Topic

Business & Economics

A collection of 86 issues

Beyond the 11 Herbs & Spices: The Story of Colonel Sanders' Other Chicken Nephew

While Colonel Sanders built a global empire, his nephew Lee Cummings was creating his own fried chicken legacy. After learning the trade from his famous uncle, Cummings developed a distinct honey-dipped, pressure-cooked recipe and launched Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken, a regional success story.

The $40 Billion Miscalculation: How Yahoo! Fumbled the Deal of a Lifetime

In 2008, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for a staggering $44.6 billion. Convinced they were worth more, Yahoo's board rejected the deal. Eight years later, after a long decline, they sold their core business to Verizon for a mere $4.83 billion—a fraction of the original offer.

An Invented Tradition: The Surprising Truth Behind the Ploughman's Lunch

The Ploughman's Lunch feels like a timeless British pub classic, a meal for labourers stretching back centuries. While its core ingredients are indeed ancient, the name itself is a modern invention, created in the 1950s by a marketing board to sell more cheese after wartime rationing ended.

The Dragonfly and the Engine: Disney's Cleverest Character Name in 'The Rescuers'

The heroic dragonfly Evinrude from Disney's 1977 film 'The Rescuers' wasn't just a random name. He was intentionally named after the Evinrude Outboard Motors company, a clever nod to his role as the sputtering, buzzing engine for a leaf-boat in the Devil's Bayou.