Who among Michael Jackson, Paul Newman or Patrick Swayze is most deserving?
The big guys do it all the time. Dell computers come packaged with Intel processors, and McDonald's serves Newman's Own salad dressing. For small businesses, strategic alliances can boost sales to new heights without supersizing staffs.
Screen legend Paul Newman has died at the age of 83. CNN's Brooke Anderson reflects on his life.
His daughters praise the bighearted actor's most important roles – that of father and husband
Paul Newman lived long enough, and lived well enough, to confuse anybody who'd try for a final summation. He was a cross-generational film star, his movies the last 50 years inspired by 10 Oscar-nominated parts. Everything from Hud to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler to Cool Hand Luke. But, he was also a salad dressing magnate, starting up a popcorn and spaghetti company as a joke, all profits of Newman's Own going to charity. By 2007, the foundation had given out $175 million and dressed a lot of salads.
Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83.
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Newman's rep says the actor "is doing nicely"
When Dr. Evil plotted to take over the world in 1999's Austin Powers sequel, his headquarters was the Seattle Space Needle emblazoned with a Starbucks logo. As a symbol of global domination, the im...
As Kermit the Frog likes to say, "It's Not Easy Bein' Green."
Refugees. Underprivileged children. Soldiers. Breast cancer. AIDS. Animal cruelty. Multiple sclerosis. Famine. Homelessness.
A water company that puts all of its profits into clean water projects in developing countries has created an environmentally friendly bottle out of biodegradable plastic.
Paul Newman could have long since rested on his laurels.
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If plastics was once the future, corn is now the future of plastics. NatureWorks, a subsidiary of agricultural giant Cargill, has pioneered a cheap way to turn the crop into a substance that's well...
FSB: Hello, Newmanupdated: Sat Nov 01 2003 00:01:00
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good (Doubleday, $22.95), the new book by actor Paul Newman and partner A.E. Hotchner, shares the secrets of the success of Newman's Own, the wildly ...
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