September 22, 2010

The Rise And Fall Of Blockbuster

‎Newsweek: Before Blockbuster became a video store behemoth—and, now, a firm that has filed for bankruptcy—it was, in fact, an oil company. That’s right—if Blockbuster were a movie, the opening scene of The Blockbuster Story would be set 25 years ago in the Dallas offices of an oil-equipment provider called Cooks Data Services. Cooks Data, […]

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The Long Wait Is Over: Steak ‘N Shake Opens In Rome

Rome News Tribune: Didn’t take long for Rome’s new Steak’n Shake to fill up after formal grand opening ceremonies Wednesday morning. “Basically most of the people in Rome want to know why it took so long,” Mayor Wright Bagby said. “We’ve got a daytime population in Rome of almost 80,000 even though our population is

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