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For The Record.(Briefs)(Discover Financial Services is getting into the debit card business)(Greenbrier & Russel is being bought by Fujitsu Consulting)(Mesirow Financial is getting into acquisition with Settlement Planning Associates)
Crain's Chicago Business, February, 2006
Discover Financial Services is getting into the debit card business. An exec with the Riverwoods firm says debit card transactions will increase at up to four times the rate of credit cards. So far, an Oklahoma bank is the only financial institution to sign on to issue the new Discover-branded plastic.
A Mag Mile landmark hotel is expected to be put up for sale. Owners of the Allerton Crowne Plaza could collect $90 million for the 82-year-old Italian Renaissance building, real estate sources say. Also, the billionaire White family of Indiana is selling 100 hotels, worth about $1.7 billion, to BET founder Robert L. Johnson. The sale includes the Hilton Garden Inn and Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Chicago. Schaumburg business technology firm Greenbrier &...
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