There is a lot of demand to fill hotels and the convention center in a market bound by outdated labor jurisdictions.

This makes it increasingly difficult to compete with 'right to work' facilities that have caught up in size to Chicago.

I am pleased to report another year of record earnings. We have been challenged with a difficult interest rate environment over the last few years; however, we continue to produce shareholder value by remaining disciplined on executing our business plan. During this difficult operating environment, we focused intensely on preserving shareholder equity by not stretching for profits through strategies that are bets on interest rates, which later are unwound at a great cost of capital.

Those who labor with their minds, rule; those who labor with their bodies, are ruled

It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that is have free and independent labor unions.

A thicker layer of ice requires some manual labor, so we tested the latest ice scrapers. We did this by freezing water to the bottom of the pan and then scraping that ice off with the ice scrapers we were testing.