Seven of Business’s Most Bizarre Brand Bedfellows

Wall Street’s endless parade of buyouts and mergers, divisions and revisions has created a tangled landscape in which companies that are famous for one thing often own brands that are completely different — or even diametrical…

Fortune Brands to Split into Three Units

Fortune Brands (FO), maker of Jim Beam whisky, plans to split into three separate units.

Fortune Brands will continue to focus on its distilled spirits business, the company said in a statement. Fortune’s home and security business will be spun off i…