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Phil Rosenthal, a Chicago Tribune business columnist, has been a working journalist since 17, when he talked his way into a regular ...
Commodity prices make chocolate treats a treasure
April 20, 2014
If your family Easter traditions include a hunt for mini-eggs and other chocolate goodies, you might consider grabbing a basket and joining the kids in the search.
Walgreen headquarters debate taxes our senses
April 16, 2014
You know that corner of Happy and Healthy where Walgreens stores advertise that they're located? It's not on a local map.
GM, Comcast hearings struggle selling stories
April 13, 2014
It is not uncommon for someone to sell a bill of goods when appearing before a Senate or House panel. What's rare for a hearing on Capitol Hill is for an elected official to actually solicit goods.
All is for sale in sports, so why not Cubs shares?
April 9, 2014
What I can't figure out is why anyone cares if the Ricketts family takes on minority shareholders for the Chicago Cubs. Why wouldn't they? Why shouldn't they? Why haven't they? It's practically free money, and it's not as though the family must give up any real control of the team or its assets. Minority shareholders don't have a voice.
Winnetka crusader fights high-speed trading
April 6, 2014
"This is my final stand," said Eric Scott Hunsader, who's been chin deep in this muck for more than three years. "This is it. If I don't get this done now, I will have wasted my time. I've invested so much in this. It's got to stop now, or it never will."
Stars catch breaks in baseball, work and life
April 2, 2014
Baseball fans don't need Hawk Harrelson to tell them umpires make mistakes, and most of us have suspected that star players benefit from those missed calls more often than those not as highly regarded.
NLRB decision good for college athletes and fair play
March 30, 2014
Besides major college football and basketball players, what other elite athletes make millions of dollars for everyone around them but get no share of the money and no say in the conditions under which they work?
Labor case shows Northwestern taught its athletes well
March 27, 2014
Even as Northwestern University readies its appeal of Wednesday's National Labor Relations Board regional office ruling that deems its football players school employees, giving them the right to unionize, the university ought to be bursting with pride.
Union would protect college athletes' rights, welfare
March 26, 2014
The NCAA's travel call after New Mexico State's basketball tourney loss should remind the NLRB that college players' rights, welfare need union protection.
Indiana gay marriage ban is bad for business
March 22, 2014
Indiana likes to tout itself as having a more hospitable business climate than Illinois, citing all the money problems Illinois politicians have gotten this state into.
A convention that really could put Chicago on the map
March 19, 2014
Hey, Chicago. Think we can be on our best behavior for a few days in early April? You know, be our charming Midwestern selves.
Drone economy: Can we innovate out of the mess?
March 16, 2014
We innovated ourselves into this mess. Can we innovate our way out of it?
Technology, drive for efficiency have created drone economy
March 9, 2014
There's a red-light camera on watch around the clock in place of a corner police officer. If that slows us down, our I-Pass enables us to whiz past the remaining manned booths on the tollway. When we fly, we may be directed to check ourselves in online or via airport kiosk. Speaking of which, it's been years since some of us spoke to a travel agent. Or a bank teller. Or a telephone operator.
Bitcoin's return on investment may be the education it provides
March 5, 2014
The good thing about the bad things involving bitcoins lately is the way they're testing the concept of a digital currency. Also, it's not your money.
Chicago's new digital lab could be island of prosperity
March 2, 2014
Mid-19th century enterprise and industry gave us Goose Island, a man-made byproduct of dredging the Chicago River. Now we're going to see what Goose Island can give to 21st century enterprise and industry.
Harold Ramis taught us valuable lessons
February 26, 2014
Harold Ramis movies such as "Animal House," "Ghostbusters," "Stripes" and "Caddyshack," taught us workplace lessons via quotes we committed to memory. Ramis died Monday.
Beyond food, grazers live an a la carte existence
February 23, 2014
This was never just about food. It never has been when it comes to meals.
How to heat up Chicago tourism in winter
February 19, 2014
How do you make Chicago a tourism destination at a time of year when Chicagoans would love to get away?
MillerCoors, Ford anticipate, then innovate
February 16, 2014
All companies must force themselves to look at the future. It's a harder task for established firms. Execs at Ford and MillerCoors discuss their approach.
WeatherTech's Super Bowl ad an 'evolutionary step'
February 12, 2014
More than a week and around $4 million later, David MacNeil will tell you he has no buyer's remorse. His Bolingbrook-based company's 30-second Super Bowl investment behind it, he's already thinking about what he would like to do with an ad on next year's telecast.
Car, truck business catches up to auto show imagery
February 9, 2014
If you're looking for a Bugatti Veyron 16.4, capable of doing zero to 62 mph in 2.46 seconds and topping out at 253 mph, you can find it at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show. Fast as it is, unless it can outrun creditors, this is as close as most of us will get to one. The manufacturer's suggested retail price is $1.48 million and, well, just no.
CVS snuffs out tobacco; Walgreen fiddles and burns
February 6, 2014
Larry Merlo has a teenage daughter who he says marvels at the fact airline passengers were allowed to smoke cigarettes as they flew.
Winter jitters for Wall Street
February 5, 2014
The Dow Jones industrial average sank more than 300 points Monday and rose nearly 75 points Tuesday.
Motorola Mobility lost on innovation
February 2, 2014
"We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender," President Barack Obama said in last week's State of the Union address, making specific references to Google, smartphones and a need for patent law reforms so businesses can "stay focused on innovation, not costly, needless litigation."
Rosenthal: Steel meets gridiron in Wildcat play for union standing
January 29, 2014
What we know today as the National Collegiate Athletic Association came into being more than a century ago in part because universities feared what would happen to their hold on college sports. The issue? Concerns about players' health and safety weren't addressed.
McDonald's problems demand new recipe
January 26, 2014
There's the living wage debate, childhood obesity concerns, LGBT groups railing against sponsorships tied to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and elderly customers being shooed out of a franchisee's restaurant in New York. McDonald's is generating plenty of discussion, but hardly the kind of talk it wants.
