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The most recent episode of Undercover Boss featured the chief marketing officer of NASCAR, Steve Phelps. While the show stuck to the tried and true for the series, with the usual run of struggles and triumphs, it's worth wondering what the company got out of the deal.

A NASCAR executive will see exactly where the rubber meets the road on the next Undercover Boss Sunday night. But unlike past execs featured on the hit series, the honcho learning lessons at the bottom this time won't be the CEO sitting at the top.

For 25 years, Frank Ahearn made a career out of tracking people down. Now he helps them disappear. Starting in 1984, Ahearn worked as a skip tracer (tracing people who skip town) tracking down everyone from a crook who helped steal the Oscar statuettes to an out-of-focus doughball in a beret named...

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Burger King's no stranger to online advertising gimmicks. Remember the "Whopper Sacrifice" from earlier this year, when Burger King asked Facebook members to sacrifice friends to win a free burger? The company's got a new online ad campaign that's playing on the questionable truthfulness of...

NASCAR may have a blue-collar image, but it's an expensive sport. Not only is there the cost of the racing cars, but there's the payroll needed for the experienced staff required to maintain them. With all the overhead, sponsorship doesn't come cheap. Yet attendance and TV ratings are down, making...

There's no doubt that Snuggies are a hot product; you can even get one for your dog these days. Snuggies are so popular that they've inspired another company to roll out a whole new set of blankets with arms; most notably the new NFL themed knockoff Snuggie that lets you concentrate on cheering...

Howard Stern said a contract "rights issue" is the reason why his show isn't on the Sirius XM (SIRI) software application that was made available last week at the Apple (AAPL) iTunes store. "It was a rights thing, a contractual rights thing," Stern told listeners on his radio show today. "It was...

The next time you rent a car from Hertz, you might notice something strange: in addition to the spare tire, first aid kit and jumper cables that you'd expect to find in your car's trunk, there will probably also be a printed trunk liner, covered in garish advertisements.In case you miss the point,...