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The article presents the proposed amendments for the Retailers' Occupation Tax of the Department of Revenue in Illinois. It includes Section 130.325 which concerns on the graphic arts machinery and equipment exemption and the statement of Statewide Policy Objectives which will not create or modify State mandates. It also mentions that purchasers who want to claim exemption must certify that they will use graphic arts machinery and equipment for production.

This article reports on Chicago, Illinois's efforts to attract and retain minority-and women-owned businesses as repeat vendors. As part of the City of Chicago's Transparency in Government Initiative, city departments use the newest technology to communicate services and facilitate online transactions. Citywide efforts to make government actions apparent and available include the Department of Procurement Services and its nationally recognized Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Procurement Program. Over the last three years, Chicago's Department of Procurement Services has converted its Web site into a portal of downloadable information critical to doing business with the city. Chicago's M/WBE Procurement Program demonstrates the city's continued commitment to the success of minority-and women-owned businesses.

Reports on the selling of condos at West Loop in Chicago, Illinois. Amenities that sellers are offering for the sale of condos; Number of units available in West Loop; Percentage of units which have been sold.

The article reports that the Chicago, Illinois school district will accept proposals in October 2005 from outside vendors seeking to craft core college-preparatory curricula in English, mathematics, and science for high schools. The move by the nation's third-largest school system echoes strategies of other big-city districts as urban education leaders wrestle with the dismal academic achievement of many secondary school students. Chicago's curriculum plan for grades 9-11 will include student assessments aligned to Illinois standards and college-entrance requirements.

The article discusses the Public Act 095-0971, passed by the Illinois legislature on September 25, 2008. The Act contains new registration and reporting requirements for many State vendors and bidders and additional limitations on campaign contributions by these entities and their affiliated entities. The Act requires that any bidder/vendor be registered with the Board of Elections effective January 1, 2009 if the company meets certain conditions.

The article discusses the ethics and reporting requirements established the Public Act 095-0971 passed by the Illinois legislature that need to be observed by some State vendors and bidders effective January 1, 2009. It mentions that any company with annual total bids and proposals on State contracts that exceed 50,000 U.S. dollars need to be registered with the Board of Elections. Limitations on campaign contributions by State vendors are also included in the Act.

The article focuses on the Illinois Public Act 095-0971 of 2008 that contains new registration, reporting requirements and campaign contribution limitations for State vendors and bidders. It states that effective January 1, 2009, the Act requires any bidder to be registered with the Board of Elections if proposals exceed 50,000 dollars. The CDB 255 form is reportedly subject to the requirement.

This article reports on the plan of Parkway Properties to sell a property in Chicago, Illinois, in 2011.

The article reports on the success of the annual Electronic Resource Exposition (E-R-XPO) of the Illinois State Library that was held at Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois in December, 2007. It mentions that the free event allowed electronic resource representatives to showcase their databases which were applicable to all types of libraries. It says that participants of the event appreciated the one-on-one contact with product representatives and the various vendor focus sessions.

This article discusses the problems facing art director Hector Sanchez regarding the sale of his condominium property in Chicago, Illinois. They bought it for $204,000 three years ago and listed it for $244,500 initially. It is now reduced to $235,000. There is also the complication of a $24,000 owners' assessment for building repairs imposed just before the family moved. To help make the sale, Sanchez should use his art-director talents to stage the unit, refurnishing the empty space to create a homier feel.

The article reports on the likelihood of lenders who look for greater efficiency through technology to experience some pushback from vendors at the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Chicago, Illinois. James Walbom, chief financial officer of Desert Document Services, says that lenders are talking about transaction activity and how to drive it.

The article reports on the success of the vendors which have also taken part during the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Archives Conference held at Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Accordingly, 13 vendors were likewise all happy with the location and the attendance of the said annual meeting because they were also benefited. Among the vendors which took part were the ACA, David Davis Mansion Foundation, the Illinois Historical Society, and the local Barnes & Noble bookstore.

The article provides information on the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry "What's New in Corrugated" meeting that was held in Oak Brook, Illinois. The technology vendors have offered the attendees of the meeting with the latest news about the solutions to challenges found at every stage of converting. The topics on the meeting have been discussed.

