Business tactics can’t always apply
Harry Kraemer Jr. describes himself as "probably one of the only CEOs who thinks government shouldn't be run like a business," but he has plenty of company in the academic...
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All bets off on Vegas housing
The upscale San Niccolo neighborhood to the south of this city's bustling Strip once offered the real estate equivalent of the town's loosest slots. Gamblers willing to bet on a...
For U.S. consumers, allure of Chinese goods still price
Emily Yu has come from Anhui, China, to the sprawling convention center here with a load of factory-made wooden toys that meet what she describes as the highest standards of...
Dark day for Lord Black
Unmoved by testimony about a jet-setting lifestyle at company expense but certain that Hollinger International Inc. had been pilfered, a federal jury on Friday found press baron Conrad Black guilty...
Open-outcry system going by the boards at Chicago exchanges
First of two parts The bidding war for the Chicago Board of Trade hit almost $10 billion last week, astounding exchange members who not long ago were being offered a...
A $10 billion surprise
The historic merger agreement between Chicago's two leading futures exchanges, the Merc and the Board of Trade, went up for grabs Thursday after a surprise $9.9 billion bid from an...
ADM: Mostly ethanol gasoline unlikely
Motor fuel made up mostly of ethanol is unlikely to catch on anytime soon, even as gasoline containing smaller amounts of the corn-derived product becomes ever more widely available, Archer...
Can you teach a person ethics?
DePaul University professor Laura Hartman begins her business ethics class by talking about a train on a path to hit five people. By pushing a button, the train would veer...
Wheaton man presiding over Enron expiration
For at least a while longer, what's left of Enron Corp. is being headed by a guy from west suburban Wheaton. John J. Ray III, a bankruptcy liquidator with offices...
A funnel full of factors
The dynamics of the world oil market are extremely complicated, but the laws of supply and demand still apply. And that's why we're seeing record prices for a barrel of...