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Driven by soaring dreams
Chicago Tribune reporterIn the Chicago probate court proceedings that declared Steve Fossett legally dead last February, it was revealed that his estate was "vast, surpassing eight figures in liquid assets, various entities and real estate." As a celebrity adventurer, Fossett...Tags: Athletics, Track and Field, Jeff Long, Garden Grove, John Muir, Steve Fossett
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Master plan on way for Caumsett, Jamesport parks
bill.bleyer@newsday.comThe public will get a chance to comment next week on the future of two state parks on Long Island -- one longtime state park and another not yet open for regular visitation. The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is preparing...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Jamesport, Long Island Sound, Long Island
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An old pro's game plan for buyers
Chicago Tribune reporterRalph Smykal has never seen the nation's housing market as bad off as it is right now, and that's saying a lot for an octogenarian whose family-owned company has weathered recession, the Depression and two World Wars. Despite his take on the market, he...Tags: Naperville, Family, Joliet
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Resources
. . Living his life on stages Pg. 22-23: Sofa—Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams at Jayson Home & Garden, covered in mohair velvet at Rogers & Goffigon, Merchandise Mart, Chicago; "Calm" coffee table by Kathy Taslitz—Kathy Taslitz Studio,...Tags: Sculpture, House and Home, Westchester (Cook, Illinois), Downtown (Brooklyn, New York), Westchester (Los Angeles, California)
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Mervyn's lawsuit alleges assets used to fund buyout
Chicago Tribune reporterA lawsuit filed this week as part of Mervyn's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization alleges that the retailer's "valuable" real estate assets—store-owned locations and below-market leases—were stripped of their value and used partly to...Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, Target Corporation, Major League Baseball, Defendants, Tribune Co.
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Macy's livens up State Street space
In an ongoing effort to revitalize its Midwest flagship store, Macy's on State Street is moving men's accessories and dress shirts to the first-floor arcade space, marking the first time in more than five years that the expansive corner will house a...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Hoffman Estates, Skokie, Target Corporation, Bank of America Corp.
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Ice skater turned hairdresser
Special to the Chicago TribuneWhen Lois H. Littlejohn was a young girl in the early 1900s, she desperately wanted a bicycle, but her widowed mother was too poor to buy her one. Instead, her mother gave her a used pair of figure skates that Miss Littlejohn went on to use in several...Tags: Speed Skating, Death and Dying, Personal Service
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Macy's exec makes Lauren new home
The Macy's executive who took on Chicago has found a new home. Frank Guzzetta, the department store executive who oversaw Marshall Field's transition to Macy's, began a new job this month as president of the Ralph Lauren Home Collection, a unit of New...Tags: Society, Beauty Products, Lincoln Park, Ceremonies, Beauty Products and Fragrances
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Consummate salesman for Haggar Co.
Chicago Tribune reporterClay D. Huston's unflagging enthusiasm for people and apparel, along with a street-smart grasp of psychology, produced stellar sales out of Chicago for Haggar Clothing Co. for 37 years. Mr. Huston, 80, died of natural causes Friday, July 11, in St....Tags: Montrose, Diseases, Rogers Park, Philosophy, Edgewater
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Clothes salesman offered 'PhD in life
Chicago Tribune reporterClay D. Huston's unflagging enthusiasm for people and apparel, along with a street-smart grasp of psychology, produced stellar sales out of Chicago for Haggar Clothing Co. for 37 years. Mr. Huston, 80, died of natural causes Friday, July 11, in St....Tags: Diseases, Rogers Park, Philosophy, Edgewater, Sales
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Macy's cuts support jobs at former Field's stores
Chicago Tribune reporterMacy's Inc. is eliminating an undisclosed number of support positions at the former Marshall Field's stores this weekend in an effort to trim costs as companywide same-store sales in May and June declined. The department store chain is trimming the ranks...Tags: Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees, Sales, Macy's
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No shortage of nominees for local media hall of fame
With Howard Stern and Steve Dahl snubbed again in voting this year, and other major impact players such as Studs Terkel not even nominated, the so-called National Radio Hall of Fame remains as incomplete as Chicago's half-built Museum of Broadcast...Tags: Richard Roeper, Major League Baseball, Roy Brown, Bill Mauldin, Gene Siskel
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