Presents information on several islands for sale. Hawbolt Island West in Nova Scotia; Luther Island in Kankakee River, Wilmington, Illinois; Tagomago in Ibiza, Spain; Carberry Island in Dumanus Bay, Ireland; Partridge Island in Nova Scotia.

The article focuses on the factor that contributed to the success of Business Technology Partners in Northbrook, Illinois. According to Todd Perlman, the company's chief executive officer, one of the things contributed to their success is helping other resellers. Perlman stated that they always offered a hand and want a strong reseller channel even not in their area. Moreover, Perlman offers aid over standard reseller activities, helping vendors all the way through the process.

The article reports on the planned sale of Illinois' 60 day general obligation certificates to $1 billion by the State budget officials. The mere goal of the move were to help wipe out a backlog of overdue Medicaid and other payments owed to the state's vendors and allow the state to leverage additional federal matching funds. In addition, the move still awaits on the approval of the state comptroller and treasurer before settling on a sale date or releasing additional information.

The article discusses the issues at the Ninth Annual Indirect-MRO Group Conference and Workshops held in Chicago. It presents that the conference focussed on the merits of resolving of the main issues between supplier and the buyer of maintenance, repair and operations services (MRO) and that it has an effect on a company's profitability. The various topics on this issue that were discussed at the conference are also mentioned.

The article reports that Chicago, Illinois' billionaire Pritzker family is selling the Presidential Towers apartment complex, eleven years after bailing out the 2,346-unit West Loop property. The sale could fetch the family $450 million or more. The complex became a political embarrassment by 1990, when its developers defaulted on a $159-million federally insured loan. The sale would rank among the largest real estate transactions in Chicago in the past several years.

A long-running battle over the largely unregulated street vendors in Chicago, Illinois's Hispanic neighborhoods is edging toward a truce as of October 2003. The persistent controversy — dubbed "the elote wars," after the Spanish word for corn, a popular street-vendor item — pits pushcart entrepreneurs against business and community leaders who bemoan streets and sidewalks heavy with vendor traffic. The conflict has resisted settlement attempts before, largely because of political and cultural influences, but now a new alderman and a new business leader in Little Village, Illinois, are shepherding a reconciliation effort. Both pro-vendor forces and the groups who've tried to rein them in say they support the concept of cooperative kitchens, which would be opened at strategic locales where street-vendor carts are most popular.

Reports on the deal by the government of Chicago, Illinois regarding the sale of triple-A insured third-lien O'Hare International Airport general airport revenue bonds. Statements made by major investors regarding this deal; Reason behind the deal made by the government.

On April 8, 2003, a U.S. District Court judge in Illinois issued an opinion reversing more than $327 million in payments made to suppliers that Kmart Corp. characterized as critical vendors. Long after Kmart emerges from bankruptcy protection, it still may be struggling with a related court case that could eliminate the immediate payment of debts to selected suppliers, a fundamental tool used to restructure bankrupt companies. &ldquo.However practical these payments may appear to bankruptcy courts, they simply are not authorized by the bankruptcy code,” District Judge John Grady said in his opinion. Kmart filed a notice of appeal with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 2003 after Grady's ruling. His opinion reversed decisions made by U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago where Kmart filed for Chapter 11 on January 22, 2002. Bankruptcy experts generally agree that nothing in the bankruptcy code specifically allows payments to selected vendors. Still, the payment of critical vendors has become a common practice over the 1990s. Payments initially approved in the Kmart case were $76 million to Dallas, Texas-based grocery supplier Fleming Cos. Inc.; $64 million to Kmart's music supplier, Handleman Co.; $6.8 million to dairy and egg vendors; $37 million to advertisers and related trade partners; $43.2 million to selected foreign vendors; $10 million to liquor vendors and $6 million to those who had issuedletters of credit to Kmart. .Still, the payment of critical vendors has become common over the past decade and has roots in an 1882 U.S. Supreme Court case.

Reports the mixture of buying groups on Zenith plan in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Reaction of buying groups to the decision of vendors; Struggle of computer electronic suppliers amid the competitive vendor environment; Search of group directors and member dealers for replacement products; Comments of retailers on the issue.

Reports on Chicago financier Sam Zell's hiring of New York-based investment bank Goldman Sachs & Co. to sell one-third of his organization's retail property holdings. Expectations for Goldman Sachs to begin soliciting offers for a portfolio of shipping centers; Previous attempt made by Zell's group to sell a similar portfolio.