Not everyone is streaming mad over net neutrality ruling
January 22, 2014
It's tough to talk about net neutrality these days without getting queasy.
My own list of Chicago's greatest innovations
January 19, 2014
If you want to talk about mankind's greatest innovations, you have to include the list. It's not the wheel or saran wrap, but the list is ubiquitous and incredibly versatile.
Local spirits offer change of pace amid consolidating industry
January 14, 2014
When you order a shot of Koval single-barrel, organic bourbon whiskey, instead of, say, Maker's Mark, it's as much a statement as a request.
Rosenthal: Technology tells us when the price is right
January 12, 2014
Near the beginning of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," the late, great Lake Forest auteur John Hughes' paean to business travel, a Chicago adman played by Steve Martin is desperate to get to New York's LaGuardia Airport for his holiday flight home. He pleads with a stranger to let him have the taxi the man has just snagged in rush hour.
Rosenthal: States competed for Boeing, but plane-maker wins big
January 8, 2014
After a contest on par with one of those old radio "What Would You Do for Tickets" stunts in which the "winner" also emerges with a shaved head, kidney failure or some other amusing souvenir with the coveted prize, Chicago-based Boeing has announced it will base production of its 777X in — wait for it — Washington state.
Rosenthal: Ford's visionary move to raise wages has lessons today
January 5, 2014
It's been exactly 100 years since automaker Henry Ford announced one of the most famous business decisions of all time, cited to this day as an example of the economic benefits of boosting workers' wages.
Phil and the blanks: Kind words for crosswords
December 29, 2013
Crossword puzzles had been around for a little more than a decade when Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster — Dick and Max to friends — sensed possibilities that apparently no one else had up to that point.
Rosenthal: ADM's decision delivers a lesson in corporate strategy
December 19, 2013
Any out-of-towner can fall in love with Chicago when it's warm. Commit in December to making it your home and, beyond affection, it's likely you've simply decided this is somewhere you need to be.
Rosenthal: Boeing makes sky-high request for states wanting 777X plant
December 15, 2013
When it comes to corporate incentives, leave it to an aerospace company to test the limits of what will fly.
Rosenthal: Talent, not gender, earned Mary Barra GM post
December 11, 2013
For too long, when talking about power in the auto industry, the pronouns "she" or "her" referred only to a sleek car or muscular engine, never an actual woman.
Rosenthal: What happens if ADM walks as Illinois balks?
December 8, 2013
Winded from the strain of finally addressing the public pension funding crisis last week, our elected heroes in Springfield opted to take a break rather than give one.
Rosenthal: Mariano's feeding new supermarket appetites
December 4, 2013
The story of a grocery deli clerk rising to run the entire company holds a lot of appeal. So does the tale of a former chief executive who sweeps up some of his successors' broken pieces to show them how things are supposed to work.
Rosenthal: Thanksgiving has long been a commercial sell-out
November 28, 2013
The spread of Black Friday shopping into Thursday is less an assault on our hallowed Thanksgiving Day traditions than a long-standing side dish, like sweet potatoes or cranberry sauce, edging ever closer to the turkey.
Sears, Kmart boss Lampert: 'What we have is a profit problem'
November 24, 2013
Edward Lampert is talking about the future of Sears and Kmart. The chairman and chief executive of Hoffman Estates-based parent Sears Holdings Corp. is wondering aloud how many physical stores are needed, how large the stores should be and how their role will change.
Rosenthal: Would a law firm by any other name smell as sweet?
November 20, 2013
"A good name is better than precious ointment."
Phil Rosenthal on Chicago's reaction to Jon Stewart
November 17, 2013
We're supposed to be husky, brawling, big-shouldered. Not whiny, defensive, thin-skinned.
Rosenthal: Designer makes a stand with his Slope for iPad
November 13, 2013
Erik Kittlaus' younger brother enabled iPhones and iPads to speak. He's out to help iPads stand.
Rosenthal: Gogo envisions connectivity as a basic element of flying
November 10, 2013
Some air travelers undoubtedly find comfort in being forced for a few hours to unplug from email, texts, Facebook and other digital touch points of the wireless wired world.
Rosenthal: To win the incentive game, make Chicago better
November 6, 2013
When Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie browbeat Archer Daniels Midland at a public hearing a few weeks ago, comparing the global ag giant's bid to secure state tax credits to blackmail, it was a clarion call for change. But don't get the wrong idea.
Rosenthal: Walking fine line on JPMorgan penalty
November 3, 2013
Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is anything but an apologist for the financial sector. So when he questions even one facet of the proposed penalties for JPMorgan Chase connected to allegations related to the low quality of mortgage-backed securities peddled ahead of the 2008 financial debacle, it gets you thinking about what would be a fair and just punishment.
Rosenthal: Revisiting the 2008 financial crisis
October 30, 2013
An impressive array of major players gathered in Chicago on Tuesday to recall the virtual Heimlich maneuver that saved the financial sector from choking to death a half-decade ago and thump themselves on the back for keeping the economy alive.
Rosenthal: Obamacare fails first test
October 27, 2013
The federal government's botched launch of HealthCare.gov this month would be comparable to New Coke, still a go-to benchmark for making a bad first impression with Americans 28 years after landing with a thud. But only if disdain for the beverage stemmed from frustration that the cans and bottles could not be opened.
Rosenthal: Amazon sales tax debate could wind up in U.S. Supreme Court
October 23, 2013
Even for those who come no closer to a secret Swiss bank account than a box of Swiss Miss cocoa mix, there's a good chance they're shielding some dealings from the taxman. You know that "no sales tax" discount on online commerce? Well, um, technically, the consumer is still supposed to pay the state even if the appropriate percentage isn't collected at the time of sale.
Rosenthal: Why U. of C. has so many Nobels for economics
October 20, 2013
The University of Chicago is Parris Island for economists.
Rosenthal: Happy meal books feed McDonald's image
October 16, 2013
Thanks to a movie release, "The Hunger Games" book trilogy reinforced its standing as a publishing phenomenon in 2012 with 27.7 million copies distributed — 15 million in print — double the number sold over the previous two years combined.
