Merrill Goozner

North Carolina Gov. James G. Martin acknowledged Thursday that the state is trying to woo Sears, Roebuck and Co.`s Merchandise Group away from Chicago, but said that no special tax...

Does taking the wife and kids to McDonald`s for a couple of Big Macs, salads and Happy Meals in a plastic booth evoke nostalgic memories of those drive-in restaurants of...

The governor and the mayor used personal persuasion and the lure of tax breaks and land Tuesday in a high-profile push to keep Sears, Roebuck and Co. from moving its...

What did he know and when did he know it were questions members of Congress wanted to ask of Richard Nixon during the Watergate hearings in the summer of 1974....

''The Silent War: Inside the Global Business Battles Shaping America`s Future,'' by Ira C. Magaziner and Mark Patinkin, Random House, 415 pages, $19.95 Too much of the literature of industrial...

In a defiant response, Pillsbury Co. Chief Executive Philip Smith vowed Thursday to beat back Grand Metropolitan PLC`s bid to take over his company. ''We`re not going to be taken...

The United Auto Workers and Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. are locked in a bitter battle here that`s fast becoming a critical test of the union`s ability to organize auto plants...

The nation`s youths are enjoying the best summer job market in years, with employers in some areas complaining about a shortage of qualified entry- level workers. As a result, economists...

The majority of Chicago high school students are consigned to dilapidated, mostly segregated neighborhood schools serving a course of study that prepares them neither for college nor the world of...

Chicagoans, concerned about the poor quality of the city`s public schools, are willing to pay more in taxes to improve them, a Tribune poll has found. In addition, there is...