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Filed under: Books Maybe you read about the fact that Campbell's Soup was the only stock on the S&P 500 that didn't fall that fateful day in late September, when the market tanked 700 points. This is like that. Only with recipes. According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), publishers are betting big that cookbooks will continue to sell even as everyone tightens their wallets significantly....
Campbell's Soup cans are one of those true icons of design that exist in all our collective consciousness. Rather a mundane item at first glance, it's gone through the pop consciousness mill thanks to Andy Warhol. If you're an admirer...
LONDON.- No artist living in the second half of the 20th century has made a deeper impression on popular culture than Andy Warhol (1928-1987). 40 years on from Warhol's first major exhibition in Europe, and his infamous shooting by Valerie Solanas, The Hayward presents a major exhibition that brings a fresh perspective to his work Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms, 7 October
I watched a bit of Glenn Beck. I had to turn him off. He was telling his audience to stock up on food. His guests were saying that super inflation from this bail out is going to simply wipe us out. Sure our FDIC-insured bank accounts are safe but the value [...]
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., like Campbell's Soup, has defied the stock market carnage as Wall Street and the global financial system melts down. Fairfax has defied gravity because the property and casualty insurance company, led by its Chair Prem Watsa, realized a few years ago this perfect financial storm was about to hit. So it positioned its gigantic portfolio of premium income and profits...
The main thrust of our annual Hip Hop Honors show is simple. Great music was made a long time ago, so we make more great music to salute both its impact and endurance. Celebration is in the air because artists are getting well-deserved recognition. From the red carpet frenzy to the audience shout-alongs to the [...]
Watch Andy Warhol's films and videos and it's easy to imagine the late pop artist feeling right at home in the current age of reality TV and Web video. This was a man who made an hourlong film of people's random activities at his New York art studio, shot "...
“Vote” McCain ( surveys) There were a lot of great moments in this episode. I loved the bit about Campbell’s soup. Liquid assets. Hahaha! “Future Perfect” was right on target, and the voting segment was very funny. It was good to see one of The Colbert Report writers, Barry Julien, play [...]
Ezra Klein , noting that Campbell's Soup and Tazer bucked the market crash, asks: "What are some other stocks or products that do well when the economy nosedives?" My advice is to buy stock in Testors :
Artist Michael Chesko has been lovingly carving a true-to-form model of Midtown Manhattan: This scale miniature of Midtown took 2000 hours to complete. As reference, he used blueprints, old photographs, digital reproductions, and satellite images. On a good day, he’d work his way through four city blocks. The entire model is 36" x 30"… a good deal [...]
Intrigued, like others, by the increase in the price of Campbell's Soup shares on a day the Dow plummeted 778 points amid panic about financial disaster, I poked around for data on companies that make non-soup, non-perishable foods items and other life saving materials and found... nothing interesting. Which leads me to the somewhat boring conclusion that Campbell's Soup is prospering these days not...
Things like rent, food, and Campbell’s Soup stocks cost money .. so where do video games fit into your budget? This week, we want to know: How do you usually acquire video games? Buy them Rent them Steal them View Results Let us know why you voted the way you did in comments!
