Barbara Rose

If you're wondering where the economy is headed, stop by McCormick Place. The center's cavernous exhibit halls have been taken over by the makers of big machines. They've come from...

Manuel Martinez is lucky, though you wouldn't know it to hear his story. The 55-year-old was laid off as a computer specialist a year ago. His severance payments ran out...

Big companies are sweating another deadline, but it's got nothing to do with accounting. The anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks is less than four weeks away, and most...

For the captains of industry, the day they must swear to the credibility of their companies' bottom lines is fast approaching. While willing to personally sign off on their firm's...

Sometimes our brightest future lies in the past. For proof, look no further than Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the once-stodgy 111-year-old gummaker whose fresh-faced CEO is disproving the notion that...

Forgive me if the newly signed corporate fraud bill doesn't make me want to rush out and buy stock. It's not reassuring that we've expanded our use of the term...

Not everyone is glued to the stock market ticker like an anxious relative hovering by a hospital bedside. Remember the turbulent day the Dow crashed below 8000 for the first...

This is the story of an entrepreneur who couldn't raise venture capital even when investors were doling it out like Monopoly bills. When his peers were writing business plans for...

It's hard to worry about accounting scandals when you're eating an ice cream cone. People seldom talk about tech industry troubles or telecom disasters. They almost never trade stock tips....

When something exceptional happens twice, we call it coincidence. When it happens a third time, we suspect a trend. When it happens repeatedly, we adjust to a new reality. It's...