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It may have been the worst kept secret on Wall Street. But when news broke Tuesday morning that the Justice Department is expected to indict Martha Stewart on insider-trading charges,...
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Firms worry as wage hike looms
While Peter Orum said Illinois' measure to raise the state's minimum wage above federal levels will not put his nursery out of business, it may stop him from adding workers....
Questions flow on Iraq’s oil
The prospect of Iraq's return to the company of oil producers is contributing to growing disarray within the OPEC cartel, even though the war-torn country is weeks, if not months,...
3 unions on creditors panel
United Airlines, whose internecine worker-management strife contributed to its downfall, now finds that its beleaguered unions will play a significant role in shaping the way the company will reinvent itself....
Uncertainty prevails among employees, passengers alike
Larry Silva has worked for United Airlines for three decades, enjoying a career that took him to every nook and cranny of the globe. Now the 55-year-old flight attendant fears...
Trucker’s rivals revel as stocks soar
As Consolidated Freightways Corp. moved to fire its 15,550 mostly unionized workers Tuesday, the freight hauler's rivals reaped strong gains in their share prices on the exit of the No....
CEOs make haste to certify results
The nation's corporate chieftains on Wednesday swore to the veracity of their latest financial results in a government exercise designed to infuse investors with confidence in the markets. The new...
Altered memo key to verdict
In the end, it didn't come down to thousands of pounds of shredded documents, or a controversial ruling by the judge. After 72 hours of deliberations spread over 10 days,...
Weighing the options
In rosier times, when corporate profits and rising stock prices were regarded as givens, as they were in the not-too-distant past, it was a relatively simple matter to discern which...
Volcker plans `New Andersen’
In an effort to save the troubled Andersen accounting firm, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on Friday offered to take the reins of the Chicago-based accounting giant and install...