BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 16, 2000 ISSUE
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Chicago-Based Companies Lose Out in the Merger Frenzy


CHICAGO COMPANY           ACQUIRER                   YEAR

AMERITECH                 SBC                        1999
MORTON INTERNATIONAL      Rohm & Haas                1999
ILLINOIS CENTRAL          Canadian National          1999
AMOCO                     BP                         1998
INLAND STEEL              Ispat International        1998
DOMINICK'S                Safeway                    1998
KEMPER FUNDS              Zurich Financial Group     1996
HELENE CURTIS             Unilever                   1996
VAN KAMPEN FUNDS          Morgan Stanley             1996
STEIN ROE & FARNHAM       Liberty Mutual             1996
CONTINENTAL BANK          Bank of America            1994
MARSHALL FIELD'S          Dayton Hudson              1990


DATA: BUSINESS WEEK


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