Hostess Brands Inc, the bankrupt baker of Twinkies, Wonder Bread, Ho-Hos, and Raspberry Zingers, "has sought a U.S. court's permission to go out of business after failing to get wage and benefit cuts from thousands of its striking bakery workers." (Reuters). Brain Braiker tweets: "The finite number of Twinkies that remain have an infinite shelf-life. Wrap your mind around THAT."
Twinkies maker Hostess goes belly up
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