The last several years haven’t been kind to Chicago’s candy-making industry. In 2001, Mayor Richard M. Daley pleaded with Congress to revise the U.S. sugar policy after Brach’s Confections Inc.

We know it takes three licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. But how many phone calls does it take to reach their maker, Tootsie Roll Industries? Considerably more, it would seem.

The Chicago-based candy company filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the maker of "Tootsie Pups." The Chicago candy maker is the latest target of retail traders who are pouring into heavily ...

Halloween may bring more tricks than treats for Tootsie Roll Industries, according to a ­short-seller. Ben Axler’s Spruce Point Capital Management is taking a short position on the candy-maker and ...

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This candy maker is a controlled company and that can lead to seemingly small events shifting the stock price in big ways. Index funds that track these indexes have to make the changes S&P Dow Jones ...

(Reuters) - The chief executive of Tootsie Roll Industries Inc has died after more than half a century at the helm of the U.S. candy maker, sparking speculation that the company could soon be ripe for ...

Acquisitions have played a major part in Tootsie Roll’s ability to not only stay afloat while others sank but in its ability to increase profit margins. In 1988, Tootsie Roll bought out the Charms Co.