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Forget Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey and Rainforest Crunch. The next hot new flavor at Ben & Jerry's Homemade could be called Lock-'n'-Load Rocky Road. The quirky maker of superpremium ice cream began the new year by scooping up gun-industry executive Perry Odak to fill a two-month vacancy as its new CEO. Odak most recently was chief operating officer of U.S. Repeating Arms Co., the maker of Winchester rifles, and he brings 25 years of consumer-marketing savvy to Ben & Jerry's (est. 1996 sales: $175 million), which could sorely use some executive firepower...
...take out a salary of $300,000 a year to dream up new products and turn the management team into what he calls "a well-oiled machine." It remains to be seen how well his approach will meld with a company whose Peace Pops bars help support causes like gun control. But investors foresaw more bang for their bucks: Ben & Jerry's stock closed at $12.75 a share on Friday, up $1.38 for the week...
...House Republicans will vote on one issue they almost always agree on: limiting lawsuits. The House is scheduled to vote on bills that limit legal liability for gun manufacturers and restaurants, who are worried about lawsuits by people who say they have become obese through eating fatty foods at their establishments...
...soldiers with gas masks and small grenade launchers edged along the side of the souvenir shop. Shortly before their assault, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General, Vladimir Kolesnikov, stressed that women were being held hostage inside. "We have to act with surgical precision," he said. Under cover of heavy machine-gun fire, the Spetsnaz pumped round after round of grenades into the small shop. After half an hour, they abruptly ceased fire and slipped off as quietly as they came. Journalists were told the hostages had been saved, though no one could explain how they survived the barrage. A look...
...taking forceful action in response to misbehavior," says Alan Hevesi, New York State comptroller, whose retirement system invested $36 million in Refco through Lee and others. Lee declined to comment. Bennett's lawyer, Gary Naftalis, reiterated what he had already said in court: "We think the government jumped the gun...