Three decades after it collapsed under the immense weight of a historic securities fraud, the true-life legend of consumer-electronics king "Crazy Eddie" Antar is still embedded in the popular culture ...

STARTING OUT Weiss got his start at the Hartford Courant, covering small-town Connecticut. He later moved to a wire service in Washington, D.C., where his role was “business editor of some kind.” That ...

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(JTA) — Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics empire built on hype. Entrepreneur Eddie Antar grew his chain of discounts stores in the New York of the 1970s with unforgettably loud TV commercials, a ...

Elias Zinn these days is wearing a new moustache. The president of Crazy Eddie, the electronic retailer, started growing the hair on his upper lip in a wager with his top company officials. He says ...

New Yorkers are trying to kill the invasive creatures, but their efforts may be futile. By James Barron In “Retail Gangster,” Gary Weiss explores the life and sketchy business practices of Eddie Antar ...

Believe it or not, there really was a real life salesman named Crazy Eddie. And interesting enough, Danny DeVito is set to direct a biopic about his life. Known as Eddie Antar, he became a pioneer in ...

Late last year Upper East Side resident Sam A. Antar started calling friends in the Syrian Jewish community around Deal, N.J., saying he could get them shares in Uber, Lyft and other unicorns before ...

Note: Before a 33-year career in journalism, reporter William Westhoven spent seven years working for Crazy Eddie, finishing as a store manager in 1987. He previously broke the news of Eddie Antar's ...