Greg Burns

Voters face a stark choice in many respects Tuesday, but in the ethanol-soaked Heartland, it's even starker. Democratic nominee Barack Obama supports the grain-based motor fuel. And Republican John McCain?...

Three months into leading Motorola Inc.'s mobile phone division, Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha has started some painful housecleaning that he hopes will restore the company's competitive standing. The process requires...

Goodbye, Lisle. Hello, Hong Kong? Stranger things could happen as Molex Inc., a fixture in the western suburbs, weathers a global recession. Molex is a quiet company, woven into the...

With the economy tanking and fuel costs still high, boats have become a hard sell these days, and Brunswick Corp. is straining to stay afloat. Yet Chief Executive Dusty McCoy...

On Wednesday, Wall Street will be bracing for the first loss in 21 years from Chicago's only locally based big-time bank. But that loss may signify a gain in the...

Hard times in the global economy have battered the cell phone business, giving a certain company in Schaumburg the convenient excuse it needs. No way should Motorola spin off its...

Main Street's love affair with the stock market is over for now. But could it be over for generations? It has happened before, and historian Steve Fraser believes it's happening...

Another day, but not just another roller coaster ride on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average finished its worst week ever with its biggest point swing in history Friday,...

For a while, it looked like the big investment banks had forgotten how to give advice. They were too busy trading for their own accounts, borrowing $30 on the dollar,...