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...watching the conservative Reagan revolution they once led fade away in last month's presidential election - they hail the idea that the South is rising again in the 21st century. "The sense of confidence is palpable," says Jim Cashman, a management professor at the University of Alabama and a Chicago native who has worked in the auto industry. "Companies like Mercedes have legitimized the efforts of the New South...
...cell phones to potato chips, as demonstrated by a series of studies to be published in the April issue of the Journal of Consumer Research. "Specifications can be very misleading, even if marketers are honest," says Christopher Hsee, a professor of behavioral sciences and marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, who ran the experiments with researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. "Consumers are sometimes willing to pay a lot more, even when the underlying experience is the same...
...seven weeks since Obama's victory, the President-elect has proven to be more of a pragmatist than labor envisioned. From his podium in Chicago during the debate over whether to bail out the Big Three automakers, Obama has been critical of the United Auto Workers, arguing that the union must be willing to grant concessions on its workers' hard-fought wages and benefits. Labor has also been disappointed by some of Obama's initial appointments. Rep. Xavier Becerra of California turned down the job of U.S. Trade Representative because, he told a radio station, he felt overhauling trade agreements...
Take Me to Your Leader. For political junkies who want to get a closer view of President-elect Barack Obama's past (or the ongoing Blagojevich scandal), The James hotel in Chicago has a "City of Hope" package. A guide will take you in the hotel's Audi on a tour of the city, including the Hyde Park neighborhood, which the Obamas' called home, and Millennium Park, where Barack Obama acknowledged his election victory and where you can take a spin around the skating rink. Return to the hotel and warm up with hot chocolate in the Lobby Bar. While...
What Recession? For some serious luxury just an hour and a half from Minneapolis, or six hours from Chicago, there's Canoe Bay, a Relais & Chateaux resort located on 280 wooded acres. The "Personal Bailout" package includes two nights in a deluxe cottage, a lodging upgrade and dinner for two at the hotel's restaurant over looking Lake Wahdoon, for $830 for two per night. Upgrade to the "Personal Stimulus" package, which costs $200 more per couple, and you get two 60-minute massages and free breakfast. Through April 30, 2009. Chetek...