A new initiative by the Marne Bottlers’ Association to produce an economically priced Champagne aimed at the American working class has run into a snag over trademark problems with the marketing slogan “The Beer of Champagnes.”
The Brenneman Food Service and Industrial Solvents Corp has reduced its quarterly dividend from 2¼¢ to 2¢ following the company’s admission that the health benefits of lard were “overstated” in a recent advertising campaign.
United Munitions & Timing Device stock rose 32% in rapid trading after the company’s announcement yesterday that the October 30 explosion of its Hazelwood plant would save nearly $35 million over the long term in salaries, pensions, and benefits.
BertelsmannDoubledayKnopfRandomHouseBallantineCorgiBantamSchockenPantheonGoldmannFawcettDelReyAnchorVintageSudamericana, the world’s only remaining book publisher, revised its earnings projections upward yesterday after it was revealed that an unnamed customer in a Walmart in Dubuque had bought a book.