The Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team is borrowing a page from YouTube by asking Chicagoans to create and post videos about the city on a newly created channel.[...]
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the largest U.S. tiremaker, said it will close 92 money-losing retail stores with about 500 full-time workers by the end of the year.[...]
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Wholesale inflation soared in July, leaving prices rising at the fastest pace in nearly three decades. While recent declines in oil and other commodity prices raise hopes inflation may have peaked, some economists worry about the widespread nature of the July price surge and caution it will [...]
Oil prices briefly dropped below $112 a barrel Tuesday, extending the previous session's decline as Tropical Storm Fay avoided oil-producing infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico.[...]
NEW YORK (AP) _ Target Corp. is reporting a 7.6 percent decline in second-quarter profit but beat Wall Street expectations despite continued weak sales in a challenging economy.[...]
BMW revs up, ties with Lexus for No. 1 NEW YORK-U.S. car buyers are growing less satisfied with their purchases from domestic automakers while their Asian and European competitors continue to improve, according to a new survey.[...]
Nymex Holdings Inc. shareholders are voting today in New York and Chicago on a $8.4 billion takeover proposal from CME Group that would create the the world's largest derivatives market.[...]
Digital camcorders from Kodak, Pure Digital Technologies make it easy for amateurs T wo new pocket-size digital camcorders I've been testing should make any amateur videographer-and those who want to be one-a capable shooter ready to share memories with friends or upload to YouTube.[...]
LKQ Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to pay $72.9 million in stock and cash to acquire closely held Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking, a Southern California auto recycler.[...]
Speculation that popular talk-show host will move to ABC casts uncertainty over resurgent newsmagazine This should be a new dawn for "Nightline." Instead, it could be good night.[...]
Between State Street and Michigan Avenue lies a road less traveled, ripe for development of a new type of downtown living, including upscale shops, grocery and entertainment For decades, the corridor of Wabash Avenue under the "L" tracks was derided as an alley between State Street and Michigan Avenue, a [...]
NEW YORK (AP) _ Can't Michael Phelps stay? Please? No amount of begging by NBC will make it happen. The Olympics swim meet ends soon after Phelps' bid for his eighth gold medal on NBC Saturday night, with another week of competition remaining.[...]
If political parties are going to stage events, at least make them interesting C onfident that Michael Phelps was not a digital special effect produced by the Chinese equivalent of Industrial Light & Magic, U.S. TV viewers have been way into NBC's coverage of the Beijing Summer Olympics so far.[...]
W hen a vehicle controls the number of cylinders in use based on its need for more or less power, you'd think the automaker would shout it from the highest mountain-especially with gas prices rising like CEO salaries.[...]
Digital camcorders from Kodak, Pure Digital Technologies make it easy for amateurs T wo new pocket-size digital camcorders I've been testing should make any amateur videographer-and those who want to be one-a capable shooter ready to share memories with friends or upload to YouTube.[...]
The former DirecTV chief must contend with steep declines in circulation and advertising revenues. Eddy Hartenstein, the former head of satellite television provider DirecTV, will become the new publisher of the Los Angeles Times on Monday.[...]
The Chicago Tribune shed more that 40 newsroom employees today, which, coupled with last week's voluntary exit of more than 30 journalists, means the paper has cut 80 people from its editorial staff as part of cost-cutting campaign at all of parent Tribune Co.'s newspapers.[...]
Amcol International Corp. said directors boosted the Arlington Heights company's quarterly dividend by 13 percent, to 18 cents a share from the previous 16 cents.[...]
NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street rose moderately Friday as the price of oil extended its decline, falling below $112 a barrel and helping to offset a disappointing report on consumer sentiment.[...]
The typical Medicare beneficiary can expect to see about a $3 increase in their monthly premiums for prescription drug coverage in 2009, federal officials said Thursday.[...]
Despite supporters' claims that the competition is unfairly slanted against it, Boeing got what it wanted from newly released Pentagon guidelines for a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, according to the chief executive of rival bidder Northrop Grumman.[...]
A Miami-based company has purchased the shuttered Motorola plant in Harvard, officials said Thursday.[...]
British Airways PLC, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia SA said Thursday they have signed a joint business agreement to cooperate on flights between North America and Europe.[...]
Tax-limiting plan would put heavy debt load on buyer Tribune Co.'s desire to minimize its taxes when it unloads the Chicago Cubs sets the stage for a possible showdown with Major League Baseball.[...]
McDonald's Corp. lost the most since July 24, sliding 2.1 percent to $64.57 in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.[...]
