Melita M. Garza

Those who thought Big Oil rules a White House run by former oilmen George W. Bush and Dick Cheney may have underestimated the high-octane political power of King Corn. The...

Shares of Chicago-based USG Corp. rose 14.6 percent Wednesday on trading volume nearly three times its normal level. In light of the unusual activity, the New York Stock Exchange asked...

Peoples Gas agreed Tuesday to contribute an additional $1 million to help people unable to pay record-high heating bills. The contribution was part of a package of concessions to activists...

Summer is still more than two months away, but you couldn't prove it by the gas pump. Prices have risen as much as 25 percent in the past two weeks,...

Plans are on the drawing board for dozens of new gas-fired power plants in Illinois, reflecting a national trend that will put even more demand on a supply that this...

Energy prices bit into corporate and consumer bottom lines in the first quarter, led by natural gas prices that shot to record levels. While prices have come down a bit...

Gasoline prices shot up by as much as 20 cents in the past two days at many Chicago-area service stations, and station owners are blaming the price increases on hikes...

Just as some homeowners are getting heating bills that are double what they were a year ago, wholesale prices for natural gas hit record highs Wednesday, signaling that costs might...

Continuing to ride a wave of improvement in its credit card business, Sears, Roebuck and Co. reported a strong third-quarter performance Thursday, but the retail giant also warned that profits...

Clarence Davis stood at Randolph and State Streets, his arms crossed for warmth, his brow defiantly furrowed. He had been there two hours, since the power at his coffee shop...