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Americans puzzling over the role of today’s powerful corporations — Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs, Google — may profit from considering the example of the United Fruit Company. It seems almost quaint to think that a company specializing in bananas might have once been considered a capitalist giant on the level of today’s firms, but so [...]
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family. After working all their lives on the hillside farm in Vermont that their grandfather bought in 1939, rising to milk cows at 3 a.m., even in blizzards and sub-zero temperatures, they decided to call it [...]
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday that a key revenue figure rose in April as strength in the U.S. and U.K. helped offset weakness in Japan. But the results missed analysts’ expectations, and its shares slipped in morning trading. Although McDonald’s has consistently outperformed its rivals, the chain is facing the same [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Pat LaFrieda Jr. can’t get enough chicken thighs. If his family business featured on the new Food Network series “Meat Men” orders 100 cases of boneless, skinless thighs, his supplier might deliver only 60. That’s because consumers have discovered something chefs have long known about dark meat: “It was always the least expensive [...]
Golazo is a new sports drink aimed at soccer players and fans.
The past ten years haven’t been the most robust for the U.S. economy, to put it lightly. It began inauspiciously with the bursting of the dot-com bubble and ended in a financial crisis and tepid recovery. But the suffering wasn’t evenly distributed. In fact many industries were created during this period, and others found their stride.
Recent research suggests an alternative cause for the American obsession with super-sizing which could have broad implications for both marketers trying to sell ginormous portions and do-gooders hoping to wean the United States of Obesity off them: Many people may subconsciously buy giant packages and servings because doing so makes them feel more important.
Lumberjacks are celebrated in folklore (hello, Paul Bunyan) and in song (hello Monty Python), but as a career choice lumberjacking leaves something to be desired. At least according to the Jobs Rated 2012 report released earlier this week by CareerCast.com, which ranked lumberjack as the worst job in America. At the top of the job heap? Software engineers, who make great money sitting on their behinds in environments in which falling trees are relatively rare. So how did the CareerCasters arrive at their rankings – and do they really make much sense?
What’s that you say? Your product is locally produced, hand-crafted and highly intoxicating? Please, just take my wallet.
Two weeks after Wendy’s bumped Burger King out of the No. 2 spot among hamburger chains, the King has unveiled a new menu, new marketing and a new look. But is it too late?
