The hours might be crumby, but the dough is great. Sorry, but that's what happens when you're talking to the owner of a bakery who likes to toss around the puns. Cathy Baumann and husband, Ray, this month are celebrating a quarter-century of satisfying the sweet tooth of customers at Baumann's Bakery in Palos Heights.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors agonizing over a faltering economy sent the stock market plunging all over again Wednesday after two disheartening reports convinced Wall Street that a recession, if not already here, is inevitable. The Dow Jones industrials dropped more than 700 points, wiping out much of Monday's 936-point advance, and all the major indexes fell at least 7 percent.
DALLAS (AP) -- American Airlines says it will buy 42 787-9 jets from Chicago-based Boeing as part of a move to improve the fuel efficiency of its fleet.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retail sales fell off a cliff in September, plunging by the largest amount in three years as worried consumers shunned the malls and auto showrooms in the midst of the country's financial meltdown.
A Sun-Times exclusive: Are tollway drivers ready to carpool? Gov. Blagojevich thinks so. He will announce a plan today to allow people who carpool or drive hybrids to use specially designated express lanes on Illinois tollways. Under the plan, the Toll Authority will introduce "Green Lanes."
Nationwide Insurance is partnering with a Canadian technology company in hopes of taking away a source of distraction for drivers, particularly teens.
Mix chicken with ice cream, and apparently you get doughnuts. Three partners who own local Brown's Chicken and Dairy Queen restaurants today opened the first of at least four Dunkin' Donuts shops planned for the Southland. The first is at the southeast corner of 171st Street and 80th Avenue in the Walgreen-anchored Tinley Downs strip center in Tinley Park.
Wall Street fluctuated Tuesday as investors reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks but also collected profits from the previous day's massive advance.
Authorities say they have shut down one of the largest spam operations in the world, a vast network involving countries from New Zealand to China and the United States.
NEW YORK (AP) - Specialty retailer Linens 'n Things, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May, plans to begin liquidation sales at its stores as early as Thursday after failing to find a buyer that wanted to operate the company.
Sandra Guy: Drivers who've been suffering cruising anxiety may get to rev it up by the holidays, when gasoline could drop below $3 a gallon, an expert said Monday. Gasoline in some parts of the Midwest, such as in Davenport, Iowa, is already down to $2.50.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Tuesday announced a $250 billion plan by the U.S. government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks, saying the drastic steps were "not intended to take over the free market but to preserve it."
Motorola on Tuesday introduced its first full-fledged touch-screen cell phone in the United States, called the Krave ZN4, aiming to compete with the Apple iPhone.
Mokena village trustees rejected a plan for a proposed auto-repair shop and retail complex on LaGrange Road on Monday night, saying the proposed development tried to crowd too much into too little space.
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The 18th annual Operation Access to Employment for Persons with Disabilities resource fair will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Oak Lawn Hilton, 9333 S. Cicero Ave.
