Old Republic International Corporation

Reports: Durable goods for April, 7:30 a.m. Earnings: Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Foot Locker Inc. Annual meetings: Old Republic International Corp., Telephone & Data Systems Inc.

Reports: Initial jobless claims for week ended April 20, 7:30 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended April 25, 9 a.m.; Natural gas inventories for week ended April 20, 9:30 a.m.; Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for April, 10 a.m. Local earnings:...

A Stamford title-insurance company received a $19 million investment from a major reinsurer to increase the company's surplus as it grows its direct-to-customer business. Entitle Direct Group Inc., parent of EnTitle Insurance Co., received the investment...

Monday: -- Earnings: American Express Co.; Apollo Group Inc.; Apple Inc.; Halliburton Co.; Hasbro Inc.; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; Merck & Co.; Pactiv Corp.; PrivateBancorp Inc.; Schering-Plough Corp.; Texas Instruments Inc.; Wintrust Financial Corp.; Zebra...

Amid rising investor nervousness, volatility and turmoil in debt markets stemming from defaults on subprime mortgages, Chicago-area stocks managed to largely hold their own over the last three months. Perhaps surprisingly, there were only a dozen...

Big-name mutual funds often attract lots of attention, but some fine-performing, lesser-known funds also are worthy of investors' consideration. These funds don't have heavily advertised marquee names, are relatively small and haven't been around...

In rosier times, when corporate profits and rising stock prices were regarded as givens, as they were in the not-too-distant past, it was a relatively simple matter to discern which corporate chieftains were delivering the biggest bang for the buck....