The super-rich got an early Christmas gift in the $858 billion tax package that President Obama signed into law on Friday. On top of a two-year extension of Bush-era income tax rates, the wealthiest Americans dodged an estate tax that was set to jump up from zero to 55% for individuals worth more than $1 million. Instead, under a deal Senate Republicans negotiated with the White House, individuals can exempt estates up to $5 million and pay 35% beyond that. The exemption for couples is $10 million.
Mars Inc. -- maker of M&M's, Snickers and Twix -- and its research partners Wednesday released a preliminary genome sequence for cacao, the tree that ultimately brings us chocolate.
I like it when I'm right, especially about naked men. Especially about naked cowboys.
An underpants-clad New York guitarist known as the "Naked Cowboy" can proceed with his trademark infringement lawsuit against the maker of M&Ms and its ad agency, a New York judge has ruled.
A judge ruled Tuesday that New York City's Naked Cowboy, Robert Burck, can sue Mars Inc. over an M&M's ad.
A street entertainer's lawsuit against the candy giant may proceed, says a judge
Popular candy maker Mars Inc. announced Monday it will purchase confectionary giant Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $23 billion.
Candy maker Mars Inc. says it's buying confectioner Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. in an all-cash deal valued at almost $23 billion
Robert Burck, otherwise known as the Naked Cowboy, says he is suing Mars, Inc. over a candy ad.
Most New Yorkers and visitors to Times Square know of The Naked Cowboy.
Confectionery giant Masterfoods, which makes Milky Way and Snickers candy bars as well as M&M's chocolates, says it will stop marketing its core products to children under the age of 12 by the end of this year. (See correction.)
A new ad campaign launched by the owner of the M&M's brand aims to make eating dark chocolate a scream.
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M&M's is reminding adults that candy isn't just for kids.
Take two M&M's and call me in the morning?
A product placement company, sued last week by "The Apprentice's" producer for allegedly lying to companies whose products are showcased on the show and pocketing millions of dollars in profits, has countersued for $20 million, AdAge.com reported Thursday.
They make a rather unlikely team. Hakeem "the Dream" Olajuwon, known for being gracious and outgoing, is a 7-foot basketball star for the NBA champion Houston Rockets. Mars Inc. is a notoriously se...
Ever have one of those days when you think the people you work for are just plain nuts? Relax. If there's one point that Jan Pottker demonstrates in Crisis in Candyland (National Press, $23.95), it...
TO STEAL, and mangle, a phrase from Churchill, Mars Inc. is an enigma inside a mystery tied up in a bright candy wrapper. We are all familiar with its branded products -- Snickers, M&M's, Milky Way...
Fortune: THE INSIDERupdated: Mon Nov 29 1993 00:01:00
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MARS INC. is the black hole of the packaged goods universe -- so powerful and large that it influences all the other objects in its system, yet so secretive and dense that not so much as a lumen of...
THE LESSON to be drawn from the people who make up FORTUNE's roster of billionaires this year is that the kid next door can still grow up to be the billionaire on the block. So George Washington ne...
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Fortune: NAME THAT BRANDupdated: Mon Jul 04 1988 00:01:00
Quick, what is the most powerful brand name in America? If you said, ''Coke is it,'' you're right, according to Landor Associates, a San Francisco design and image-consulting firm. Landor queried m...
There's an awful lot of cocoa in Brazil. And in Malaysia and in West Africa. Gill & Duffus Group, a London commodities firm, forecasts a 1987-88 world crop of 2.1 million metric tons. That's about ...
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