Greg Burns

Remember that rosy time not so long ago when solving the problem of global warming and reducing our carbon footprints were among the most pressing issues at hand? John Rowe...

For most major corporations, political giving carries some big risks. Playing both sides of the fence is the norm. How else can a company avoid alienating one party or the...

After two slow years, the merger revival of 2010 kicked off in style this week with Kraft Foods Inc.'s $19 billion-plus deal to acquire candy-maker Cadbury PLC. For Chicago's business...

Leonard Maniscalco wants what just about every business owner could use: free money. Not a loan, mind you, but a grant, handout, giveaway -- call it what you will. He...

President Barack Obama feels just like you. He's "visibly angry," his spokesman says, about those Wall Street bonuses -- not to mention federal bailouts and a lost decade of financial...

Former U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald thinks this is a fabulous time to be a banker, as long as you're the kind of banker who would have sailed through the Great...

If Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith were running a multinational, he probably would be looking for a new job about now. Sports is a business. And the Bears, like most...

Chicago has a long history of feeding the nation and feeding its hungry too. Now, in the aftermath of a brutal recession, with the unemployment rate in the double-digits, 2010...

At a lot of fancy restaurants these days, surprisingly little has changed since the recession struck. The food? It's typically as good as ever. The service? Just as good or...

Before housing hit the skids, credit got crunched and the unemployment rate shot into double digits, the market for recreational vehicles started to plummet. Economists view RVs as an early...