Julie Johnsson

United Airlines will cut 600 additional flight attendant jobs, starting Aug. 31, as it struggles with two side effects of the recession: lower-than-anticipated attrition and a steep drop in air...

Reeling from declines in readership and advertising, Playboy magazine is contemplating "radical changes" that may include cutting its circulation and reducing the frequency with which it is published, Jerome Kern,...

United Airlines will drop 60 percent of its flights to Mexico beginning Tuesday, as fewer travelers head south of the border because of swine flu concerns. Chicago-based United said late...

The McDonald's juggernaut continued in the first quarter, as the fast-food giant Wednesday bucked the global economic meltdown with a profit that topped Wall Street's expectations. Still, Oak Brook-based McDonald's...

A day after thousands of Americans found their names on a 162-page list of purported victims of Bernard Madoff, questions have arisen about the list's accuracy. The list, filed Wednesday...

Sam Zell potentially stands to recoup some of his investment as troubled media giant Tribune Co. reorganizes under Chapter 11 protection. But Tribune Co. employees are unlikely to see any...

As Barack Obama exulted in his victory in Grant Park last week, John Prater stood nearby in powerful and select company: Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney....

Mark Thomas has been shaving his retail company's travel budget relentlessly, and he's considering pulling out an even sharper blade next year. When he takes his buyers to trade shows,...

For the first time since oil prices began their meteoric rise this year, airlines are slashing fuel surcharges on a major international market: most flights between the U.S. and Europe....

When the stock markets tank, people park their planes. That's been the rule in the private-jet world, analysts say, and the latest market contraction is no exception. General aviation traffic,...