Wily trader incurs wrath of judge
Leon "Chip" Greenblatt III became a cult hero among traders years ago when he stood up to the Chicago Stock Exchange in a battle over his unorthodox strategy of selling...
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Hydrogen taking back seat as doors open for electric cars
— With oil belching out of control into the Gulf of Mexico, the moment could hardly be better for introducing a new wave of electric cars. Right on cue, the...
Domino’s tosses barbs at itself, and it’s paying off
— In the test kitchen at the corporate headquarters for Domino's Pizza Inc., a chef dressed in a starched white coat was going through the familiar motions: Sauce on crust,...
Farmers reap bumper crop of subsidies
Heavy rains put some Iowa cropland under water in the spring of 2008, and now Uncle Sam is making it up to the state's farmers. At least $163 million in...
Coal makes a stealth comeback
The head of Massey Energy Co. can expect the worst when he testifies before Congress on Thursday about the coal mining disaster that killed 29 of his employees last month....
Payday loans feeling squeezed by proposed financial reform
The PLS payday loan store in Evanston stays open seven days a week, from as early as 8 a.m. to as late as 9 p.m., its bright interior festooned with...
Man U punts AIG for Aon
There it is in an ad for a fancy Swiss watch: three of the top soccer players on the world's No. 1 sports franchise, wearing bright red jerseys emblazoned with...
Regulators, exchanges seek ways to prevent ‘flash crashes’
With regulators and lawmakers looking to avoid a repeat of last week's nearly 1,000-point intraday drop in the Dow Jones industrial average, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that...
Love-hate relationship with Wall Street endures
After a yearslong turnaround effort, Sara Lee Corp. had just announced better-than-expected results Thursday morning when an analyst on the conference call asked why the stock was going down anyway....
College grads face tough job search
Roosevelt University senior Molly MacPhail is among the many Americans expecting more grim news when the government reports unemployment numbers Friday, but at least she has a plan. She's heading...