Rosenthal: Dominick's exit leaves a relationship void
October 11, 2013
It's an intimate relationship. We're together regularly, maybe more than once a week. We keep lists so we can make the most of each visit. We clip items we see in the paper that we think will be appreciated. What we take away sustains us and satisfies our hunger. We touch it, taste it, smell it, feel it, drink it in, lick, chew and swallow.
Rosenthal: Safe way was fatal for Dominick's
October 11, 2013
My wife, a creature of habit, likes to shop at Dominick's. Each trip to the store means going by several rival retailers, each of which has, in recent years, stepped up its game in a bid to snag some or all of our grocery business.
Rosenthal: Cities' corporate courtships: It's the thought that counts
October 9, 2013
Everybody wants to be wanted.
Rosenthal: ADM effort is equivalent to clipping coupons for pennies
October 6, 2013
Archer Daniels Midland: coupon clipper to the world.
Rosenthal: An essential debate on the federal government shutdown
October 2, 2013
If you work in the White House, serving the president, you probably think you're a big deal. You put in long hours, you wear your security ID badge like it's the Medal of Honor. Your parents brag about you. Your former high school classmates might just be a little bit in awe.
Speed trade timing doesn't cause pause on Wall Street
September 29, 2013
A single millisecond — one-thousandth of a second — comes and goes 100 to 400 times faster than the blink of an eye, and with it comes and goes one's ability to see markets the same way again.
Rosenthal: Groupon needs to put doubts, sullied chapter to rest
September 24, 2013
The tide appeared to turn this summer. Deutsche Bank upgraded Groupon from "hold" to "buy" in June. Second-quarter results announced in August prompted Raymond James to upgrade Groupon to "market perform," while UBS bumped it up to "neutral." Morgan Stanley pushed the company to "overweight" not long after Labor Day. Stifel moved it from "hold" to a "buy" rating Thursday.
Rosenthal: Muscular Dystrophy Association moving to Chicago area
September 22, 2013
Steven Derks, the president and chief executive of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, is talking to me. Or he's trying to. Although we're both in Chicago, his call has been looped through his Arizona office. By the time what he's saying gets back into the 312 area code, some of it is hard to make out and goes unheard.
Rosenthal: Wall Street rules, sells us short
September 17, 2013
It's hard to remember now, but it was only a few years ago that Jamie Dimon's name was floated as a possible candidate for Treasury secretary. Those frustrated by the sluggish economic recovery believed the JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive, whose star only rose as rival banks staggered and fell in the financial crisis, should be the one to map out a new regulatory framework.
What lessons have we learned from Lehman?
September 15, 2013
When an airplane crashes, the industry and its regulators come together, accepting the responsibility to address the bad practices and structural defects the incident exposes to improve safety going forward.
Car dealers' TV shticks still work
September 11, 2013
Chicago-area car dealer Bob Rohrman is wearing a Santa hat, a white beard and sunglasses. He's dipping his feet in a kiddie pool alongside inflatable palm trees sitting in an auto showroom. "Good things come to those who don't wait," Santa Bob says, in a Christmas in July summer sales pitch. "You owe it to yourself to see us before you buy."
Chicago's Ronald Coase overturned economic theory
September 8, 2013
It was bloodless boxing, and even sparring with ideas instead of jabs, the free-market apostles of the University of Chicago didn't pull punches. Ronald Coase, the soft-spoken challenger taking on 20 heavyweights that evening, would recall it as "very grueling." Two of those whose views had been knocked sideways by Coase recalled stumbling into the night afterward in a state of shock.
Rosenthal: Microsoft deal for Nokia a lifeline to both
September 4, 2013
Microsoft's deal for Nokia's wireless phone business is about mobility.
Rosenthal: Labor's love lost but also part of King dream
September 1, 2013
This nation was born of the realization that individuals, by coming together as one, stood to gain equal footing with those to whom they had to answer. United, they could win empowerment and a greater say in the conditions under which they lived and worked.
Rosenthal: Jimmy de Castro hopes to spin some golden oldies at revamped WGN-AM 720
August 25, 2013
Contrary to what the guidebooks say, there is more than one Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.
Rosenthal: Public won't buy simple gadgetry upgrades, tweaks
August 21, 2013
Was anyone really surprised the star of "Dude, Where's My Car?" failed to pack the nation's multiplexes with his portrayal of the late Apple boss Steve Jobs?
Rosenthal: Diamonds in the rough
August 18, 2013
— The rain clouds have come and gone, giving way to pale skies that only accentuate the brightness of the sunlit skyline beyond PNC Park as the Pirates finally take the field.
Rosenthal: Feds have reservations on American and US Airways
August 14, 2013
Every frequent flier knows how frustrating it is when, awaiting final clearance for takeoff, you're instead told there's a problem and you must taxi back to the gate.
Rosenthal: Chicago port recovery would help residents stomach privatization efforts
August 4, 2013
Perhaps the only benefit of the lack of funds to maintain the long-neglected Illinois International Port District is the weathered sign on its grain elevators that should have been painted over long ago but obviously hasn't.
Publicis-Omnicom advertising merger is bigger, but is it better?
July 31, 2013
Bigger! Better! New and improved!
Rosenthal: Toys don't add much value to kids meals
July 28, 2013
My kids, ages 7 and 9, like the stickers they get after their doctor appointments, but they aren't clamoring to visit the pediatrician just to get them.
Rosenthal: Hostess Twinkies' challenge is to stay fresh
July 24, 2013
Now that the new Hostess Twinkies were finally back on store shelves, having been resurrected under new ownership, Harry Pierce just had to try one. The taste was more or less the same, though it was a smaller cake with less filling than those he recalled, and he had known them quite well for quite a while.
Rosenthal: Detroit sounds warning for Chicago
July 21, 2013
No matter how much horsepower you produce, you can't outrun math.
Rosenthal: Businesses should spy more opportunity in tracking
July 17, 2013
If you're going to track my every move, the least you can do is let me know if there's a mustard stain on my shirt.
