New Orleans casino a cautionary tale
Expectations for financial salvation were sky-high back in 1992 when Louisiana, still smarting from the oil bust, cleared the way for construction of a land-based casino in downtown New Orleans....
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States playing on proximity for visitors
Rising gasoline prices may keep car trips closer to home. At least that's what tourism officials in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are hoping. "People who may have planned a road...
Cooled-off Beanies are still selling
H. Ty Warner's Beanie Baby business remains very much alive and well, if more modest in scale, says Michael W. Kanzler, chief operating officer at Ty Inc., Warner's plush-toy company....
Trouble in Hollinger empire
Conrad Black's Hollinger International Inc. is looking to sell some or all of its newspapers, but the embattled publisher's far-flung morsels may not prove all that tasty to potential buyers,...
Illinois bets off; casinos blame tax
The Illinois casino industry feared it would lose gamblers to the betting emporiums in neighboring Indiana when it started to pass on the costs of a hefty state tax hike...
Journal Communications announces stock offering
The company that owns the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, one of the nation's last independent metro dailies, stepped to the brink of a new era Wednesday by announcing it would sell...
Investors bet on safe landing for revamped United
When United Airlines' parent UAL Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, it was widely believed its already battered stock price would dive further, perhaps down to zero. In...
Travel agents say few shun carrier
For the nation's frequent fliers, airline turbulence has become an all-too-familiar story--and one that no longer automatically sends passengers bailing. Watching United Airlines teeter on the brink of bankruptcy is...
Region’s economy gets mixed assessment
Even as Wall Street braces for a flood of lackluster third-quarter corporate-earnings reports, investors and economists are trying to get a handle on how various sectors of the local economy...
Credit card operations lead Sears’ profit surge
Sears, Roebuck and Co. handed Wall Street a pleasant earnings surprise Thursday, even as sales continued to decline at its core retail operation. Second-quarter earnings for the nation's third-largest general...