Greg Burns

When the University of Chicago's Edward "Ted" Snyder published a pointed manifesto almost three years ago denouncing the practice of treating students as "customers," hardly anyone noticed. Writing in the...

As one of the original big-time brokers in the Chicago Board of Trade's Treasury bond pit of the 1980s, Jay Nolan had it made. Filling orders for fast-moving Salomon Brothers,...

Riding high in huge combines, the modern corn farmer can harvest thousands of bushels a day in heated and air-conditioned comfort -- under the right conditions. Cover the corn with...

In the downstate industrial town of Pekin, the job losses have come so relentlessly over the past year that more cuts seemed all but inevitable. Then along came an Alabama...

There were so many reasons for the departure of Fritz Henderson from the top spot at taxpayer-owned General Motors Co., it's tough to pick just one. Could it be Chairman...

A few days ago at one of the big industrial trade shows that has not announced plans to leave Chicago's McCormick Place, Brad Meyer stood beside a new plasma cutting...

If General Motors Co. is going to climb out of the hole, repay taxpayers and get on the move again, it needs more cars like the 2010 Chevy Equinox. This...

Here's the good news about holiday retail sales jobs: Your odds of landing one just got slightly better. And here's the bad news -- you knew that was coming, right?...

One of the mysteries about Playboy Enterprises Inc. is the fascination it holds for investors, despite financial results that look anything but sexy. Over the years, the Chicago-based media company...

You might think the cool cats at Google Inc. can afford to relax. With almost $20 billion in the bank, and a virtual license to print more by selling search...