It was the heart of Chicago's "Black Metropolis," a commercial swath of black-owned businesses that thrived on the South Side between World War I and World War II. To some,...
Under a succession plan crafted by his grandfather, Rocky Wirtz assumed the post of president of Wirtz Corp. and became chairman of its Chicago Blackhawks hockey franchise Friday. While Rocky's...
Some people can't get home loans or refinance their adjustable-rate mortgages. Others are seeing the interest rates on their credit cards double. It's the biggest consumer credit crunch in recent...
Unmoved by testimony about a jet-setting lifestyle at company expense but certain that Hollinger International Inc. had been pilfered, a federal jury on Friday found press baron Conrad Black guilty...
Thomas the Tank Engine was introduced to the TV world by narrator Ringo Starr as a "cheeky little engine with six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy...
Don Levin doesn't know how much it would cost to buy the Cubs, with or without Wrigley Field, but the wealthy businessman who has turned the local minor-league Wolves into...
Don Levin doesn't know how much it would cost to buy the Cubs, with or without Wrigley Field, but the wealthy businessman who has turned the local minor-league Wolves into...
Real estate magnate Sam Zell's $8.2 billion purchase of Tribune Co. is going to have to jump some regulatory hurdles before it reaches the finish line. The transaction has to...
It's hardly a model for other activist shareholders to follow. Dissatisfied with the gradually sinking price of Tribune Co. shares, the Chandler family of California put the company in play,...
He doesn't sit on lots of corporate boards, his name isn't on a lot of buildings, and he isn't the first guy local charities run to when they need a...