Greg Burns

Ex-felon-turned-author Kevin Trudeau has fine-tuned the infomercial sales pitch into a big-time moneymaker. But now he says he's not making any money. The Federal Trade Commission has branded him a...

With the worst of the recession subsiding, people are looking for deals. From foreclosed houses to "cash for clunkers" and surplus back-to-school supplies, everything's for sale cheap these days, or...

The recession may be over, as many economists say. But it's hard to tell from the Talecris Plasma Resources center in a rough-and-tumble strip mall in Rockford, where 21-year-old Joshua...

Not long ago, Career Education Corp. was feeling the heat, with its biggest school at risk of losing an important seal of approval. A leading accreditation agency had scheduled a...

Exactly one year ago, worries about the economy were giving way to cautious optimism. The stock market had bounced back from a mid-summer funk. Newspaper stories were touting "bargain" stocks...

The construction site awaits at State and Pearson Streets in one of Chicago's toniest neighborhoods. The plans have been drawn, the rendering posted on the university Web site and roughly...

Before Ben Bernanke starts another term as Federal Reserve chairman, he'll have to win confirmation from a restive Senate determined to vent. He'll almost certainly hear angry accusations about how...

All things considered, Jamie Dimon would rather be seated at Gibsons Steakhouse on Chicago's Near North Side, far from his New York office and the legislative battles of Capitol Hill....

When Tim and Laurie Hermeling make the four-hour drive from their family farm to the Mall of America, they expect a mob scene, and last week they got one. The...

Whoever invented the marketing maxim "Sex sells" must not have been thinking literally. After more than a year of recession, sex isn't selling any better than anything else. From Internet...