Mary Ellen Podmolik

Did you do a little less grumbling at the gas pump last month?The average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Illinois dropped 18 cents in May, to $3.91 a gallon....

Coinstar, Inc., whose self-service kiosks count money and rent DVDs and videogames, is adding a jolt of caffeine to its product mix. Coinstar will begin rolling out kiosks, called Rubi,...

Claire's Stores Inc., announced Wednesday that it had lured away a top retail executive from The Walt Disney Co., to become CEO of the Hoffman Estates-based accessories chain, ending a...

A federal grand jury has indicted a Chicago man for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme, in part so he could pay for an apartment in the Trump International Hotel &...

Office products maker Acco Brands Corp. announced Wednesday that it would close its manufacturing and distribution facility in East Texas, Penn., and transfer some of the work to its Lincolnshire...

Walgreens' May sales slipped 1.6 percent to $5.98 billion, as the drugstore chain said gains in the amount of money spent by customers in the store was offset by a...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., completed its $800 million cash purchase of URL Pharma, Inc., and the acquisition will immediately add $550 million in sales this year, the company said Monday....

CME Group Inc., reported a year-over-year decline Monday in its May trading volume, and its first-quarter performance caused Zacks Equity Research to downgrade the company. CME said its trading volume...

Deere & Co. announced Monday that it will invest $47 million to expand the manufacturing capacity at its Moline plant, but the investment will not result in any new jobs...