Skilling angry at exec who testified
Jeffrey Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron Corp. reminisced about the booming times for telecommunication start-ups in the late 1990s, telling jurors at his federal criminal trial here that...
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City left in the cold as refrigerator factory closes
Here's a recipe for life in the de-industrialized Midwest: Take one factory. Scrap the heavy equipment Decontaminate the waste. Expose the thick beams and brickwork. Toss up some drywall, run...
Rough ride in Rockford
They sat at their computers in long rows, cubicle after cubicle, designing some of the most sophisticated machine tools in the world. Entire industries depended on their steel creations to...
Timing means crop damage less severe
The U.S. farm economy already is recovering from the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and early concerns about a major disruption of the fall harvest appear to be overblown. Although barges remain...
CBOT, Merc merger talk roils rumor pit
Speculation that the Chicago Board of Trade could combine operations with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange intensified again Tuesday when the Board of Trade revealed it has been approached about possible...
Ex-Andersen employees feel vindicated
CHICAGO - Jim Cunha's phone started ringing long before he left for work yesterday, as his former colleagues at the Andersen accounting firm called him to give him the good...
Andersen alumni see ruling as vindication
Jim Cunha's phone started ringing long before he left for work Tuesday morning, as his former colleagues at the Andersen accounting firm called him to give him the good news....
Sam’s advances on Highland Park
Liquor retail giant Sam's Wine & Spirits is proceeding with plans to open a store in Highland Park, its third, even though a months-long state investigation of alleged liquor law...
Free toilets
I completely disagree with Hosea L. Martin about "toilet passes" for admittance into supposedly "public" restroom facilities. Remember many years back when you had to pay a nickel or dime...
Pilot’s faith in United unshaken
People say airplanes practically fly themselves these days, but Jack Hareland knows better. The United Airlines captain knows that throttling back a little can make a takeoff safer. He knows...