United gets new president
UAL Corp. named company insider John Tague president of United Airlines, creating a clear No. 2 position at the Chicago-based carrier. Tague, 47, joined the airline in 2003 and has...
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CIT’s ripple effect
Few consumers realize the influence of CIT Group Inc., but the company's perilous footing could trip up a huge swath of the business world, affecting everything from holiday season gift...
Wal-Mart keen to define green
Calling a T-shirt "green" is like calling a shampoo "natural." No one is quite sure what it means. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is taking steps to give the phrase "green" a...
Bankruptcy’s hidden toll
Mandy Dalton is a professional clown. She likes to make kids laugh. "We're kind of the blue-collar workers of the entertainment industry. We get paid contractually," she said. "We're the...
Say, what do you think?
When it comes to purchasing decisions, chat rooms and bloggers aren't as influential as you may think. At least, that's the conclusion of a new survey from consumer market research...
In tough times jobless turning to alma maters
Nancy Cohen's days began to change in January, after Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. decided to lay off 4,000 workers. The University of Illinois at Chicago fundraising executive found herself bombarded by...
Final 3 pitches for Cubs
And then there were three. The sale of the Chicago Cubs has come down to three finalists, nearly two years after the team's owner, Tribune Co., put the storied franchise...
As clock ticks, will sales click?
It's beginning to look a lot like a last-minute Christmas. As the final weekend of Christmas shopping begins, Americans feeling the effects of recession find themselves further behind in their...
Predawn discount dash
With the official start of the holiday shopping season, the baiduhai sent a team of reporters to area retailers to gauge the crowds and sales on Black Friday starting...
Spending urge curbed
You could call Terri Taylor the new American consumer. When her iron broke, she went shopping, found one marked down 40 percent and resisted the urge to buy anything else....