Weaker earnings keep heat on Tribune
Tribune Co.'s second-quarter earnings report on Thursday didn't provide much respite from what is turning out to be a long, hot summer for Dennis FitzSimons, the media company's embattled chairman...
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Tribune buyback to move forward
After weeks of infighting and boardroom intrigue over a controversial $2.5 billion stock buyback plan, Tribune Co. announced Tuesday that it will repurchase 45 million of its shares for $32.50...
`Key guy’ in Tribune fight
Behind the public rift between the management of Tribune Co. and the Chandler family that founded Times Mirror Co., a little-known person with a big impact has become a subject...
`Key guy’ in Tribune fight
Behind the public rift between the management of Tribune Co. and the Chandler family that founded Times Mirror Co., a little-known person with a big impact has become a subject...
Boardroom brawl roils Tribune Co.
The battle for the future of Tribune Co. escalated to a new, bare-fisted level on Wednesday when the company's second-largest shareholder publicly questioned Tribune leadership and called for a breakup...
Tribune chief not retreating
When Tribune Co. Chief Executive Dennis FitzSimons made the decision in late May to move ahead with a restructuring plan vehemently opposed by his second-largest shareholder, he took up a...
Dispute may put Tribune in play
When Dennis FitzSimons, the chairman and chief executive of Tribune Co., announced a $2 billion stock buyback on May 30, he was confident that the stock's value would rise. He...
Not all behind Tribune buyback
The opening of a major rift on Tribune Co.'s board, with a bloc of three directors standing in opposition to eight others, may portend more turbulence for the embattled Chicago...
ADM’s focus clear with choice of CEO
The new president and chief executive of agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. has three striking characteristics: She's a woman, she hails from Big Oil and she's not a member...
Chrysler, union try to work it out together
As Bruce Baumhower wheeled his Town and Country mini-van past the gleaming white boxes of this city's new Jeep Wrangler plant on a recent spring afternoon, his cell phone rang...