Topic: Tribune Company

An alphabet soup of unidentified characters in complaint against Illinois governorThe criminal complaint alleging schemes by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to trade a U.S. Senate seat and other favors for personal gain alludes to a host of unidentified characters, none of whom ...
Federal prosecutors subpoena Chicago Tribune in probe of gov's attempt to get writers firedFederal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from the Chicago Tribune's parent company in the corruption investigation of Gov. Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY'-uh-vich).Tribune Co. spokesman Gary Weitman said in a statement Thursday ...

Whatever Happened to Bankruptcy?

Financial institutions (led by Citibank (C)) have hundreds of billions of taxpayer money (en route to trillions) to cover their many mistakes. Oliver Hart and Luigi Zingales wrote last week: This year will be remembered not just for one of the worst ...
Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times endorse Democrat Barack ObamaDemocrat Barack Obama on Friday won endorsements from two unlikely newspapers the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.While the Tribune is the largest daily in Obama's hometown, the publication hasn't backed a Democrat ...