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Steven R. Strahler

Steve Strahler is an Associate Editor for the Crain's Chicago Business.

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CEO, CAUGHT BETWEEN EX-CHAIRMEN, QUITS AFTER TWO YEARS: MAKING IT WORK AT MERC NO CINCH

Job opening: CEO to lead fractured organization. Political skills a must. Position could evaporate through consolidation. Predecessor lasted…

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CLEARING HOUSE BROUGHT DOWN BY UNAUTHORIZED DEALS: LONDON TRADES KILL CHICAGO FIRM

At Griffin Trading Co. just before New Year’s Eve, the last employees had gone home and the options…

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MILWAUKEE INVESTMENT BANK HAS ‘MR. CHICAGO’ LEAD INVASION: CLEARY GULL HIRES WINDY CITY VETERAN

A Milwaukee firm is opening an investment banking practice in Chicago and hiring a veteran of La Salle…

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CHICAGO FUTURES MARTS PONDER OWN FUTURES IN ELECTRONIC AGE: THEY KNOW CHANGE ISN’T ONE OF THEIR OPTIONS — IT’S MANDATORY — BUT WHEN AND WHAT TO DO?

For Chicago’s futures exchanges, which sprouted with the city itself, this is less a long, hot summer than…

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To elbow two aside, Fitch IBCA tries harder: Three’s a crowd for bond ratings

When the Chicago Park District has sold bonds lately, it has employed two companies to rate the debt for investment safety.

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IS ILLINOIS’ WINTRUST NEXT TO MERGE? SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF CEO SETS TONGUES WAGGING ABOUT WHY

The ambitious head of a fast-growing suburban Chicago bank holding company is quitting abruptly, raising speculation over sale…

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DEAL WATCH: BOTTOM LINE LOOKS A BIT CHEESY AT WISCONSIN’S BIGGEST BANK: ASSET, COMMERCIAL LOAN GROWTH WAS CLOSE TO FLAT AND PROMISED EARNINGS HAVE NOT COME THROUGH

One of Chicago’s biggest banking stories this year may actually be unfolding elsewhere – north of the state…

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DEAL WATCH: BOTTOM LINE LOOKS A BIT CHEESY AT WISCONSIN’S BIGGEST BANK: ASSET, COMMERCIAL LOAN GROWTH WAS CLOSE TO FLAT AND PROMISED EARNINGS HAVE NOT COME THROUGH

One of Chicago’s biggest banking stories this year may actually be unfolding elsewhere – north of the state…