Stanley Ziemba

The announcement of two major leases at a 65-story Loop skyscraper that has been standing largely empty show that Chicago`s office market is stronger than its high vacancy rate would...

The oat-bran war escalated Thursday when Texas sued Chicago`s Quaker Oats Co., charging it was misleading consumers by claiming its oat-bran cereals can significantly reduce heart attacks. Quaker fired back...

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...

State officials are pitching a Hoffman Estates site to Sears, Roebuck & Co. as an alternative to land near O`Hare International Airport for relocating 6,000 workers from Sears Tower, sources...

Downtown Chicago has the 10th-lowest office vacancy rate in the nation, according to an office market survey by a Chicago-based commercial real estate firm. With 12.3 percent of its office...

Real Estate Research Corp., the highly respected, Chicago-based real estate appraisal and consulting firm that has been rumored in recent months to be close to being sold, has a new...

Sears, Roebuck and Co.`s recently announced plans to move away from promotional sales and into what it calls everyday low pricing is ''as profound a change in merchandising as it`s...

Sundstrand Corp., the Rockford-based aerospace firm, pleaded guilty Friday to charges of wide-ranging fraud against the Defense Department, and a federal judge lambasted ''greedy'' company officials for creating ''this sordid...

To Robert Brooks, an industrial marketing consultant from Waukegan, the stock market is a casino run by short-term speculators. He has scaled back his stock holdings to invest in government...

The Pritzker family of Chicago has proposed buying Ramada Inc. for about $368.4 million, a deal that could broaden its hotel interests and make it a major player in casino...