Business

Contrary to the impression one might get from reading Success magazine, an angel investor rarely reaps outsized rewards. In fact, failure is the norm.

Sacred Cows are overrunning the business landscape. The authors of “Death to All Sacred Cows” are only too happy to kill them.

Start your own company. Become rich and famous. Live the American dream. Happens all the time, right? Well, not exactly.

Scotts Miracle Gro has sued a maker of bottled worm poop for—no joke—“unjust enrichment.”

Any American who thinks they support tort reform ought to read this interview with Stephanie Mencimer.

In its heyday Route 66 was arguably the most famous highway in history. But over the course of several decades it gradually became obsolete. Today, a program called the Route 66 Initiative—launched by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality—promises to revitalize Route 66 communities in Arizona, and may provide the blueprint for cleaning up and redeveloping sites across the country.

Jared the Subway guy has a last name, but like Michelangelo, Madonna, and Saddam, he doesn’t need one.

As far as get-rich-quick schemes are concerned, Frederic Tudor's dream of developing a global ice business without the aid of artificial refrigeration has to be one of the most unlikely.

Think that owning a franchise guarantees you a successful business and healthy income? What Peter Birkeland reveals will surprise you.

The prune has been undergoing a full-scale makeover, emerging with a new image and a new name—the dried plum.

Despite fruitcake’s image problem, the fruitcake industry is thriving, with millions of pounds sold commercially around the world each year.

The quintessential American diner—which owes its fame, in part, to Norman Rockwell, who chose it as the inspiration for “The Runaway”—says goodbye to the past and hello to an uncertain future.

Iraqi Airways doesn’t have a lot to offer its passengers.

Malcolm Gladwell is known in publishing circles as a writer that is very interested in failure—more specifically, cognitive failure.

Benecol is a new light margarine that can help lower your cholesterol. But after a lot of advance hoopla and a reasonably big advertising and public relations campaign, the brand is already in a downward spiral. What went wrong?

The drive-in movie theater began its long swan song 40 years ago. But by reaching out to a new generation of movie-goers, the drive-in has forestalled its decline while searching for a new identity.

Kellogg’s cereal and milk is a winning combo. But when the company tried to sell the two together, consumer response was lukewarm.