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By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 9, 2011 10:30PM

  • The roller coaster Dow ended up the day 400 points as it tried to make sense of this morning's announcement from the Federal Reserve about interest rates. [Chicago Breaking Business]
  • Cook County launched an interactive budget website of its own. [Crain's]
  • Rockit Ranch Productions signed a creative consultant deal with Ian Schrager for the Pump Room. Let the incessant name dropping of the Pump Room by Billy Dec commence. [Eater Chicago]
  • The Chicago Pedestrian Plan is committed to making the pedestrian experience
  • in Chicago the best possible. [Chicago Pedestrian Plan]
  • What a Blackhawks jersey would look like if they were a soccer team. [Imgur, via Gapers Block]
  • How Ed Vrdolyak once helped Rod Blagojevich. [Sun-Times]
  • New Blackhawk Daniel Carcillo is already earning his money by tweaking the Vancouver Canucks. [ESPN Chicago]