Turning 50 no death sentence: Advertisers still want your wallet
July 14, 2013
My earliest fear was of the dark. Then it was heights. Today it is invisibility.
Rosenthal: In Asiana Airlines crash, finding Boeing 777's success in safety
July 10, 2013
It's rare for anything or anyone to get credit for doing what is expected of them, let alone when something goes horribly, horribly awry.
Rosenthal: In technology, sometimes it's better to last than to be first
July 7, 2013
The Net Investor was the landing party that opened a new world for experienced and novice investors alike. Like many that are first, its pre-eminence didn't last.
Rosenthal: When PR overshadows the problem
July 3, 2013
The Chicago Bulls apparently have a PR problem, and if it's not friction between their coach and general manager, it's the timing of hobbled superstar Derrick Rose's return to action.
Jewel folds its loyalty card as others struggle to win rewards game
June 29, 2013
Many factors figure into a shopper's allegiance to a particular grocery. Among them are prices and food quality, store location and cleanliness, the helpfulness of the staff and efficiency of checkout. And, according to a 2012 National Grocers Association study, those all have greater impact than customer loyalty programs.
Rosenthal: As home prices rise, so does economy
June 26, 2013
Homeowners who avoided drowning as their single largest investment went underwater in the economic downturn no doubt will want to wait before taking down the sandbags and putting away the snorkel. But the rain cloud that's loomed over the housing market for so long does seem to be lifting.
Rosenthal: Keeping genius in Illinois
June 23, 2013
There are 140 or so miles of highway between the heart of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It's not the most exciting stretch of road unless you look at it as an asphalt umbilical cord.
Rosenthal: During Chicago Blackhawks' run, everyone's a fan
June 19, 2013
You don't have to be weatherman to know that, when a local sports team gets hot, this city is warmed.
Rosenthal: Quenneville a boss worth emulating
June 14, 2013
One bad day at work turns into a week. Suddenly, a long-term project is in jeopardy. What should the boss do? How does a leader help turn things around?
Rosenthal: Nothing special about upcoming legislative session
June 9, 2013
Expecting this latest special session of the legislature in Springfield to get Illinois' finances back on track is like expecting someone who throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field to give the Cubs six solid innings on the mound.
Rosenthal: End of the line is near for Illinois finances
June 5, 2013
Illinois is the little engine that won't.
Rosenthal: Chicago-bound Ford creative chief wants to know what drives us
June 2, 2013
A beautiful car is the culmination of more than a century of advances in engineering, technology and automotive design. That urge to reach out and feel its curves predates the invention of the wheel.
Rosenthal: A call for NFL to draft Chicago as draft site
May 29, 2013
The National Football League made official on Tuesday what Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week.
Rosenthal: China too big to be ignored
May 26, 2013
A free trade agreement between the United States and China? Really? How would that work? We give them our intellectual property and they give us their political dissidents?
Rosenthal: Jamie Dimon survives a scare
May 22, 2013
Back when Jamie Dimon still lived in Chicago, before he had ascended to the top of New York-based JPMorgan Chase, his Gold Coast home earned a reputation each Halloween as a must-visit destination, drawing trick-or-treaters from well beyond the immediate neighborhood. There were decorations, costumed help and full-size candy for the little monsters, princesses and wizards. In the foyer, for grown-ups, was an array of catered appetizers and cups of hot cider.
Shift from Schwinn to SRAM mirrors change in bicycle business
May 19, 2013
John Nedeau rides his bike to work when he can. He has a good bike. He's a good rider. He works for a company called SRAM. Its global headquarters on Chicago's North Side is a long way from his home in suburban Lake Bluff, but Nedeau averages about 30 mph. The cars he passes in Evanston, he almost always beats into the city.
Rosenthal: Restaurants don't recede in recession, but appetites change
May 12, 2013
If you want to assess America's economic health, you can do worse than examining Americans' appetite for eating at or taking out from restaurants. We are as we eat.
Rosenthal: The worst of a job seeker's past is often just a few clicks away
May 8, 2013
"The past is never dead. It's not even past," William Faulkner wrote more than 60 years ago, long before the sound and the fury of online chatter and the Internet's capacity for keeping one's personal history ever-present and unburied.
Rosenthal: Health and hypocrisy at the drugstore
May 5, 2013
You now can go to a Walgreens and get examined by a medical professional. Maybe your blood pressure is a little high, or you've suffered from asthma for years. Walgreens has prescription and over-the-counter medications for you.
Rosenthal: Rejuvenation of South Side the fair thing to do
May 1, 2013
President Grover Cleveland pressed an electric switch, powering the pumps for massive fountains. The jets of water in turn cued the unfurling of flags. What was described as "profound silence" gave way to a cacophony, and the World's Columbian Exposition officially opened a few minutes past noon on May 1, 1893.
Computer hacks, bugs and attacks are all too common
April 28, 2013
Jaron Lanier makes no claim to be a psychic, but he knows what he knows.
Rosenthal: Perry tries to rustle Illinois business
April 24, 2013
Selling the grass as greener in his dusty, drought-plagued state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came to Chicago this week to paint his state as a commercial paradise and Illinois into a corner.
Rosenthal: Social media turning point for business
April 14, 2013
Reed Hastings, chief executive of video streaming service Netflix, on Jan. 31 informed the more than 260,000 followers of his Facebook page that one of the great things about New York City is the ability to choose between visiting the Museum of Sex on 26th Street and the Museum of Mathematics on 27th. He posted a photo showing he had opted for the latter.
Rosenthal: Fighting Chicago's violent crime has become business of business
April 10, 2013
Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago.
Rosenthal: Roger Ebert wrote a business script worth following
April 7, 2013
We all knew Roger Ebert. Even those who knew Roger only through his words and insights felt a bond. That was one of Ebert's many gifts, and with his death leaving such a profound void, it is easy to overlook all that we still have from him.
