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...children take delight in things that grownups find gross? While most adults just sit and ponder this question, a few entrepreneurs cannily exploit it. Just in time for the back-to-school season, for example, is Spit-Wads, a synthetic "tossing dough." The sticky substance, thrown by hand rather than propelled through a straw, was invented by oil-refinery worker Ted Skup. "We got the idea at lunchtime. We were talking about the Pet Rock and things we could sell about $20 million worth of, and it just popped into my head." Skup and a partner started IQCO Inc., which...
Could I really use this experiment to rake in a bundle of dough this summer? And without working? I was beginning to think...
Many gourmet loaves are made from old French, Italian and German recipes. Some are prepared with special starters: live cultures handed down from one generation to the next, lending a distinctive flavor to the dough. Unlike many commercial varieties, these loaves are the product of a laborious, often round-the-clock regimen, performed in fiery hot bakeshops. In a typical routine, first the dough is mixed and allowed to rise, then cut into pieces, allowed to rise again, molded into final form, "proofed" in one last rising, baked and cooled. (Commercial breads may sit through only one or two short...
...First City Bancorp. of Texas, quickly filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court in New York City asking for an investigation. The New York Times lambasted the bonuses as a case of greed worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records and called on Drexel executives to return the dough. In Washington committees in both the House and the Senate are planning hearings this week that will explore the issue. "It may be that the payments themselves rendered Drexel insolvent," says attorney Stuart Hirshfield, who represents a group of Drexel's creditors. "It just doesn't seem right...
...Governor Mike, some much-needed dough...