| Dec 9, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedFor many years, Giovanna De La Rosa enjoyed working at Toys ‘R’ Us — especially during the holiday shopping season. “I loved bringing joy to families and to children,” she shared at a recent congressional hearing. “I watched so many of the local kids grow up over the...
| Aug 15, 2018 | Economy / BusinessIt was once the biggest toy company in the world. But Toys ‘R’ Us turned off the lights in its remaining stores for the last time this summer, becoming the most recent casualty of Wall Street greed. As Toys ‘R’ Us first began its descent into bankruptcy and...
| Dec 5, 2012 | Food / FarmingRemember the horrible murders in 1978 of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk? At the killer’s trial, his lawyer argued for leniency, saying that a steady diet of junk food had addled his client’s brain. That claim entered the...
| Feb 13, 2012 | Food / FarmingHere’s a case of good news oozing out of bad news, and vice versa. The bad news is that Hostess Brands has sunk into bankruptcy. It couldn’t stay afloat with the $860-million debt piled onto it after a group of Wall Street speculators took over the...
