Nicknamed “El Ingeniero” (the engineer). His father was a Lebanese immigrant, as were his maternal grandparents. His father died when he was 13. Bought shares of the Banco Nacional de Mexico at 12. Is ...

Unilever PLC's U.S. subsidiary says it has recalled all canned Slim-Fast drinks because of the possibility of bacterial contamination that could cause diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. The company says ...

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS -- Slim-Fast has issued a recall of all ready-to-drink shakes in cans, due to a possible micro-organism contamination that may cause diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Unilever United ...

S. Daniel Abraham, a onetime traveling salesman who started a line of weight-loss products led by the popular Slim-Fast diet drinks and who later used his fortune as a major Democratic political donor ...

He turned a small family business into a billion-dollar weight-loss empire by replacing calorie counting and forbidden foods with “just add milk.” By Robert D. Hershey Jr. S. Daniel Abraham, an ...

1965 - Acquires a bottling company, Jarritos del Sur, and incorporates a stock brokerage, Inversora Bursatil. Also establishes real estate, construction and mining companies. January 1966 - ...