Which isn't to say they don't like McDonald's: Americans' satisfaction with fast food restaurants of all kinds is increasing, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, despite the criticism directed at them. Read more
Groupon stock prices are down to near-lows on news that the SEC has started an "informal inquiry" into another accounting issue at the company. Again, it's a question of what income is. Read more
Sears passes through another rough quarter, with store closings, layoffs, revenue drain, and more corporate turnover. Is it a brand that's lost its identity, or did its customer base lose its identity? Read more
Google picks up the Libertyville-based company for $12.5 billion in cash. The main reason has a lot to do with increasingly aggressive patent warfare between the nation's biggest tech companies—a legal bulwark, in short. But the purchase may have implications for your cable box, as well. Read more
Groupon peels back the curtain with its S-1 filing, in advance of its eagerly awaited IPO. So why is everyone talking about moats and "adjusted CSOI"? Read more
PAIR OF ACES: Grant Achatz has assumed the mantle of Chicago’s hottest celebrity chef. But Nick Kokonas—the money guy behind the scenes—may be his equal in innovative thinking Read more
STORM TRACKER: The coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room—the bestseller about the Enron debacle—discusses her newest tale of Wall Street villainy, about the global financial collapse Read more