Rosenthal: Food fights that can color an entire industry
April 3, 2013
Kraft Foods Group, you may have heard, is engaged in a dust-up with more than 275,000 online petitioners unconvinced by the food giant's assertion that dyes used to produce the distinctive orange hue in one version of its Macaroni & Cheese pose no health risk.
Rosenthal: Is it time to hang up on voice mail?
March 31, 2013
There's a message waiting for you, but it's possible you haven't heard it yet:
Rosenthal: Leaving Wrigley would be Cubs' error
March 27, 2013
Long marketed by the Chicago Cubs as the Friendly Confines, Wrigley Field no doubt feels more confining than ever to the ballclub's owners these days.
Rosenthal: Illinois has to get down to business
March 17, 2013
Its previous two chief executives went to prison on felony convictions. It just reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of securities fraud. Not one of its peers has a worse credit rating. On top of around $8 billion in unpaid bills, it has a $96.8 billion unfunded pension liability and no plan to significantly deal with it.
Rosenthal: Emerging world markets offer opportunities as well as cultural, ethical land mines
March 10, 2013
Here in Chicago, where locals intuitively know a wink and a nod might have as many different meanings as Tom Skilling has descriptions for precipitation, we should well understand the difficulties faced by companies looking to do business in emerging markets around the world.
When working from home, the office can always find you
March 6, 2013
Rita VanderWaal lives outside Chicago. Her boss works out of company headquarters in Troy, Mich. Her office is ostensibly in suburban West Dundee. But she usually works from home — unless she's on the road, as she was Tuesday.
Rosenthal: This is the way to exit the stage right
March 3, 2013
Whatever you thought of Andrew Mason's high-wire act as chief executive of Groupon, you have to concede he nailed the landing.
Rosenthal: Andrew Mason's firing may not be a bad deal for Groupon
March 1, 2013
"Our main focus is trying to figure out how this model evolves and not consistently falling on our face in the public," Groupon Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky reportedly told a Northbrook Chamber of Commerce audience early last April after yet another stumble under his fellow co-founder, Chief Executive Andrew Mason. "It's like giving a 7-year-old a Ferrari; you're going to get a certain amount of chaos."
Rosenthal: The road to workplace equality
February 27, 2013
Even before she was the only female in her high school physics class, Ilene Gordon understood the idea that changing momentum requires force. She has sought to be part of that force.
Rosenthal: Who will lead office-supply tango?
February 24, 2013
"Dancing is not my forte," OfficeMax Chief Executive Ravi Saligram said on an analyst call with Office Depot CEO Neil Austrian to discuss the merger of the office supply retailers. "Notwithstanding this, I joined Fred Astaire Dance School, and lo and behold, Neil and I have decided to tango. All joking aside, ladies and gentlemen …"
Rosenthal: Boosting Chicago tourism easier said than done
February 20, 2013
Only Chicago would have the chutzpah to announce tourism initiatives in the blustery cold gray of February.
American-US Airways merger could be end of rough 35-year deregulation era
February 13, 2013
"Two great airlines, one great future" was American Airlines' slogan as it walked the aisle with TWA a dozen years ago, heading into a future nowhere near as rosy as advertised.
Rosenthal: Chevrolet restores style to Impala name
February 10, 2013
Because a brand embedded in our subconsciousness can find a space in our garage, the Impala endures.
Rosenthal: U.S. lawsuit against S&P carries risk
February 6, 2013
Lady Justice is famously blind, a scale in one hand, a double-edged sword in the other.
Battle between Cubs, rooftop owners is best viewed from sidelines
February 3, 2013
From the Super Bowl to the sandlot, just as surely as players give 110 percent, the math of sports is always suspect.
Rosenthal: Perhaps Illinois should market its corruption
January 30, 2013
Invest in Chicago, you'll make out like a bandit.
Rosenthal: BlackBerry comeback is a long shot
January 27, 2013
CBOE Holdings Chairman and Chief Executive William Brodsky pulled out his chirping smartphone in the middle of a business lunch.
Rosenthal: Weight of Boeing's ambition grounds Dreamliner, for now
January 23, 2013
Piloting a plane in zero visibility requires a steady hand and a cool head.
Media savvy public makes spinning the message harder
January 20, 2013
We have become a nation of theater critics, judging everything before us not solely in terms of what is said or done but the quality of the performance.
Rosenthal: Transformation part of retail game, Sears' Lampert says
January 11, 2013
When prices essentially match, what stores are left to sell is themselves.
Rosenthal: Sears Holdings' Edward Lampert discusses company's future, new role in it
January 9, 2013
He's been a big-time investor in the retail sector for more than 15 years and was chairman of Kmart after it emerged from bankruptcy about a decade ago. A few years later, he paired it with once-dominant Sears.
Rosenthal: Bears court consumer confidence
January 6, 2013
On a Wednesday night in December at Halas Hall, the Chicago Bears' Lake Forest headquarters, spec samples of playoff tickets were passed around among a select group of season-ticketholders, invited by the team's marketing department to offer feedback at regular meetings. If the team defeated archrival Green Bay four days later, the tickets were to be sent out within a week.
Rosenthal: Content has power to keep media king
January 1, 2013
There's a famous story, perhaps apocryphal, that pundit Chris Matthews and others tell about former politician Bill Bradley. The featured guest at a banquet, Bradley asked for a second pat of butter and was rebuffed by the waiter, who insisted each diner was allowed only one.
Phil Rosenthal: In the end, Zell's optimism sealed fate
December 31, 2012
For all of Sam Zell's reputation as a steely, clear-eyed dealmaker, two misconceptions clouded his vision in the run-up to taking Tribune Co. private in December 2007.
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December 21, 2012
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Rosenthal: Of options, change, exchanges and exits
December 19, 2012
The hall outside CBOE Chairman and Chief Executive William Brodsky's office is lined with his personal collection of photos and other artwork of various trading exchanges around the world.
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December 16, 2012
The Harvard University economics grad who upended centuries of baseball thinking, bringing his computer and fresh statistical formulas into the Oakland A's war room, is going to help Sears find out if it has game.
