Philip Morris blew smoke and a judge inhaled
The guy in the black robe blinked. When Judge Nicholas Byron bailed out Monday on his demand that Philip Morris put up a $12 billion bond to file an appeal...
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Airline-borne ills not curable with magic pills
Everyone has an opinion about how to fix the airline industry. Workable solutions are something else. No one seems to have those. Fixing the airline industry won't be simple. One...
A business backlash on Meigs backhoes
In the petty situation room where Mayor Richard Daley and his fellow vandals worked Sunday night, the Meigs Field attack plan must have seemed just brilliant. The mayor had it...
Fuzzy thinking clouds debate on media rules
Clear Channel Communications has caught a lot of heat lately, which isn't right. Clear Channel is actually providing a valuable public service. Clear Channel shows us what happens when one...
Little sleep, no rest, as war images unfold
When you get to work Monday, look around. Up ahead. Over there. Maybe in the mirror. They're all around. War zombies. You know the look. Droopy eyes, slumped shoulders, heads...
No turning back for Sears’ conquistador
Out at Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s Hoffman Estates headquarters, Chief Executive Alan Lacy has been talking about Hernando Cortes lately. Lacy mentioned Cortes to close colleagues while finalizing a jolting...
Business of war puts pressure on CEO Bush
There was a time when it sounded attractive, important even, that George W. Bush would be our first MBA president. That was before bombs over Baghdad and prisoners of war....
Trying to put a number on war and horror
War means life and death. Security or danger. Freedom or tyranny. And, at some point, it also means dollars and cents. Wars rarely are fought purely for economic reasons. But...
United paved most of tough road it’s on
It's not easy saving an airline. It's not easy saving an industry. It's not easy when war rages in Iraq. When people have stopped traveling. When fuel prices are sky...
Bodies, budgets aren’t only costs world will face
The War Whoop Rally is going strong. The stock market has jumped 10 percent in the five trading days since Wall Street decided that war with Iraq is inevitable. It's...