Is there a white flag waving over the Merchandise Mart? Yesterday the Mart abruptly and briefly posted an announcement that Art Chicago , scheduled for April 27-29, has been canceled, forever.

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Mart kills Art Chicago

CHICAGO, IL– – KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT has acquired Poplar Creek, a 196-unit apartment complex located in Schaumburg, Ill., a prominent suburb of Chicago. The 12.8-acre complex was acquired …

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KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT Acquires 196-Unit Apartment Complex in Chicago Suburb

CHICAGO, IL– – KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT has acquired Poplar Creek, a 196-unit apartment complex located in Schaumburg, Ill., a prominent suburb of Chicago. The 12.8-acre complex was acquired …

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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Issuer Default Rating and long-term debt ratings for Textron Inc. (TXT) and Textron Financial Corporation (TFC) to ‘BBB-’ from ‘BB+’. The Rating Outlook is Stable. TXT’s short-term ratings have been upgraded to ‘F3′ from ‘B’. TFC’s subordinated debt rating has been upgraded to ‘BB’ from ‘B+’. A full rating list is shown below. TFC’s ratings are linked to TXT’s ratings through a support agreement and other factors. The support agreement req

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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HR People & Strategy (HRPS) today announced its lineup of speakers for the 35th annual HRPS Global Conference, May 6-9 at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan.

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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of ‘BBB’ to Kennametal Inc.’s (Kennametal) (NYSE: KMT) planned issuance of $300 million in fixed rate 10-year senior unsecured notes. The company intends to use proceeds to fund the repayment of $300 million in senior unsecured notes that mature in June 2012. Pending such use, the company intends to use the proceeds to repay any borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. Kennametal’s Issu

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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gresham Partners raises the bar for wealth planning expertise, names Principal Matt Bonaguidi Chief Wealth Strategist

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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has affirmed and simultaneously withdrawn its ratings on Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (Lowe’s), which are as follows: –Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB+’; –Senior unsecured notes at ‘BBB+’; –$1.75 billion bank credit facilities at ‘BBB+’; –Short-term IDR at ‘F2′; –Commercial paper at ‘F2′. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The ratings have been withdrawn for business reasons, and Fitch will no longer provide rating coverage of Lowe’s. For analytica

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VERNON HILLS, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CDW Corporation, a leading provider of technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare, announced that it will host a webcast conference call to discuss its fourth quarter/full year 2011 results on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 11:00 am ET/10:00 am CT. You are invited to join and view the conference call presentation slides at www.cdw.com/investor. To listen to the live call, please go to the website at least fifteen minutes prior to t

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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings and Outlooks to Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company’s GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6: –$65,525,000 class A-1 ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable; –$82,190,000 class A-2 ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable; –$570,467,000 class A-3 ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable; –$89,850,000 class A-AB ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable; –$927,794,000*a class X-A ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable; –$119,762,000a class A-S ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable; –$63,489,000a class B ‘AA-sf’; Outl

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Fitch Assigns Final Ratings to GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6