Grupo Bimbo

Let's get a few things clear. Hostess didn't fail for any of the reasons you've been fed. It didn't fail because Americans demanded more healthful food than its Twinkies and Ho-Hos snack cakes. It didn't fail because its unions wanted it to die. It...

Hostess Brands -- the maker of such iconic baked goods as Twinkies, Devil Dogs and Wonder Bread -- announced Friday that it is asking a federal bankruptcy court for permission to close its operations, blaming a strike by bakers protesting a new contract...

On the Bulworth thread, a commenter asks if I'll be responding to James Taranto's blog item at the Wall Street Journal that mentions me. A bit. Here's the relevant passage and a few subsequent passages with my comments. There's been......

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Hostess closure: Hostess facilities in Atwater Village and Glendale appear headed for the chopping block, after a federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the company’s plan for an “orderly wind-down.”...

Sara Lee Corp. has agreed to sell its fresh bakery businesses in Spain and Portugal to Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo for about $154 million in cash. …...

The Philadelphia Union announced a deal today that will have the MLS club doing preseason in Orlando through the 2014 season. They'll train here this season from January 31 to February 20, with a preseason game against Orlando City in the Citrus Bowl on...

MEXICO CITY — Responding to mounting concern about disorder in the Mexican state of Michoacan, officials announced Thursday that an army general would take over as its public security chief, overseeing both state and federal security forces. The...

William Bass Wesley, 86, of Science Hill, passed away Friday, May 10. Born Jan. 29, 1927, in Cincinnati, Ohio, William was a son of the late Raymond "R.T." and Gertie Wesley. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Fanny Weber; two sons,...

MEXICO DF (Reuters) - Las ganancias de la panificadora mexicana Grupo Bimbo, una de las más grandes del mundo, disminuyeron un 9.4 por ciento interanual en el primer trimestre debido a mayores impuestos. Bimbo reportó el jueves una utilidad neta de 544...

MEXICO DF, 24 abr (Reuters) - Las ganancias de la panificadora mexicana Grupo Bimbo, una de las mayores del mundo, bajaron un 9.4 por ciento en el primer trimestre debido a mayores impuestos. Bimbo reportó el jueves una utilidad neta de 544 millones de...

Reports: Initial jobless claims for week ended April 20, 7:30 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended April 25, 9 a.m.; Natural gas inventories for week ended April 20, 9:30 a.m.; Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for April, 10 a.m. Local earnings:...