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December 12, 2012
Whatever problems Apple is having with its Maps app — the latest embarrassment has police in Australia branding it "potentially life threatening" for drivers who are stranded in the middle of the desert — its inner compass appears to be in order.
Rosenthal: What's the deal with Groupon?
December 5, 2012
"When a manager with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact," Warren Buffett likes to say when asked if a good chief executive can salvage a bad business.
Rosenthal: Music industry keeps on spinning
December 2, 2012
Elton John was genuinely concerned about the music business.
Rosenthal: Economist Marvin Miller changed the salary game for professional athletes
November 28, 2012
Ernie Banks, coming off successive seasons as the National League Most Valuable Player in 1958 and '59, earned $65,000 in 1960 with the Chicago Cubs, the team for whom he played his entire 19-season career.
Rosenthal: Big Ten getting too big for its own good?
November 25, 2012
There's a lesson the empire builders at Big Ten Conference headquarters in Park Ridge would do well to heed if they can be convinced to stop peering out to the distant horizon:
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November 21, 2012
With all the sugar-frosted eulogies for Twinkies, Ho Hos, Wonder Bread and other foodstuffs from Hostess Brands, one might forget that about 18,000 jobs hung on the fate of the bankrupt company.
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November 18, 2012
Two years before U.S. Cellular's 2002 entry into Chicago's wireless carrier fray, Jack Rooney, then its chief executive, said his upstart enterprise would never "be a big gorilla" but rather "a little chimpanzee that runs around stealing bananas and having a lot of fun."
Phil Rosenthal: Forming a Bond with brands
November 11, 2012
On the big screen, a hero's mettle is established by showing how much punishment the star can withstand and how daunting the obstacles are while ultimately getting the job done.
Beyond 'fiscal cliff,' unknowns shaping economy are larger than they appear
November 8, 2012
The perils of looking too far out in the future when it comes to the economy are evident in a Chicago Tribune story that ran Nov. 8, 1928, two days after Herbert Hoover was elected to succeed fellow Republican Calvin Coolidge in the White House.
Supervalu looks to polish Jewel in attempt to improve its other holdings
November 4, 2012
At Jewel, there's a cleanup needed in aisle four. Aisles six and three, as well.
Stock markets' pause button looks like the best call
October 31, 2012
You know how necessity is the mother of invention? Well, superstorm Sandy was a mother all right.
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October 28, 2012
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London goes for the gold in luring more business
October 21, 2012
— As long as I was going to be here for a few days, I thought I would call ahead to see if I could visit Gregory Case, president and chief executive officer of Aon PLC, the insurance giant born and based in Chicago until Case moved its global headquarters abroad to London this year.
Winds of change blowing in opposite directions for consumers, businesses
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For a nation that once embraced the mission of seeing how high it could soar, to the moon and beyond, the challenge that momentarily — and fittingly — has captured our imagination of late is that of a daredevil out to see just how far and how fast he could fall.
Choices not so sweet for Hostess Brands workers
October 7, 2012
Remember how Hostess Brands, mired in its second bankruptcy in recent years, was going to let its unions vote on whether to accept the cuts management said were a prerequisite to avoiding liquidation?
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When President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney come before the cameras in Denver on Wednesday night to respond to domestic policy questions, expect talk of budgets and taxes, education and jobs, the economy and quality of life in America.
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September 30, 2012
Richard Gonzalez, it turns out, is more of a self-made man than a lot of us knew.
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September 24, 2012
Requiring fast-food restaurants to post calorie information on their menus won't curb obesity. It won't curb mine, anyway. Not today, at least. Until someone who's overweight is ready to change his or her life and lifestyle, it's no harder to ignore numbers on a menu than to ignore the bathroom mirror.
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Navistar, the Lisle-based truck-maker that's still spinning its wheels after finally abandoning an engine redesign that failed to meet emissions standards, has redoubled efforts to eliminate what it considers another pollutant.
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Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix)
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Jessie Ware (Black Cab Sessions)
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One of my favorite albums of the year.
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Jessie Ware, Mercury Prize Nominee, Preps EP for U.S. Release
For Jessie Ware, the past few years have been a series of happy accidents.
"There are so many great singers out there," says the 28-year-old London-born singer, whose U.K. debut, "Devotion," was recently nominated for a Mercury Prize and whose domestic debut, EP "If You're Never Gonna Move," is set to arrive Jan. 15 on Cherrytree Records/Interscope. "I just seem to be in the right place at the right time."
Indeed. In 2009, Ware was working as a journalist when she got a call from an old school friend, XL Recordings artist Jack Peñate, who asked her to perform backing vocals for him on a BBC Radio 1 session. She had to take time off to make the session, which proved to be life-changing. "It was so much fun," she says. "I just thought: 'This is the life.'"
Further shows with Peñate followed, including an eye-opening tour of America, during which a crew member introduced her to the music of then-unknown London-based dubstep producer *SBTRKT (born Aaron Jerome). Ware was amazed by what she heard and, upon returning to London after the tour, sought out the producer, and the two started writing together. "It felt so original and exciting," says Ware, whose vocals are featured on *SBTRKT's self-titled 2011 album (Young Turks/XL).
Additional collaborations with underground EDM artists Sampha ("Valentine") and DJ Joker ("The Vision") followed, leading Ware to a record deal with PMR Records/Island. Until landing the solo contract, Ware says she was "content just being a backing singer [on] tracks that my mates would hopefully hear in a club and dance to."
The prospect of a solo album brought new challenges. Not that Ware was concerned. Instead, she describes her attitude as "just suck it and see -- trying and experimenting different things. There are plenty of terrible songs that no one will ever hear, but they helped me shape what I didn't want to do."
The result was the 11-track "Devotion," a project that took shape throughout 2011 and into 2012 and features the work of producers Dave Okumu, Julio Bashmore and Kid Harpoon. Released in the United Kingdom in August, "Devotion" mixes downtempo dance rhythms; soulful, moody pop reminiscent of Sade; and the singer's emotive, R&B-infused vocals. The set bowed at No. 5 in the United Kingdom and sales stand at 38,000, according to the Official Charts Co.; it was nominated for the Mercury Prize less than a month after release.
