Iconic Haribo gummy bears will be soon be ‘Made in the USA’

Germany’s iconic gummy bear will soon be “Made in USA.” Bonn-based Haribo, which invented the gummy bear nearly a century ago, said Friday it would open a U.S. factory in Wisconsin in 2020. Haribo, founded in 1920, has been in the U.S. since 1982...

Fed’s Dudley: We want to make monetary policy ‘less accommodative’

The president of the New York Federal Reserve thinks the economy is in a “pretty good place” right now, and moving forward monetary policy should be “a little bit less accommodative,” as the U.S. inches closer to full employment. New York Fed...

Bill George: The battle for the soul of capitalism explained in one hostile takeover bid

Last month’s quickly aborted bid by Kraft Heinz (KHC) to take over Unilever brought into sharp relief the ongoing war between two different philosophies of capitalism. On one side Unilever CEO Paul Polman champions sustainable growth in earnings to raise...

Campbell Soup is a cautionary tale for food companies hopping on the fresh-food bandwagon

Bolthouse Farms and Garden Fresh Gourmet were expected to be bright spots in Campbell Soup’s portfolio when they were acquired, with the hope the brands would offset slowing growth in the soup category. Instead, the two businesses — part of the...

Princeton is scrambling to block its admissions records from being released

Princeton is scrambling to prevent the release of a trove of its most sensitive admissions documents, including individual student files and information about how the school judges and selects its freshman class. The data was provided to the Education Department as...