Economy drowning in underwater homeowners
We are at a time in the economic cycle in which upside-down homes may be as big a concern as anything else happening in the economy. Chicago matches the national...
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Families own a special place in baseball’s long history
In this time of Ricketts-fed enthusiasm, when it appears that Tom Ricketts and his family will bring fresh blood, newly minted money and a can-do mind-set to the ownership suite...
Health-care co-op idea worth a shot
Health-care cooperatives are one of those political trial balloons that floated briefly in full view, then blew quickly away in the gusts of barbed rhetoric about the future of the...
A nip and tuck make public-insurer plan more attractive
Perhaps opponents really have shouted President Barack Obama's most far-reaching health-care reform proposals into oblivion, as it seems based on the administration's backtracking of recent days. But it would be...
Time to hold bid committee’s feet to flame on records
"This is a good thing for our bid," Pat Ryan was saying the other night, after Bronzeville neighborhood citizens grilled Olympics officials for nearly three hours about costs and risks...
Public on hook deserves look into Olympics bid
For Chicago 2016, the Olympic organizing committee, the long march through Chicago's 50 wards is nearly done. The community meetings that wrap up this month have been arduous. Yet the...
Trust capitalism, realize stimulus serves purpose
A 12,000-square-foot warehouse across the street from the RV factory where President Barack Obama dispensed $39 million in federal stimulus money Wednesday symbolizes the mixed feelings, in Indiana and across...
Huron’s attractive saga quickly losing its feel-good aspect
For a firm born with a scarlet letter -- "A" for Arthur Andersen -- on its lapel, Huron Consulting should have been the very last to get into an ethically...
Look deep at leases — bottom hard to find
The Big Willy, nee Sears Tower, is a target for the attentions of the statistic-minded, what with its 1,450-foot height, the 3.8 million square feet of rental space, the 445-million-pound...
Summer spike
Sale by sale, the housing market is starting to reclaim some of the territory it lost when the industry's bubble burst. June sales of existing homes in the Chicago area,...