Now, Ware has her sights set on the United States with shows at New York venue the Box (Dec. 10) and Los Angeles' Bootleg Bar (Dec. 13) ahead of the EP. Ware returns stateside for a six-date trek beginning Jan. 14 at the Sinclair in Cambridge, Mass., booked by Marty Diamond at Paradigm.
"My goals for Jessie are absolute nationwide domination, but in a respectful, incremental and organic way," says Cherrytree head Martin Kierszenbaum, who first encountered Ware when Island Records U.K. co-presidents Darcus Beese and Ted Cockle invited him to watch her perform in London.
In line with Cherrytree's previously successful campaigns for Ellie Goulding and La Roux, the label is taking a slow-burn approach to its latest British signing. Music has been serviced to noncommercial stations and Kierszenbaum is confident Ware will naturally gravitate toward top 40 formats. "I believe the caliber of the record is such that we're going to end up at top 40 radio," says Kierszenbaum, who's eyeing a spring U.S. bow for "Devotion."
In the meantime, Ware is happy to take each day as it comes. "I don't think too far a*head because I want to appreciate what's happening now," says the artist, who's been racking up A-list cosigns. ( Katy Perry recently tweeted: "This lil' lady is going to be massive.") "It doesn't feel like work. It feels like a real adventure."
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Jessie Ware popped up in the UK scene around 2010 as the lead vocal on SBTRKT's club tune "Nervous." The track was a pure London dancefloor anthem, with Ware assigned to club songstress duties. She resurfaced as a guest vocalist here and there for the next couple of years with producers like Joker and Julio Bashmore, until finally dropping her first solo effort, Devotion. Not only was it a mammoth of an album, but it marked Ware's transition from dance singer to capital-R Recording Artist.
She came through Revolution this past Friday with Mikky Ekko, who rode shotgun as opener, and the show was about as intimate as you'll ever see the venue. Usually people use the word "intimate" as a nicer way of saying "not sold out" or "low turn-out," but there's something about seeing your favorite artist perform for you and like 60 other people that's really gratifying. Especially since, if you happen to be in another city, you might be locking shoulders with complete strangers... This one was a special night.
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Kobe Bryant (left) is not ready to fade away as he is still determined to win a championship with the Lakers, but Andrew Bynum does not seem to care where he plays next season. Photo by Jeff Lewis
Please do not argue with the Sports Editor. That is like depending on a soft power forward, an immature center, a career backup point guard, and a thin bench to win a championship. It's just a bad idea. Illustration by David C. Brown
Last year the issue was a lack of heart, but this year there are a number of other problems.By Jason LewisSentinel Sports Editor
Around this time last year I stood up on my soapbox and proclaimed that the Lakers had a lack of heart after they were swept out of the second round of the playoffs by the eventual champion Dallas Mavericks. Lakers forward Pau Gasol was one of the main focuses of that article, and seeing that the Lakers flamed out again in the second round as Gasol again failed to play up to his capabilities, I could easily copy and paste that article, run it again, and be done with this awful Lakers post-season. (Click here for last year's article http://www.lasentinel.net/On-the-Soap-Box-Lakers-have-no-heart.html)But the Lakers issues went far beyond Gasol going soft again in the playoffs. Bynum shrunk in key moments, Ramon Sessions is really a back up point guard, it is still a mystery what the Lakers offense is, old age causes them to fall short in the 4th period, the roster does not fit what ever style coach Mike Brown is trying to run, they do not have a bench, and lets not lose sight of the fact their second best player will not shoot the ball when it matters the most! Out of all those issues, Gasol is the big one. Many people focus on Bynum being inconsistent and immature, but the Lakers won back-to-back titles with him as a role player. Those title teams had a super star in Kobe Bryant, and an All-Star in Gasol. Taking a look at the stats, Gasol averaged 18.8 points and 7.9 rebounds per game for the Lakers in the 2007-08 regular season, and in the postseason he averaged 16.9 points and 9.3 rebounds. The Lakers made it to the NBA Finals that year. During the 2008-09 regular season Gasol averaged 18.9 points and 9.6 rebounds. In the postseason he averaged 18.3 points and 10.9 rebounds, and that resulted in a NBA Finals championship.During the 2009-10 regular season Gasol averaged 18.3 points and 10.2 rebounds, and in the postseason he averaged 19.6 points and 11.1 rebounds. The Lakers went on to win a second NBA Finals championship. Gasol was a consistent player and he complemented Bryant extremely well. But that all changed last postseason. During the 2010-11 regular season he averaged 18.8 points and 10.2 rebounds, which are typical numbers for him. But in the postseason he disappeared as he averaged only 13.1 points and 7.8 rebounds. The result was being swept in the second round. This past regular season Gasol averaged 17.4 points and 10.4 rebounds, which are still good numbers, but in the postseason, again, his production dropped as he averaged 12.5 points and 9.5 rebounds, which led to another second round exit. The Lakers counted on Gasol to make it to the Finals three times, but the past two seasons he is the one player that they have missed the most. People will say that the Lakers should have kept Derek Fisher and Lamar Odom. But they had those players last year and still lost in the second round. Gasol playing up to par would have made the difference this year. The Lakers had the personnel to win this year, but a player like Gasol not showing up when they need him sabotages their efforts. Three points and three rebounds in a Game 6 blowout loss at Denver in the first round? A combined four points in the 4th periods of Game 4 & 5 losses against the Oklahoma City Thunder? One complaint is that Bryant shoots the ball so much that Gasol does not get enough touches. But Gasol is seven-feet tall. How about getting a rebound and putting the ball back up in the hoop? In the Lakers Game 4 loss, Gasol finished the game with only five rebounds, while Bryant finished the game with eight. The moment that defines Gasol the most was with about 30 seconds to play in Game 4, with the game tied, Bryant dumps the ball into the low post to Gasol, but instead of taking a simple 10-foot jump shot, he sees a defender coming his way so he passes the ball, which was intercepted and the Thunder ran down the court and hit the game winning shot. The Lakers should have won that game, but Gasol once again shrunk in the moment, just like his postseason production over the past two seasons. Gasol was bad, and so was Bynum. His combined 4th period numbers from Games 4 & 5 losses against the Thunder, four points and four rebounds. In Game 5 