Company: Exelon Corp

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn appealed Monday to an influential group of business leaders in Chicago to add their weight to his push to reform Illinois' debt-laden Medicaid and public pension systems, describing the plan as both a tough sacrifice and an urgent "rescue operation" for future generations.

ComEd, an unit of Exelon Corp., is hoping to improve its communication about storm response with two new tools: an online map and a smartphone application.

Among the earnings stories for Friday, May 4, from AP Business News:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday ahead of a key report on the labor market, which could provide a clearer picture on the strength of the economic recovery.

The Obama administration proposed on Tuesday the first ever standards to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants, a move likely to be hotly contested by Republicans and industry in an election year.

When the Obama administration and Congress expanded the clean-energy incentives in 2009, a gold-rush mentality took over. The New York Times reports.

The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants in Japan last March put the brakes on the industry's revival, dimming prospects for the immediate future.