2007Departures

    By Julie Tilsner

    | 2:38PM 12/28/2007
    Gosh DANG, the pusher man.In general, it's best to avoid developing addictive relationships with junk food. The Unwritten Law of the Marketing Universe seems to dictate that as soon as a product develops a cult-like following, the company making the product ceases production.The companies will tell...

    By Tom Barlow

    | 9:38AM 12/27/2007
    2007 saw the passing of several iconic American businesspeople. Among those we'll miss are -- Bob Evans, the Sausage King. I met Bob several times in the years after he was eased out of the administration of the chain that bears his name. He was an amiable, unpretentious man, as down-home as the...