Neither bankruptcy nor a liquidation can kill iconic brands.
Rest easy, Twinkie lovers: Hostess Brands, the storied American manufacturer of snack cakes, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday, but said it will continue to churn out Ho Hos, Ding Dongs and other iconic products.
"I'll enjoy [fried food] in honor of those who'd rather make us just 'eat our peas,'" she jokes
Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts.
A Kansas State professor loses weight eating junk food.
There were no diet pills, shakes or detoxes. And no, it wasn't caveman food, grapefruit, Twinkies, Taco Bell or Subway sandwiches.
Let's start with what a health assessment actually is. It's an online questionnaire with 25 - 80 questions that over half of companies are giving to employees according to a recent study by Aon Consulting. The information is collected by a third party.
These are trying times for talent scouts. Not long ago, a classic "bird-dog" like Jerry Krause could make a stealth trip to central Arkansas, find a versatile swingman and acquire him before other teams had ever seen the guy play. Imagine the equivalent of Scottie Pippen today: His first-triple would be posted on You Tube before sunrise. By which time, some scouting service would have posted his seventh-grade stats on a Web site.
Obama appears the early favorite as Democrats from London to Jakarta help choose their party's candidate for the first time
1. The Hamburger -- Louis' Lunch, New Haven, Connecticut
I know what you might be thinking: another no-name enters the NBA Draft to get his 15 seconds of fame. I will not lie to you -- this is what I am doing -- but I fancy myself as more than a generic 6-foot-5 college student who thinks he can be the next Steve Nash. My name is Monty Singh Harika and I am the first Sikh to enter the NBA Draft. In fact, I'm the first Sikh to be a part of any sport's draft. Is that what makes me different from any other person who has entered the draft? I guess it does.
Two missing Missouri boys, one of them missing since 2002, were found alive in a Kirkwood, Missouri, apartment, and a suspect was arrested, Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said Friday.
Business 2.0: Hits & Missesupdated: Thu Sep 01 2005 00:01:00
[HIT] Geezer Aid. The Live 8 charity concerts held around the world on July 2 were an unqualified success, bringing out more than a million people to support the fight against poverty in Africa. Bu...
When schools opened in Texas this fall, some favorites were missing from the cafeteria menus: sodas and candy bars had been banned for grade schoolers; chips and cookies were mini-size. And that perennial favorite, the French fry, was given just one more year before it too will be banned. Howls of protest could be heard from Lubbock to Laredo. And not just from students.
Kraft Foods is about to get the seal of approval from the South Beach diet on some of its products, including Kraft cheese, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Cool Whip and Planters peanuts, according to a published report.
Interstate Bakeries, maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies, filed for bankruptcy court protection early Wednesday.
Renewed violence in Iraq, continuing high oil prices and concern about the tech sector could contribute to a drop in stock prices when the markets open Wednesday.
Fortune: Skin Games Wrinklesupdated: Mon Jan 07 2002 00:01:00
What, if anything, makes you wince when you look in the mirror? Frown lines, puffy eyes, crow's-feet, laugh lines? What about turkey neck, which is skin-expert talk for those wattles that may impel...
Some people revel in spring fever. I battle hay fever. And as a veteran of the trenches, I can say this war is hell. My arsenal: nasal sprays, herbal remedies, drugs, tissues, and an air filter. At...
Work-hard/play-hard fast-track executive. Forty-plus. Male. Divorced. A tad insecure. Recovering from a George Stephanopoulos-sized bout with burnout. Zoloft helped. Tremendously. Uses Rogaine. Ver...
Q. My wife and I are 67 and retired. Two years ago, to supplement our $28,000- a-year pension and Social Security income, we invested $60,000 in three- month Treasury bills paying 6%. We have been ...
THE UNITED STATES of America is a great place to go broke. Any business in this bighearted country, whether insolvent or not, is free to shortchange its creditors while enjoying the full favor and ...
Remember when a bank was a bank? A bastion of financial conservatism where no one would dream of encouraging you to borrow frivolously or of coaxing you into an investment simply to earn a commissi...
In planning their nuptials, Mark O'Brien and Andrea Debo were guided by little more than generous instincts that led to big spending right from the start (see photos). Here is some levelheaded advi...
MINNEAPOLIS -- An unsuccessful City Council candidate has been charged with violating a state campaign law by distributing Twinkies and other snacks to senior citizen groups . . . to influence vote...
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