Our ancestors learned to control fire roughly 1.8 million years ago. A lot has changed since then, but the utility of fire remains constant, keeping us warm, cooking our food, and lighting the ...

BIC Corp. and its New York-based vice president and general counsel, Steve Burkhart, are fired up over alleged knockoff lighters that are being made in China and imported into the U.S. BIC general ...

Despite various companies' hopes that people will buy their fancy camping-specific torches, the fact is that most campers' fire-starting needs are met quite nicely with a good ol' Bic lighter. That ...

The BIC pocket lighter is turning 40. BIC, a Shelton-based manufacturer of stationery products, lighters and shavers, is celebrating the lighter’s 40th birthday with a series of promotions and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Disposability has been good to Bic, the French maker of lighters, razors and stationery products. Its shares ...

A recent survey across 11 European countries found that one in ten respondents have had or know someone who has had an accident linked to a pocket lighter. Nearly 75% per cent of imported lighter ...