OMAHA, Neb.– Warren Buffett’s company on Friday reported a 14 percent jump in second-quarter profit.

Walter Gropius, we in Chicago hardly knew you. And yet, your involvement with the Michael Reese Hospital campus until the late 1950s has emerged as trouble for Mayor Daley’s plan to clear the property and replace it with Olympic housing for 2016. On Thursday, the Daley-appointed Commission on Chicago Landmarks agreed with preservationists and said some buildings on the Gropius-designed campus should be saved.

Lewis Lazare: Upheaval has been a given in the local television business recently. But one of the biggest changes has happened behind-the-scenes at WMAQ-Channel 5. While Anna Davlantes was grabbing the headlines with her departure, WMAQ also was implementing a new structure after months of strategizing, hiring, firing, rehiring and retraining its new staff.

Lewis Lazare: It’s over between the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. and R&B singer Chris Brown. A Wrigley spokeswoman confirmed Thursday that the chewing gum giant has severed all marketing ties with Brown in the wake of his guilty plea to one count of felony assault on his pop star former girlfriend Rihanna.

Young girls in Spain might now be asking themselves this question: Should I pretend breast-feed in public? But that’s not something girls in Illinois need grapple with just yet because “Bebe Gloton” isn’t available here. Still, people across the nation are talking about the controversial new Spanish doll, which comes with a bra-like halter top with detachable flowers over the nipples to allow girls to simulate the act of breast-feeding.

The Senate on Thursday night approved another $2 billion for the cash-for clunkers program, sending the legislation to President Obama.

NEW YORK — Stock futures are sharply higher after a new report showed July job losses were less than anticipated and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped.

Hartmarx, the 125-year-old Chicago-based manufacturer of men’s suits that outfits President Obama, was sold today to London-based Emerisque Brands and will be headed by Ajay Khaitan, Emerisque’s founder who has been instrumental in turning around brands such as Eveready and Lee Cooper.

Gloria Wilhelm said Thursday that a state law banning text-messaging while driving comes too late for her youngest son, Matt, who died after he was hit by a car driven by a woman downloading ring tones to her cell phone. The statewide law takes effect Jan. 1. The City of Chicago banned texting while driving last year.

A. The statewide law takes effect Jan. 1. The City of Chicago banned texting while driving last year.