William Wrigley Jr. is engaged as a manufacturer and marketer of chewing gum and other confectionery products, both in the U.S. and abroad. Co. markets...
Mars is paying 23 billion dollars for gum, but if Warren Buffet is willing to finance it, it must be a sweet deal. Julie Alexandria asks people on the street which they prefer, candy or gum? Then stick around while she answers viewers’ questions.
LANCE BERKMAN DOESN'T DRINK or swear, drives a Ford F-150, and has a wardrobe that s mostly jeans and boots. His idea of a perfect day is to spend a morning doing chores on his Brenham ranch and an afternoon watching college football. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
CHICAGO AP -- Frosty baseball games have long been a fixture at Wrigley Field, where a stiff wind off Lake Michigan can chill fans, players and managers alike. Now the Friendly Confines is going on ice. For one day. The defending Stanley Cup-champion Detroit...
Coach, Family Dollar and Staples among the Most Competitive Retailers; Coca-Cola and Wrigley among the Most Competitive CG Companies. Companies overall are better meeting consumer expectations in 2008 than in 2007, yet pricing power is difficult to find. HERNDON, Va. -- The wRatings Corporation, an independent competitive research...
NEW YORK AP -- The Chicago Cubs tied the National League record for most players on an All-Star team when Carlos Marmol was selected Sunday to replace teammate Kerry Wood, becoming the eighth player picked for the NL team. Marmol was chosen because he was the reliever...
CHICAGO -- David Ross and the Cincinnati Reds felt right at home with the wind blowing out of Wrigley Field on Thursday. The Chicago Cubs' friendly confines was even nicer to a visiting team, for once. Ross hit two of Cincinnati's seven homers, a...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2dc641/gum_mints_and_bre) has announced the addition of the "Gum, Mints and Breath Fresheners in the United States 2008" report to their offering. The gum, mint and breath freshener category has experienced steady growth in recent years. The successful string of new flavor line...
DO NOT TRY TO TELL ANY OF THE frenzied, flag waving fans sitting in the right-field seats at Wrigley Field on Opening Day that Kosuke Fukudome won't rank with Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki and Hideo Nomo on the list of major league baseball's most significant Japanese imports. He's...
With all of the human misery in the world, my heart really goes out to one long-suffering individual: the combination surplus lines broker-Chicago Cubs fan. Every spring, hope springs eternal as visions of a championship flag flying over Wrigley Field dance in your head, along with the hopes that perhaps...
WASHINGTON -- George F. Will, the conservative columnist and pundit, seems too young and young-looking to be anyone's "elder statesman." He is 67, his hair still boyishly parted, his face hardly lined, his wire-rimmed persona that of a graduate student whose idea of a vice is skipping class to catch...
Grass installation at Real Salt Lake's new Sandy stadium is nearly two-thirds of the way complete, and installers expect to finish up either late Thursday evening or Friday morning. The first piece of the 105,000 square feet of bluegrass blend was laid down Tuesday morning. Each roll...
Anything is possible. We know this from looking at this morning's baseball standings. Summer is officially here, and the Cubs own the finest record in the game. Isn't it reasonable to hope that all obstacles can be overcome in a world where the Cubs are 32-8 at home?...
#1 Bourbon Maker Supports Hometown Pride and Urges Chicagoans to SaveOurName.com DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. [Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO)], a global leader in premium spirits, and Jim Beam[R], the world's number one selling bourbon, today hit a home run with Chicago natives and...
CHICAGO -- The Cubs own the best record in the majors and it sure looks as if they're the top team in their own town, too. Jim Edmonds homered twice, Mike Fontenot went deep and Aramis Ramirez added a three-run shot, all during a nine-run fourth inning...
Cubs snatch victoryfrom White Sox, 4-3 CHICAGO - The Cubs struck first in a spirited showdown of first- place teams who share the same city. Aramis Ramirez led off the bottom of the ninth with his second homer of the game to send the...
Cubs snatch victoryfrom White Sox, 4-3 CHICAGO - The Cubs struck first in a spirited showdown of first- place teams who share the same city. Aramis Ramirez led off the bottom of the ninth with his second homer of the game to send the...
CHICAGO -- The Second City? You must mean New York. It couldn't be Chicago, where both of the city's baseball teams are in first place entering the first round of their crosstown series this weekend atWrigley Field. It's the opening of what promises to be a...
CHICAGO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Tribune organization and representatives of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority met today to determine whether we could reach an agreement on a plan for ISFA (the current owner of U.S. Cellular, the home of the Chicago White Sox) to acquire and restore...
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs, who added 1,800 seats and a "batter's-eye" suite in their bleachers expansion two years ago, have a role model in the art of squeezing amenities and revenue into an old stadium: Fenway Park. Since 2002, the Boston Red Sox have increased the capacity...
CHICAGO -- The Friendly Confines have never seemed friendlier, and that's a big reason why the Cubs are the best team in baseball entering June for the first time in 100 years. Alfonso Soriano homered, Jim Edmonds drove in two runs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the...
Articles 2008-06-02
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