
U.S. manufacturing expanded at rate close to peak
By Jinman Li Medill Reports The U.S. manufacturing sector continued to show strong momentum in January, beating the market consensus. The Institute of Supply Management

By Jinman Li Medill Reports The U.S. manufacturing sector continued to show strong momentum in January, beating the market consensus. The Institute of Supply Management

By Brian Baker Medill Reports AutoNation Inc. reported quarterly results that beat analyst estimates due to strong profit growth on used vehicles, benefits from recent

By Ang Gao Medill Reports The S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index rose 6.2 percent in November, up slightly from 6.1 percent in the previous

By Jinman Li Medill Reports Shares plummeted by 4.1 percent after First Midwest Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: FMBI), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, released

By Sarah Foster Medill Reports McDonald’s Corp. supersized its adjusted profits and sales, exceeding expectations, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, as cheap meals

By Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu Medill Reports Stock of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) soared 13.8 percent, hitting a five-year high, after the North Chicago-based biopharmaceutical company

By Sarah Foster Medill Reports Americans purchased fewer homes than expected last month, but economists are still pointing to 2017 as a healthy year for

By Minghe Hu Medill Reports The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance benefits, seasonally adjusted, increased to 233,000 in the week ended Jan.

By Alexa Adler Medill Reports Despite record quarterly revenue and strong operating results, Cabot Microelectronics Corp., which supplies planarization polishing slurries and pads used in

By Juliette Rocheleau Medill Reports Shares of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), an Illinois-based broad range healthcare company, rose 3 percent after the company reported adjusted