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Banks offer Crackerjacks instead of loans →  February 10, 2010 Marcus Manfred

Responding to political pressure to ease up on credit to consumers and small business owners, the nation’s largest banks will instead offer an olive branch in the form of boxes of Crackerjacks.

Economy braces for pre Valentine’s Day dumpings →  January 24, 2010 Chandler Goodman

These preemptive Valentine's breakups say you're a cheap bastard who would rather save a hundred bucks than make a girl feel good.

Winter lawn chair parking enhancements →  January 12, 2010 Joe Slepski

Putting Chicago to work, one lawn chair at a time.

→  January 9, 2010 Joe Slepski

White collar crime goes blue!

Daley-opoly! →  December 13, 2009 Joe Slepski

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200.

Irony takes a beating →  December 7, 2009 Joe Slepski

A good noun's work is never done.

Parking meter expansion almost complete →  November 17, 2009 Joe Slepski

Our goal is to leave no car uncharged.

Pyramid schemes help alleviate Chicago unemployment →  November 12, 2009 Brandon Smith

Pyramid schemes take more Chicagoans out of poverty and into prosperity, a new study finds.

Banks announce fee for thinking about money →  November 8, 2009 Mitchell Snyder

In a bid to boost the bottom line, several leading banks have announced another convenience fee for clients.

→  August 11, 2009 Nathan Potter

Dale Evans, staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal, made it known to his editor Monday that under no circumstances would he “debase himself and his profession” trying to find an angle on why the S&P 500 was up or down on any given day. The declaration took place behind closed doors, but colleagues sitting halfway [...]

→  July 23, 2009 Nathan Potter

Through an interim spokesperson, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s announced today it is having difficulty retrieving its head from its ass, as muffled cries of “It’s dark in here, where am I?” were heard from its general direction. Onlookers attempted to communicate where the agency’s head was lodged, but to no avail. These latest [...]

→  June 5, 2009 Nathan Potter

There appears to be a groundswell of support for the Oath from b-school students who had previously taken an oath of a different sort.



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