Fleer Corp., best known as one of the bubble gum giants, is looking for a bite of the candy business. Fleer, based in Philadelphia, Monday confirmed it is acquiring the Asher candy cane business from ...

Diemer mixed creativity, curiosity and instinct with a little bit of luck and pink food coloring to change the reason humans chew. The young man, just 23 at the time, had no scientific training. But ...