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Dispatch from the Sweets & Snacks Expo: "Where's the candy?"
I had just returned from a reporting foray to the Sweets & Snacks Expo -- the three-day extravaganza of indulgence that kicked off Tuesday at McCormick Place -- when fellow reporters (and several editors) hit me with the question: "Where's the candy?"...
Tags: Values, Religion and Belief, Ceremonies, Popcorn, Journalism
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Reinventing the brownie
Baking brownies has made Sheila G. Mains more than popular among friends and family. It has turned her into an entrepreneur as founder and chief executive officer of Sheila G Brands, LLC, based in West Palm Beach. Mains grew her passion into a food...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Media Industry, Windermere, Google+, Consumers
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For candy-maker, Nelly endorsement could be sweet or sour
Hip-hop endorsements have taken a couple of high-profile hits lately, with major companies cutting ties to artists whose work has been criticized as degrading to women. But Just Born Inc. is embracing the culture, touting on Tuesday its new marketing...
Tags: Reebok Ltd., McDonald's, Emmett Till, PepsiCo Inc., Celebrities
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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
TribuneHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...Tags: Barack Obama, Unions, Navy Pier, Chicago Hotels, Penny Pritzker
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Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago
Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...
Tags: Baltimore Hotels, Corporate Officers, National Football League, Millennium Park, Hotels and Accommodations
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The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods
Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...
Tags: Navy Pier, United Center, Chicago Loop, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Rahm Emanuel
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National Restaurant Association show: Samples, swag draw thousands
The National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show (or as convention-goers say, "No, not that NRA ...") is the yearly confab of food and hospitality professionals at McCormick Place that began Saturday and ends Tuesday. As national...
Tags: Hot Dogs, Sneezing, Rick Bayless, Foods and Beverages, Howard D. Schultz
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Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Pension and Welfare, Finance, Michael Madigan
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Organized Crime, Government, Executive Branch, Pat Quinn
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McPier: DePaul events to bring in one-third of operating income at new arena
DePaul University's use of a proposed $173 million McCormick Place arena for Blue Demons basketball and other events would generate about one-third of the nearly $3.6 million in event-related proceeds expected in the first year, convention officials...
Tags: Dan Hynes, Services and Shopping, Mutual Funds, College Basketball, Chicago Hotels
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