Scuttled ports deal may ship out dollars
The decision by Dubai Ports World to divest its U.S. holdings may have defused a potentially explosive clash between President Bush and members of his own party. But it is...
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For Ken Trammell, the chief financial officer of Lake Forest-based Tenneco Inc., Monday's announcement that Ford Motor Co. would slash up to 30,000 jobs and close 14 plants hardly came...
Big Three’s pain ripples across the Midwest
The auto industry's startling implosion gained steam Wednesday as word leaked out that Ford Motor Co. would join its beleaguered rival, General Motors Corp., in axing as many as 30,000...
Inner city’s inner strengths mined
Poverty often hides in plain sight. That much we learned when Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans and focused national attention on that city's economically downtrodden African-American community. But the...
Chapter 11 closing in for Delta, Northwest
A day of reckoning is coming for cash-strapped Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, both of which could be headed for bankruptcy protection this week. That would leave the airline...
For a master of the universe, no hedging on art masterpieces
It doesn't take long for Chicago financier Ken Griffin to explain why he would pay the astounding sum of $60 million for a Cezanne still life. The beauty lies in...
New plane lifts Boeing in contest for top seller
John Leahy, the indefatigable chief commercial officer of Airbus SAS, wasn't about to let a burst appendix prevent him from closing a crucial airplane deal. His malady--"No doubt brought on...
It’s schmooze or lose in air wars
John Leahy, the longtime sales chief of Airbus SAS, was gliding through Los Angeles in a limousine, on the way to a morning sales call, when his cell phone rang...
The global factory
Boeing Co.'s Wichita production plant holds a proud place not just in Boeing lore but in American history. A week after Pearl Harbor, mechanics began building the production line for...
THE GLOBAL FACTORY
Boeing Co.'s Wichita production plant holds a proud place not just in Boeing lore but in American history. A week after Pearl Harbor, mechanics began building the production line for...