Mary Ellen Podmolik

The Chicago-area housing market continued to take steps toward recovery in November, posting numbers that are fostering expectations of a much-improved 2013. The Illinois Association of Realtors said Thursday that...

Walgreen Co. reported a 25 percent decline in fiscal first-quarter profit Friday but said it continues to win back customers lost last year during its contract dispute with Express Scripts...

The Illinois Attorney General's office said Friday it would award up to $70 million for housing counseling services and redevelopment efforts to aid communities hard hit by vacant and abandoned...

The state of Illinois has begun advising residents of assistance programs available to those who will lose their federal unemployment benefits. About 90,000 people who are receiving federal Emergency Unemployment...

The average interest rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked up this week to 3.37 percent, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.Last week, the average rate was 3.32 percent and during...

The Chicago-area housing market continued to take steps toward recovery in November, posting numbers that are fostering expectations of a much-improved 2013. The Illinois Association of Realtors said Thursday that...

The Hillshire Brands Co. plans to sell its Australian subsidiary Kitchens of Sara Lee Pty Ltd., to a subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited so it can focus on its North...

What's the best way to find out information about that product on the shelf that you're eyeing for a holiday gift -- look it up on your cellphone or ask...

Businesses travelers like their coffee and fast-food restaurants, and they frequently travel to Chicago. Those were among the results of a study of 11 months of data by Certify, an...

The Illinois attorney general's office filed lawsuits Tuesday against two companies, alleging they bilked struggling Chicago-area homeowners by charging them for "forensic mortgage loan audits.'' The companies convinced homeowners that...