If late-night television commercials are to be believed, America’s soft-bodied sofa dwellers dream primarily of three things: owning a knife that can cut through a penny; obtaining cash for gold; and ...

Jerry Lee Wilson thought he had figured out the perfect way to motivate employees: He brought a shotgun to work. It was the late 1970s, and Wilson was overseeing a factory in Hillsboro, Oregon, that ...

HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2004--The makers of the Soloflex Muscle Machine, the world's first home weightlifting system, made statements today to distance themselves publicly from ...

If doing an addition or building a new house using traditional wood-stud walls seems a little too wimpy in this bold new millennium, there’s a muscular new option from a surprising source.

Jerry Wilson, who made millions of dollars starting the Soloflex exercise machine business, sent out a press release Monday morning saying he intended to run for Oregon governor as a Republican. But ...