Greg Burns

Hugh Hefner has a plan for keeping his majority stake in Playboy Enterprises all in the family. But it will take time, and he's worried time may be running short....

Hundreds of newly hired auto workers stood by in immaculate white jumpsuits and green baseball caps. The governor of Indiana and the Japanese chief executive of Honda Motor Co. shared...

Almost nobody noticed when the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange launched a new set of carbon-credit contracts for delivery in 2013, and who would? If ever a market were half-baked, this...

In the Midwest's empty spaces, where the land is flat and the soil runs deep, farmers always find something to worry about, and now is no exception. Corn and soybean...

All those folks who unloaded their sport-utility vehicles when gasoline shot past $4 a gallon this summer might be developing a case of seller's remorse. Americans love their wheels. The...

Ken Lewis is getting a lot of attention these days as he gives voice to the gloom in the financial-services sector. The Bank of America boss has spread the bad...

Bob the springmaker thinks bailout fever is out of control, and he has a message for government officials tossing around billions in tax dollars: "I don't think they should bail...

Playboy Enterprises announced some rough financial results last week, and its stock fell 56 cents in a day. No big deal, right? What's a couple of quarters, a nickel and...

Ted Snyder was having a great time last week teasing the crowd at the University of Chicago business school's coming-out party to announce a record donation and name change. Without...

That $300 million donation to the University of Chicago business school carries a message for faithful investors who believe their stock picks can outperform the market: Not in this dimension....