George Lazarus

Bob Spivak remembers when he wasn't tall enough to wash dishes at one of his father's restaurants in Los Angeles. As an 8-year-old back in 1951, he would hustle from...

With the temperaments and egos of baseball players these days, a manager has to be a nursemaid, father confessor and psychologist. For Ron Kittle, the former White Sox slugger who...

Cookies don't crumble at biscuit dynamo Nabisco Foods--they just come in different sizes. Bite-size items have proliferated in the food industry, and a mini-version of its Oreo should hit retail...

Now that Mattel Inc. has spirited away Kraft Foods chief Robert Eckert as its CEO, there could be fallout in that packaged goods goliath's management ranks as executive recruiters start...

Jeff Surges played hooky Tuesday from the high-pressure dot-com world to be principal for a day at Lake View High School on Chicago's North Side. Surges participated in the citywide...

Under new parent Publicis S.A., Chicago-based marketing services firm Frankel & Co. is eyeing overseas markets for expansion. This responsibility falls under Jim Mack, chief executive officer, who is involved...

Look for consolidations, most notably in media management, in the wake of WPP Group's takeover of Young & Rubicam Inc. Take your pick, whether you want to call the merged...

Walgreen Co.'s Chicago-area stores are getting close to their last drop in alcoholic beverages. By early next year, few, if any, of the 25 Walgreens stores here that now carry...

Oatmeal season doesn't officially start until September, but Quaker Oats Co. shareholders Wednesday got another message that the firm really means business in that hot-cereal category. With a very impressive...

WPP Group's impending take over of Young & Rubicam Inc. has sent shock waves through the PR industry, again raising the question of how long leading independent Edelman Public Relations...