The ''grave dancer'' of real estate becomes the ''grave digger'' of the newspaper industry.
* Bankruptcy filing part of planned sale process * Ricketts family to gain control of team * Tribune expects to receive $740 mln from deal WILMINGTON, Del., Oct 12 - The Chicago Cubs baseball team...
In 1922 publishing baron colonel Robert McCormick promised $50,000 to the architect who produced the best design for a tower to house the Chicago Tribune. The competition attracted 263 entries (and the winner's neo-Gothic 36-story building still stands). Now Chicagoans Ross Kimbarovsky, 38, and Michael Samson, 49, want to bring that same competition model to the graphic design business--and help thousands of struggling entrepreneurs in the process.
* Ricketts appears the favored bidder for Cubs - source * Ricketts offer includes more cash up front vs Utay * Creditor approval for an offer expected by end of week (Adds details on Tribune...
NEW YORK/CHICAGO, Jan 22 - Tribune Co's creditors favor the bid of Tom Ricketts, the head of a Chicago investment bank, to buy the Chicago Cubs baseball team, a source familiar with a key creditors...