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Given the negative business news that everyone’s faced during the past year, it’s not unusual to be drawn to a headline such as “Manufacturing Can Be Competitive in the United States.” Unlike many of the countless e-mails I receive daily, this one didn’t get deleted automatically. I opened the file, scanned the attachment and then saved the article for future perusal.  

How many hours of TV do you watch per week? I’m a slave to my DVR, which allows me to catch favorites like “Glee” (I’m a super Gleek) and guilty pleasures such as “The Bachelorette” (don’t judge) long after primetime has passed, once I’ve returned home from board meetings and tennis matches, for example. (I’ve still got the entire last season of “Lost” saved for future viewing. 

Although I consider myself a morning person, 8 a.m. sessions at conference get-togethers have never been a favorite.

In my oft-mentioned former life as a home furnishing editor, I had the pleasure of meeting the occasional (random) celebrity.

Valentine’s Day and Easter 2011 will be on deck at ECRM’s Spring Confectionery Efficient Program Planning Session, to be held June 13-15 at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Fla.

Three 23-year-olds founded online retailer Chocomize, where consumers can build their own chocolate bars.

First, this month’s editorial doesn’t even come close to Jonathan Swift’s satirical essay about Ireland solving its hunger crisis by serving up babies to the British aristocracy.

Most trade shows go unnoticed by the public, who’ve no reason (nay, inclination) to attend.

I’m sure most of you have seen the Martin Scorsese film “Goodfellas” starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, which focuses on main character Henry Hill’s career as a Brooklyn mob wise-guy.

When it rains, it pours. As you know, this popultar idiom refers to something occurring in large quantity after a lengthy absence. And although it’s often used to describe unhappy ends, that’s not always the case.