May 26, 2007

For the past five years, hall of famer Tony Gwynn has coached baseball at San Diego State University, a job he describes as part general manger, part baby sitter.

Companies that have invited consumers to create advertising often find it to be stressful, costly and time-consuming.

The chain’s new chief executive was everything his predecessor was not: folksy, sincere, occasionally funny and often self-deprecating.

The Glacéau deal offered evidence that coming up with a new beverage, or putting a new twist on an old one, can be lucrative.

Rochester, N.Y., spent millions on a high-speed ferry to Canada, but the effort seems to have aggravated the woes of a city already beset with serious problems.