"We hire highly motivated and talented individuals with well-developed skills, and that's why Accenture embraces the diversity of the talent pool that a city like Chicago has to offer," Jorge Benitez, Accenture's U.S. chief executive, said in a statement.
The company's announcement follows news that Merge Healthcare will add 200 jobs in Chicago. Since Emanuel took office in May, he's announced about 7,000 new jobs in the city with Walgreens, Chase Bank, SeatonCorp, Ford, Motorola Solutions, United Airlines, GE Capital and more.
The average listing price for Chicago homes in the week ending September 28 was about $378,000, down 1.1 percent from the previous week, according to Trulia. The median sales price from June to August 2011 was $217,500, an 11.2 percent year-over-year decrease.
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