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A Kentucky appeals court upheld a $6.1 million award to a former fast food worker who was forced to strip in a McDonald's restaurant office after someone called posing as a police officer. The appellate court on Friday ruled that Illinois-based McDonald's...
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McDonald's Corp. this week is expected to release the results of a study showing that its suppliers' method of killing chickens is equally humane with an advocacy group's preferred technique. Since last winter, the Oak Brook -based fast-food giant has...
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McDonald's Corp plans to spend $2.4 billion on capital improvements in 2010 as it continues to revamp restaurants and expand in emerging markets, the world's largest restaurant company said on Thursday. Half of the spending will be on new restaurants...
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The Lion's Tap restaurant has prevailed in its trademark infringement lawsuit against McDonald's for its usage of the slogan "Who's Your Patty?" the Eden Prairie eatery said today The Lion's Tap filed the federal court lawsuit in late August, claiming...
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Despite the recent release of much better-than-expected third quarter earnings, McDonald's Corp. Chief Executive Officer James Skinner says the company expects to show even stronger growth after the recession. "Before the recession we were doing better,"...
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The Big Mac, long a symbol of globalization, has become the latest victim of this tiny island nation's overexposure to the world financial crisis...Costs had doubled over the past year because of the fall in the krona and high import tariffs on imported...
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The fast-food giant McDonald's delivered soaring sales in the UK after a "flight to value" sent customers flocking into its stores to eat Big Macs. It is thought that McDonald's UK grew underlying sales by about 12 per cent in the three months to 30...
US stocks opened mixed on Thursday after data showed new jobless claims rose more than expected and a slew of big corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 26.75 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 9,976.11. The Standard & Poor's 500...
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The McDonald’s Corporation posted a profit on Thursday that topped expectations and said September sales improved as consumers sought low-cost meals, sending its shares up more than 2 percent. McDonald’s also said it expected global same-store sales...
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ConAgra Foods Inc raised its quarterly dividend by 5 percent on Friday, days after the food maker raised its earnings forecast. The maker of Banquet frozen meals and Hebrew National hot dogs cited its strong earnings outlook and healthy annual cash flows.
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