Ruby Keeler, stage and screen actress whose name became inextricably linked with the Depression era musicals of choreographer/director Busby Berkeley, died yesterday of cancer at her home in Rancho Mirage. She was 83. Read More...
Dropping Wintergreen Life Savers into soda is an explosive combination (literally try it.) But Life Saversflavored soda wasn't such a dynamite mix. The drink, developed in the 1980s, actually fared well in taste tests. But it tanked once in stores. Explained one brand critic, quoted in the 2005 book Brand Failures: "The Life Savers name gave consumers the impression they would be drinking liquid candy." Actually, that doesn't sound so bad. Read More...
I love when billionaires fight, because they do it with money, which is the third best way to fight, after Jell-O wrestling and dating your ex’s best friend. So I got very interested when hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman bet $1 billion that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme and Carl Icahn, who hates him, argued that it so totally isn’t and set out to prove it by buying $1 billion worth of the company. Read More...
