Pat Widder

In the U.S., Nielsen and Arbitron ratings affect advertising rates and the fates of shows and stars. But in Russia, where independent TV is still in its infancy, there are...

Hands jammed deep in his jacket pockets against the chill of a late September evening, Pittsburgh manager Jim Leyland surveyed his team as it warmed up at Wrigley Field. The...

For Vito Sinkus and others in the shrinking Lithuanian enclave around Marquette Park, the KASA Lithuanian Federal Credit Union was a comfortable place where they could chat in their native...

Irving V. Boberski escalated his dispute with the government Thursday by filing suit to stop the Office of Thrift Supervision from unseating him as head of Avondale Federal Savings Bank...

Two of Chicago`s financial exchanges vowed to reopen Tuesday, but in the wake of flood-related problems that forced a halt in trading Monday, the Chicago Board of Trade said it...

The top companies of the `90s will have to be as concerned with their ''FFI'' rating as they are with their ''ROI'' if they want to remain in the upper...

Scandal in Japan, disappointment over the Group of 7 economic summit and second thoughts about corporate earnings combined Monday to drive stock prices sharply and broadly lower. The Dow Jones...

Two weeks shy of its 15th birthday, the federal agency that regulates futures trading is facing the biggest political crisis of its rocky history. The outcome could determine the fate...

The movement against program trading continued to snowball Wednesday as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange voted to toughen measures designed to slow a fast-moving market and ease volatility. The Merc action...

Forced to choose its fights, Zenith Electronics Corp. said Monday that it was getting out of the tough computer business to better slug it out in its traditional arena of...