Reports: MBA mortgate index for week ended May 18, 6 a.m.; Existing home sales for April, 9 a.m.; Bernanke testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, 9 a.m.; Crude inventories for week ended May 18, 9:30 a.m.; Minutes of FOMC meeting May 1, 1 p.m. […]
Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyber attacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring down the U.S. power grid. […]
Crain's Chicago Business reports : Vanguard Health Chicago, which runs Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park and West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, is changing its name to UnityHealth at the end of June. […]
Rejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the electrical grid. […]
Allstate Corp. investors voted down two shareholder proposals and approved the re-election of its board members at the Northbrook-based insurer's annual meeting. […]