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Clay Risen
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These Women Distillers Are Rising With the American Whiskey Boom
Before Dry January hits, Andrea Wilson of Michter’s and Nicole Austin of Cascade Hollow discuss how the expansion has affected them, particularly as women in…
Don Christopher, Who Turned Lowly Garlic Into a Staple, Dies at 88
Known as the Garlic King, he used his enthusiasm and a business acumen to build an empire around the once-lowly “stinking rose.”
Edward C. Prescott, 81, Dies; Won Nobel for Studying Business Cycles
He was among the leading thinkers to explain the economic shocks of the 1970s, and his work was critical to the supply-side economics of the…
Budd Friedman, Who Built an Empire of Comedy Clubs, Dies at 90
Starting with the original Improv in Midtown Manhattan, he gave Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin and countless other comedians a launching pad to fame.
James Giffen, Who Was Embroiled in ‘Kazakhgate,’ Dies at 81
The government charged him with funneling $78 million in bribes to Kazakhstan, but dropped the case after a judge decided he had acted with C.I.A….
Roger Welsch, ‘America’s Premier Storyteller,’ Dies at 85
Author, humorist and tractor buff, he quit academia and found fame as a correspondent from the Nebraska heartland for the CBS News program “Sunday Morning.”
Lowry Mays, Who Revolutionized the Radio Industry, Dies at 87
He built his company, Clear Channel Communications, from a single struggling station into one of the world’s biggest media empires.
Lowry Mays, Who Revolutionized the Radio Industry, Dies at 87
He built his company, Clear Channel, from a single struggling station into one of the world’s biggest media empires.
E. Bryant Crutchfield, 85, Dies; Gave the World the Trapper Keeper
His ability to blend the fun and the functional with the binder he invented brought order to the chaos of grade-school life in the 1980s…
Bill J. Allen, Alaska Businessman at the Center of Scandal, Dies at 85
He was one of the state’s most powerful figures, but his extensive corruption schemes brought him down — and took several politicians with him.