he only grabbed four rebounds all game long. Bynum finally became an All-Star player this season, and there was a lot of talk that he surpassed Dwight Howard as the best center in the league. But Bynum proved numerous times that he could not handle his new found stardom because of his maturity issues. At times it looked like he checked himself out of ball games and was just going through the motions. The thought was that the Lakers were going to build their future teams around Bynum, but Lakers management might be exploring other options right now. At times Bynum proved why he is better than Howard, but too many times he showed exactly why he is not as great as Howard. Howard is consistent and gives maximum effort every game. With Bynum, it depends on what mood he is in. The Bynum for Howard trade talks are floating around, and seeing that Bynum is having that "I don't really care" attitude when he said that it really does not matter where he plays next year, it might be time to part ways with the immature big man. But simply trading one center for another may not be the answer. If the Lakers make that trade straight up, do they then hold onto Gasol, who they already tried to trade last off-season? Do the Lakers need to stick to this two seven-foot low post player model? Seeing that Bynum was not much of a factor in the two titles, do they really need all that length?This team has other needs besides low post players, so the Lakers may want to address other needs besides their bigs. It was exciting when the Lakers traded for Sessions because they had been so bad at point guard, and he is a young and athletic player. But after a few weeks of over hyping his athletic abilities, it did not take long to figure out that he is really just a back up point guard. He never started anywhere else, but he was supposed to be the answer for the Lakers? It did not help that coach Brown did not have an offensive model to utilize a true point guard, so Sessions had to get used to playing without the ball instead of running the offense. And it was hard to figure out exactly what the Lakers offensive identity was. Gasol certainly could not figure it out as he spent more time on the perimeter setting screens than playing down in the low post. The Lakers need shooters more than 14 feet of big men. The only true shooter on the team is Steve Blake, who was coming off the bench, but at times he was not shooting the ball much. Metta World Peace found his jump shot late in the season, but that is not what he is on the court for. The Lakers bench is extremely thin. Matt Barnes may be tough and athletic, but he cannot shoot the ball. At this point the only way that the Lakers can improve is through trades, because they are over the salary cap and their only draft pick is the final pick of the entire draft. Their major pieces are Gasol and Bynum, and count on one of them, if not both, to be traded away. The best thing that the Lakers could probably do is trade Bynum for Howard, and obtain complementary players for Gasol. They could address the point guard position and possibly the bench by giving him up. But one problem with that plan is that Howard may not want to sign a long term agreement with the Lakers, so they could be getting him for only one season. The Lakers are going to have to make major moves, and seeing that they made a blockbuster move after flaming out of the playoffs last season, count on them to do the same this off-season. Losing in the second round of the playoffs may be a step in the right direction for the other Los Angeles NBA team, but not the Lakers. Bryant said that he is pretty impatient, and he is not ready to fade away. Historically the Lakers have had those same attitudes, which is why they always rebuild themselves back into championship contenders.
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The five athletes signed at a table in front approximately 150 family members, friends and media.
Szachara, a middle blocker on the Cougars volleyball team that won its third straight High Desert League title this fall, will take her talents across town to the University of Nevada.
"It's awesome," Szachara said. "I couldn't ask for anything better than to play Div. I in my own hometown. It's exciting."
Once the Wolf Pack showed interest in the middle blocker her junior year, she did not consider any other schools. She said she chose Nevada because of its proximity to home and because "it's just a great school."
Szachara sad she wants to study in the medical field.
•Hannah Woytek, the Cougars' point guard, signed to play at Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont, Calif. The Argonauts are a NCAA Div. II affiliate.
"It's exciting," Woytek said. "I think I can play at that level and I'm excited to see where I go."
Woytek's decision came between Notre Dame de Namur and San Diego Christian College, which also offered her, but she chose to become an Argonaut because it "fit better."
"It just felt right," Woytek said.
The senior point guard plans to study kinesiology.
•Alyx Penrod, a middle infielder on Spanish Springs' softball team, will continue her career at Black Hills State University.
The Spearfish are a NCAA Div. II affiliate located in Spearfish, South Dakota.
"I feel really accomplished," Penrod said. "It's everything I have worked for and finally all this hard work is paying off."
Penrod admitted when the South Dakota school first showed interest, the idea of moving to the Heartland seemed "far fetched," but she "fell in love" with the school after visiting.
The infamous South Dakota winters did not scare her off saying the Reno winters have given her tough skin.
Penrod plans to study exercise science.
•Kelsie Merritt, Penrod's teammate, signed to play softball at Concordia University - Portland.
The Cavaliers' are a NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) university.
"This has always been my dream, to play college softball," Merritt said. "It's kind of a big deal for me."
Merritt was lured to the Portland school by her sister, Karlie, who will be a sophomore on the Cavs' softball team next season.
"I started my softball career with her (Karlie) and getting to end with her is going to be just the cherry on top of everything," Merritt said.
In addition to playing with her sister, Merritt was drawn to the school by head coach Carrie Kosderka-Farrell. Concoria - Portland's newest committ said the Cavs' coach reminds her of her travel coach.
Merritt plans to double major in athletic training and physical therapy.
•Hollie Brown, the Cougars' first baseman, was the third Spanish Springs softball player to join a collegiate roster, Wednesday.
Brown signed with Feather River College, a junior college in Quincy, Calif.
"It's a relief," Brown said. "It's a relief because it's something I have been working for since I was 8 years old. The day has finally come."
After visiting the campus, Brown did not conceder going anywhere else.
"When I went up there the girls were great and the coach is amazing," Brown said.
The newest Golden Eagle plans to study early childhood development at Feather River before transferring to a university and getting her degree in teaching.