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Casa Central was founded in 1954 by a group of United Church of Christ, Presbyterian and Methodist churches to provide services to Chicago's Hispanic population.

Singaporeans pose while blowing bubbles in this early January 1992 photograph taken a few days before the city-state banned gum.

As the holiday season approaches, many retailers have been coming up with new and improved ways to make shopping fun again during these tough financial times.

Today's Sunday Chicago Tribune article, " Wrigley chairman's Gold Coast penthouse listing is city's most expensive ", details Bill Wrigley Jr.'s sale of his Gold Coast penthouse for $14M. Mr.

Billionaire Warren Buffett likes to compare his company to a masterpiece that he's been painting for nearly five decades, and the deal he announced last week will permanently alter the color of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s portrait.

Check out Bob's column from this coming Sunday's Chicago Tribune , breaking the story that chewing-gum heir and Wm.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffetta s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said third-quarter profit tripled as stock markets advanced and the cost of compensating insurance customers for storm damage dropped.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has placed its ratings on Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Try sugar-free gum the next time you are hit with a sugar craving. www.flickr.com Most of us have food cravings at one time or another; cravings can be detrimental to those of us trying to lose weight if the food consumed is high in calories.

Berkshire Hathaway chairman and world's second-richest man Warren Buffett said Tuesday that his $34 billion purchase of Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway is a bet on America's future.

In this May 2, 2009 file photo, Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, right, waves to shareholders prior to the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb.

Buried within Hershey's Web site is a section that invites consumers to pitch their own ideas for new products.

WHAT: New research from University of Rhode Island presented at The Obesity Society's 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting shows the role of chewing sugar-free gum, such as Wrigley's Extra , in helping to reduce calorie intake at lunchi and increase energy expenditure among individuals in a laboratory setting.ii Primary outcomes include: After subjects ...

Weight-management researchers recently elevated chewing gum's role from a breath freshener and bubble-blowing product to a serious snack-attack buster.

I can still remember my first puppy, Annie. I was 5 years old, and my parents and I were driving in the Clark Griswold-esque wooden paneled station wagon past the Amoco gas station on Cumberland Avenue in Chicago.

The Chicago Cubs baseball team filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, a step that will allow its corporate parent to sell the team in an US$845 million deal.

The filing in Wilmington, Del., was anticipated and is expected to lead to a brief stay in Chapter 11 for the Cubs.

Share + Oct 12, 2009 8:15 pm US/Central CHICAGO Developers of a hotel, retail and residential complex across the street from Wrigley Field are apparently done compromising with area residents concerned about game-day congestion.

CHICAGO – Major League baseball owners on Tuesday unanimously approved the sale of the Cubs from the bankrupt Tribune Co.

Wm Wrigley Jr. Co. is the biggest gum company in the world, but it's only in Russia, among the Top 10 markets, where it has the leading candy, Orbitz, according to my colleagues at BusinessWeek .