Midday News Links
By Staff in News on Nov 30, 2011 6:40PM
- The Federal Reserve and other central banks around the globe are making it easier for banks to get dollars if they need them. Stock markets and the Euro rose sharply on the move. [Sun-Times]
- University of Chicago Lab School gets a $5 million gift from film producer Sherry Lansing. [Tribune]
- Car sharing service I-Go launches a solar-powered electric vehicle charging station project. [I-Go]
- Groupon had a killer sales period between Friday and Monday. [Chicago Breaking Business]
- The pilot in yesterday's plane crash in Riverwoods was in contact with the control tower and expressed concerns he was out of fuel. [Daily Herald]
- Jennifer Hudson is buying a home in Burr Ridge for a cool $2.8 million. [Chicago Breaking News]
- It's been a terrible decade for manufacturing jobs in Illinois. [Sun-Times]