The article reports on the merger agreement between the Better Vendors Association (BVA) and the Vendors Purchasing Council (VPC). Brian Faley, executive director of BVA, announced that the organizations will operate as the Unified Strategies Group Inc. beginning on July 1, 2009. It is noted that the new company will retain BVA office in Arlington Heights, Illinois and the VPC office in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

The article reports on the consolidation of Kable's fulfillment service into Palm Coast Data, which will result in the closing of facilities in Louisville, Colorado and Mount Morris, Illinois. The conversion process may also lead to client defection and increased demand for service offerings. According to the author, vendors are pressured to be innovative in light of the impact of the Internet on fulfillment.

The article reports the prime corners at the intersection of two state highways near Chicago, Illinois are up for sale. All four corners at the crossroads of State Routes 25 and 72 in East Dundee, Illinois have been put for sale. Frank Koehler, village administrator of East Dundee says that a combination of office, retail and perhaps a hotel would be a natural there. The village, which has branded the intersection Dundee Crossings, has set up a Web site to promote it.

The article reports that former Coca-Cola Co.'s bottling mogul Marvin Herb has sold an 81,000-square-foot office property in Northbrook, Illinois that he acquired in 2003 as part of a three-building portfolio. An investment fund managed by Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. paid $15 million for the four-story building. Herb invested heavily in suburban office properties after selling his bottling business for $1.4 billion in 2001.

The article focuses on the growth plans of real estate buyer Inland Group Inc., one of the largest buyers of shopping centers in the U.S. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based company wants to raise more than $10 billion through Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. While the company says it sees plenty of interest from investors, the goal will test Inland's fundraising machine and put pressure on it to not overpay for properties.

The article reports that Waterton Associates LLC will pay about $90 million for a 306-unit apartment building at 1 E. Delaware, Chicago, Illinois. Waterton purchased the property from Denver, Colorado's Archstone-Smith.

The article reports that the retail space, the observation deck, broadcast facilities, parking and 885,000 square feet of office space at the John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois, which is owned by Shorenstein Properties is officially up for sale. According to Chuck Fendrich, Shorenstein's senior vice-president of asset management, Shorenstein has directed New York real estate firm Eastdil to seek buyers for the building's commercial portion.

The article reports that Beacon Capital Partners Inc. has agreed to buy One Financial Place, the million-square-foot building at 440 South LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois. The Boston, Massachusetts, firm is paying nearly $260 million for the 40-story tower, owned by a partnership led by MetLife of New York.

The article informs that as both vendors and buyers continue to adjust to the International Home & Housewares Show's later March date, many report that they are using the show differently than when it was held in January in Chicago. The March show now means that many companies have already met with their buyers in January and February to plan for the year, and they now use the show to confirm or expand plans, or introduce last-minute additions to the assortment.

This article presents information about Derrick Allen, Chicago Sun-Times vendor at Ohio and Wells streets. Ten cents per paper—he sells a hundred a day—plus tips of $10-$15. He has a friendly attitude toward customers as they walk or drive to work. He is also the associate director of now-defunct Homeless on the Move for Equality.

Presents the highlights of the user conference of enterprise resource planning vendor MAPICS held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Illinois in June 2004. Remarks from Dick Cook, president and CEO of the company, on the effect of consolidation on the market position of the company; Estimated number of companies that have potentials to be acquired.

Reports on the protest made by the Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors against the state to highlight the food contract awards. Failure of the state in giving blind vendors priority on recent foodservice contract bids; Impact of the federal Randolph Sheppard Act to the blind vendors.

The author just returned from the International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago, Illinois, and though a few manufacturers felt that the traffic was a little light, most of the vendors were happy with the quality of the buyers who did attend. Overall, the author found the show quite workable and for the most part, the weather cooperated—only a slight flurry of snow on one evening. Another IHA program that continues to expand is the Global Innovator Award program. The months of May and June are really loaded with trade shows, including the Spring Fancy Food Show in Chicago and the Gourmet Products Show in San Francisco taking place in May and the Summer Fancy Food Show in June.

Reports on a new Illinois state law requiring homesellers to disclose defects in properties they put on the market. Illinois as the seventh state to mandate seller disclosure; Home as the single largest investment most people make; Filling out of a 22-question form.