Toronto Star'Curious George' publisher Houghton Mifflin files for bankruptcyLos Angeles TimesBy Tiffany Hsu Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday but expects to emerge from restructuring by the en…
RestaurantNewsRelease.comCarl's Jr. parent firm CKE files for $100-million IPOLos Angeles TimesCKE, which owns the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's chains, has yet to determine the size of the stock offering or an estimated price range. By Tiffany H…
Dividend.comApplebee's, IHOP parent DineEquity in turnaround mode, profit upLos Angeles TimesBy Tiffany Hsu DineEquity Inc., the Glendale-based owner of IHOP Restaurants and Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, is relying heavily on franchi…
BloombergOwner of Payless, Keds to be split in $2 billion acquisitionLos Angeles TimesBy Tiffany Hsu Collective Brands Inc., which owns footwear brands such as Sperry Top-Sider and Keds and the shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource, will be split in two by …
Last week, we went shopping for a birthday present. We went around Bethesda, to Bloomingdales…to Saks…even to Tiffany’s. In one shoe store there were five middle-aged clerks, ready to help us. How could there be enough profit in a pair of shoe…
