Investing snapshot: USG
The player: USG Corp. (USG) Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Headquarters: Chicago Revenue: $3.02 billion in 2011; $2.94 billion in 2010; $3.24 billion in 2009 52-week stock range: $17.56/$5.75 Friday's...
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Viability of pay-what-you-want pricing models
If you could pay what you want for your products, how much would you cough up? In 2007, alternative rock band Radiohead experimented with the digital release of its seventh...
Viability of pay-what-you-want pricing models
If you could pay what you want for your products, how much would you cough up?In 2007, alternative rock band Radiohead experimented with the digital release of its seventh album,...
Office Space: Goose Island brewer
John Laffler brews beer to be consumed, not memorialized. It's why the Goose Island brewer patiently waits nine months to two years for his barrel-aged beers to mature. "I really...
Investing snapshot: Cosi Inc.
The player: Cosi Inc. (COSI) Exchange: Nasdaq Headquarters: Deerfield Revenue: $75.9 million for the first nine months of 2011, down from $84.3 million a year earlier, when sales of 13...
Investing: Gauging labor demand
Finally, companies are starting to hire. As of January, the national unemployment rate had fallen to 8.3 percent and Illinois' dropped to 9.4 percent, with the state having added 3,800...
Pros and cons of Obama’s corporate tax rate cut
President Barack Obama's focus on tax reform took a turn for the corporate last week. He announced a proposal to lower the U.S. corporate tax rate to 28 percent from...
Office space: McDonald’s archivist
Remember the first time you ate a Big Mac? Michael Bullington recalls his. But, then again, as the archives senior manager of McDonald's Corp., he has to. Bullington has found...
Worker rights: The fruits of 1 million’s labor
Working conditions at one of Apple Inc.'s largest suppliers have come under intense scrutiny. At least 10 employees at China-based Foxconn Technology Group, which manufacturers the iPad and iPhone, committed...
Investing snapshot: BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The player: BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BPAX) Headquarters: Lincolnshire Revenue: For the first nine months of 2011, the company posted revenue of $320,787. 52-week stock range: $4.02/38 cents Friday's close: 79...