Greg Burns

John Rowe of Exelon Corp., you've got some nerve. You're pushing a low-ball bid for rival utility NRG Energy Inc., and it's about time for you to "put up or...

Anybody with a 401(k) already knows this, but as of Monday, it's official: The stock market is goofy. Biggest domestic automaker goes belly up? No problem. Its stock will be...

Desmond Roberts takes the phone calls all day long from his fellow car dealers, and Monday will be no exception. They call to discuss who has received "the letter" saying...

With the recession grinding on, just about everybody is ready for the sweet smell of success to fill the air. In the infant business of medical marijuana, the sweet smell...

After two decades running a support group for the unemployed in the northern suburbs, Brian Healy has seen it time and again. A former vice president caught up in a...

It's not easy being rich these days. Just ask the rich. In a survey released this month, Fidelity Investments asked more than 1,000 customers with investment accounts of at least...

Take it to the bank: As of this day, the economic downturn is officially over. At least according to James F. Smith. When he confidently predicted several months ago that...

Relentless rains had pounded Chicago all weekend when Bill Osborne made his way through the floodwaters for his first day of work as chief executive at Federal Signal Corp. Turned...

It's pretty obvious that people with jobs are hanging on to them at all costs. Now comes the proof, buried in Friday's employment report. In an analysis of the government...

You have to wonder what's the matter with W. Bruce Johnson. Since Sears Holdings Corp. booted his predecessor, Aylwin Lewis, Johnson has served as acting chief executive for more than...