, H. Lee
• That thud? It's the price of Asian products. (firms' business prospects in Asia)
  by Crown, Judith
• Broadcasters tune in on TV megatower.
  by Merrion, Paul
• Market Facts.(Statistical Data Included)
• Illinois companies' investment bankers.
• Largest associations.
• Chicago's largest HMOs.
  by Lyon, Paula
• Political spinmeister is no party animal. (political consultant Thom Serafin)
  by Merrion, Paul
• Taking on a dirty job. (Brownfield Developement Corp.)
  by Merrion, Paul
• Indeck Power, Energy defend top officer's compensation: seek reversal of IRS ruling that CEO was overpaid. (Indeck Energy Services Inc.; Indeck Power Equipment Co.)
  by Moskal, Jerry

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