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Breaking

Qantas to start Asian airline, cut jobs

Next for Google: More antitrust scrutiny

Starbucks chief calls on CEOs to stop political donations, create jobs

High demand boosts downtown apartment rents, more gains likely

Grainger to buy Fabory Group as part of global expansion plan

Banks continue to ease lending standards, Fed survey shows

Rush is on to register .xxx domain names to fight cyber-extortion

Maserati recalls 60% of its 2009 cars sold in U.S.

Gas prices fall 7 cents in latest week, their 2nd straight decline

'Merger Monday' boosts Dow 200 points

ComEd: 'We want fewer outages' too

Wells Fargo hires Citadel investment bankers

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Top business

Google to buy Motorola Mobility

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn holds up a Motorola Xoom and a bill he signed giving an incentive package to Motorola for staying headquartered in Libertyville in May 2011. (David Pierini/Chicago Tribune)

Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5B

Just eight months after becoming an independent company, Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Google Inc. for $12.5 billion in...

Next for Google: More antitrust scrutiny

Carl Icahn to get more than $600M in Motorola deal

Dogs day in court: 'Let the wiener wars begin'

Sara Lee, Kraft wiener war heads to court

The nation's two largest hot dog makers are taking their legal beefs Monday to federal court in Chicago.

Generation Vexed: Young Americans rein in their dreams

Alicia Thomas, 20, had it all planned out: career at a nonprofit, married by 24, mortgage by 26.

Problem Solver

Warning urged after broken nose in pool

Hotmail freeze burns user

Updates on the phantom car loan, air conditioner

Railroad's weeds create thorny situation

On Money

Business wires

Australia's Qantas to launch new Asia airlines, cut jobs

Behind Google's $12.5 billion Motorola gamble: patents

National Enquirer publisher no longer up for sale: report

Selloff raises stakes in Sarkozy-Merkel euro zone talks

Your Money

Despite debt downgrade, mortgage rates may fall

Giving property as a gift requires careful tax planning

Who gets tax credit for purchase of new home?

Recoup costs of maintaining life estate property

Technology

Behind Google's $12.5 billion Motorola gamble: patents

Businesses in U.S. complain of .xxx shakedown

Google to buy Motorola Mobility in biggest deal ever

Eyes on holiday season, casual games at Gamescom

Retail

Homeowners delay renovations, Lowe's cuts forecast

Google deal boosts shares for third day

Anxious investors look for calm

$25 billion Groupon valuation "very high": analyst

Cars

Prices drop on Chrysler 200, Dodge Journey and Dodge Avenger

State Farm testing OnStar competitor

1 in 4 can't afford to fix cars

BMW i3, i8 caught in Chicago

Homes

Ozzie Guillen buys Bucktown house, sells condo

Mortgage servicers fall short

Lack of water leaves development wilting

Foreclosure rights under oral lease

Jobs

Hard work pays off in pharmaceutical sales career

Which co-worker would you choose?

School just one ingredient in chef's recipe

Job offer? Sleep on it

Stocks

Analysis: Google deal ups RIM's allure, but for how long?

Fed's Lockhart says U.S. recession risks have risen

Nokia jumps as Motorola Mobility bid rekindles M&A; hope

InterDigital skids after Google goes for Motorola Mobility

Healthcare

Somalia wants humanitarian force to guard food convoys

Analysis: Tech world vies for piece of insurance exchanges

Woman mauled by chimp shows new face in first photo

Amyris biofuels break through trade barriers

Legal

Businesses in U.S. complain of .xxx shakedown

Allstate sues Goldman over mortgage debt losses

Guilty plea in Bank of Montreal trading scandal

BofA chief meets top officials: report

The Gadget Q&A;

3 hot technology tips

More on e-recycling, Kodak Photo CDs

Can I transfer e-books?

Dump your drives the green way

Lunch Box

Gauging the gazpacho

Get an egg up on lunch

What not to eat at a work lunch

What's your lunch style?

Office Hours

Office e-mail disasters

Meet the new boss, not as great as the old boss

Sleeping on the job? That's OK

Avoid these first-job faux pas

Chicago Shopping

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Columnists

Melissa Harris' Chicago Confidential

Name dropping: 'Unitrin' is out - August 14, 2011

Ask Rex Huppke: I Just Work Here

I Just Work Here: Whatever happened to 9 to 5? - August 14, 2011

Gregory Karp

Buybacks warrant caution - August 12, 2011

Gail MarksJarvis

Burning questions remain after a week of sweating it out with the stock market - August 14, 2011

Mary Ellen Podmolik

State ramps up mortgage fraud investigations - August 5, 2011

Phil Rosenthal

Give 'em a break: Everyone needs time out of the office - August 14, 2011

Ameet Sachdev's Chicago Law

Illinois Supreme Court dodges 6th Amendment issue - August 5, 2011

Jon Yates' "What's Your Problem?"

Things get worse for unlucky dog after pharmacy mix-up - August 14, 2011

Robert Pagliarini: Your Other 8 Hours

Stay sane in an insane world - August 12, 2011

Joyce Lain Kennedy

When it's less pay or no pay - August 14, 2011

Mary Umberger

Mortgage servicers fall short - August 12, 2011

Bob Weber

Pricey shift to compressed natural gas - August 6, 2011

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