Business
Royal Crown Cola Co., seeking to boost its bid to block separate corporate mergers proposed by soft-drink giants Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsico, is launching a nationwide advertising campaign today encouraging consumers to oppose the mergers.
June 12, 1986
California
Like gladiators about to enter the Colosseum, the heirs of newspaper publisher R.C.
Oct. 26, 1986
In an unusual compromise with estranged shareholder Harry H.
Feb. 18, 1986
The feud over the O.C. Register’s parent comes to a head today
Oct. 1, 2003
The bitter family feud that has racked Freedom Newspapers Inc. for nearly a decade was aired again Tuesday as a three-judge appellate panel heard arguments in dissident heir Harry H.
April 18, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
On Wednesday, Henry Rogers, who recently retired as the founding partner of the entertainment publicity firm, Rogers and Cowan, is being honored at a $350 a ticket banquet celebrating his 30 years of service to the Music Center as board member and fund-raiser.
Oct. 13, 1991
Food
Royal Crown Cola Co., which introduced a “draft” cola in an bold bid to grab market share from Pepsi and Coca-Cola, is scrambling to defend the week-old product against criticism that its amber, long-necked bottle sends teen-agers a signal that drinking alcohol is “cool.”
July 21, 1995
Awards
‘Robocop’ remake marketing starts two months before production
July 9, 2012
World & Nation
The nation’s drug czar will announce in Washington today an “ethics in marketing” initiative to discourage what he sees as the recent proliferation of products that glamorize drug and alcohol use among children.
July 26, 1995
Armor All Products, a division of McKesson, Corp. of San Francisco, broke ground for its new world headquarters in the Irvine Corporate Park.
July 31, 1985