Corporate Officers

Daniel Baker, a former general partner at Alex. Brown & Sons who headed the firm's institutional sales department and in retirement managed a family farm, died May 19 of cancer at his Ruxton home. He was 82. "Dan was one of the true gentlemen in the...

PHOENIX (AP) — The NHL has approved the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group of Canadian-led investors, but the deal is contingent on reaching a lease agreement with the city of Glendale, two people familiar with the situation told The...

Re "Dimon retains role as chairman," Business, May 22 So, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lost $6 billion in an embarrassing trading episode on Jamie Dimon's watch as chairman and chief executive officer. JPMorgan shareholders, elect me as your chairman and CEO....

Procter & Gamble Co. wants to make something clear to investors: The replacement of Chief Executive Bob McDonald with his predecessor A.G. Lafley is not a death knell for the company. Far from it, said Chief Financial Officer Jon R. Moeller in a short...

Dover Corp. plans to spin off it communications technology unit into an independent, publicly traded company, the Downers Grove-based company said Thursday morning. Dover shares rose nearly 5 percent in morning trading. Upon completion of the spin...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was another ugly quarter for Sears Holdings Corp. The beleaguered department-store chain reported a steeper-than-expected loss for its first quarter on slumping sales. It also announced that it is considering selling its...

The week before the Memorial Day holiday has been a busy one for retailers. Here's a sampling of happenings from Mattel, J.C. Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch. Mattel: As the El Segundo-based toymaker adapts to its newly created North America division, it...

Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal, a Tribune analysis has found. Most of the extra...

McDonald's executives fielded a number of questions at the company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday, including its role in the global obesity epidemic, marketing to children and wages for entry-level workers at its restaurants. "We don't sell junk...

Veteran Chicago radio executive Jimmy de Castro has been named president and general manager of WGN-AM 720, Tribune Co. announced Thursday. The move puts one of Chicago's most charismatic and successful broadcast managers in charge of the legacy radio...

The recently completed affiliation between Hoag Hospital and St. Joseph Health (SJH) was the result of a thoughtful process by both organizations and their boards of directors. Our combined purpose was to create a collaborative network of care —...

Sears Holdings Corp. said it lost $279 million, or $2.63 per diluted share, in the first quarter compared to $189 million or $1.78 per share a year earlier.  The Hoffman Estates-based retailer said sales slid to $8.4 billion from $9.2 billion last year,...