
Consumer price index dips in December, thanks to falling oil prices
By H. Will Racke Consumer prices declined by 0.1 percent in December, held down by lower food prices and a sharp decline in energy costs.

By H. Will Racke Consumer prices declined by 0.1 percent in December, held down by lower food prices and a sharp decline in energy costs.

By Valerie Lapointe Ultrasound imaging, a mainstay of medical diagnostic testing, produces dramatically sharper pictures today than when it was introduced more than 50 years ago.

By Xiumei Dong Even though the temperature dropped below the 10s this holiday weekend, the freezing weather didn’t stop people from dreaming about outdoor summer

By Harvard Zhang The state of Illinois should take legal action against bank holding companies to cancel investment deals that are costing the state $6

By Ashesha Mehrotra Analysts are becoming increasingly optimistic about the future of McDonald’s Corp., after the company started 2016 on a positive note with a

By Lucia Maffei Charles Schwab Corp. reported fourth quarter 2015 results that topped expectations — but only with the help of one-time gains. In the

By Alison Martin The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose last week, and though experts expected just the opposite, the news doesn’t indicate a

By Harvard Zhang The state of Illinois was able to sell $480 million of general obligation bonds Thursday at a lower interest rate than the

By Katie Murar JPMorgan Chase & Co. took to Twitter early Thursday morning to report better-than-expected results, with expense cuts making up for slow revenue

By H. Will Racke Last year was a rough one for Caterpillar Inc. Unfortunately for the heavy machinery giant, a cyclical downturn in the global