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Yesterday | Seeking Alpha

The Burger Wars: McDonald's Vs. Wendy's

I wanted to do an article on McDonald's vs. Burger King, but Burger King is unfortunately a private company at the moment, although it will be returning to the NYSE later this year.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Wendys International, Mcdonalds, Burger King

Thu May 24, 2012

Restaurant News Resource

Dave Hoffmann Appointed President of Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Region for McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation today announced that Dave Hoffmann, 44, currently Senior Vice President for Restaurant Support in McDonald's Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa region, has been elected President of McDonald's APMEA by the McDonald's Board of Directors, effective July 1. Hoffmann, a 16-year McDonald's veteran, succeeds Tim Fenton who ... (more)

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

McDonald's CEO on Europe and 4 DJIA Stocks Traders are Watching

Bank of America Corporation will repurchase $330 million worth of home loans from Freddie Mac , following the discovery of flaws in their creation process, says a Bloomberg report.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Freddie Mac, JP Morgan Chase , General Electric, Aerospace-Defense

Bloomberg

McDonald's Bonds Tie Higher-Rated IBM Record: Corporate Finance

McDonald's will spend about $1.45 billion to remodel about 2,400 stores this year while opening 1,300 restaurants to give it about 35,000 locations worldwide.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Financial Markets, IBM, Life, Food, Dining, Illinois

M2.com

Five banks run McDonald's USD900m notes issue

The issue consists of USD500m notes, bearing a 0.75% coupon rate and maturing on 29 May 2015, and USD400m notes, carrying an interest rate of 1.875% and falling due on 29 May 2019.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Wells Fargo , Financial Services

Wed May 23, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Dow Movers: Procter & Gamble Getting Green, McDonald's Japan Problem

Pfizer Inc. : FDA rules require that makers of generic drugs test a sample of brand name versions in order to get approval for their drugs.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Procter and Gamble, Household Products, Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, The Washington Post Company, Plug Power, Electronics

PETA

to Shake Up McDonald's Annual Meeting Over Cruel Slaughter Method of Chickens

Naked Women in Austin Make Point that Humans and Animals Have the Same Parts in Run-Up to Memorial Day Oak Brook, Ill.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Life, Food, Fast Food

Internet Retailer

Oracle buys a social marketing platform provider

Topics: acquisition , ATG , e-commerce platforms , e-commerce software , e-commerce technology , Endeca , FatWire Software , Google+ , Lowe's , McDonald's , NewsMakers , Oracle , Proctor & Gamble , RightNow Technologies , social marketing , social media , Software-as-a-Service , Thomas Kurian , Twitter , Vitrue , YouTube Oracle Corp., one of the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Phase Forward, Software, Internet, Science / Technology, Fatwire, ITA Software, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Reuters

TEXT-Fitch rates McDonald's proposed notes 'A'

May 23 - Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to McDonald's proposed $750 million issuance of three-year and seven-year senior unsecured notes.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Life, Food, Dining

Tue May 22, 2012

Contra Costa Times

Tech ticker

For the second year in a row, Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Google, ITA Software, Microsoft, Sentillion

Thu May 17, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Facebook Surges Up the Internet IPO Scene

Facebook A raised $16 billion for its original stockholders and investors in the biggest initial public offering by an Internet company in history, with shares priced at the top end of a range that was increased once.A It's the third-largest public offering in the history of the country, behind justA General Motors A andA Visa A . At a price of $38 ... (more)

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Automakers, General Motors, Visa, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Is Starbucks Brewing Up Trouble With Its Alcoholic Drinks?

Earlier this year, Starbucks Corp. announced plans to sell beer and wine in as many as 12 cafes in Atlanta and Southern California by the end of 2012.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Starbucks, Life, Food, Dining, Drink, Coffee, Mcdonalds, Coronado, CA

Tue May 15, 2012

Business Journal

McDonald's planning to hire hundreds in San Antonio

McDonald's Corp. and its franchisees are hosting a hiring day on May 15 to fill hundreds of new crew and restaurant managers at more than 125 restaurants in the Greater San Antonio area.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Texas

Mon May 14, 2012

GuruFocus.com

McDonald's Back in Value, Above-Average Growth and Above-Average Yield

McDonald's is a great favorite of the dividend growth investor. However, Mr. Market knows this and has historically applied a premium valuation to this blue-chip dividend stalwart.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds

Wed May 09, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Consumer Business Recap: McDonald's and Coca-Cola Tie Up for This

Wal-Mart's A Walmex division brought sales of 32.16 billion pesos in April, which represents a 10.8 percent year-to-year increase.

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Related Topix: Beverages, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, CocaCola, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Life, Fruits, Food

Blue Maumau

McDonald's April Sales Slump as Burger King's Rises

McDonald's Corporation announced on Tuesday that same store sales growth for company and franchised stores open for at least 13 months in the United States missed estimates.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Life, Food, Dining

NBC2 News

Societal shift needed to combat obesity rates

When the country has faced health epidemics in the past such as the flu, measles, or polio we've been able to overcome it with vaccines.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Lee County, FL, Bokeelia, FL

SiliconValley.com

Bay Biz Buzz: Safeway's new pork policy, Callidus buys 6FigureJobs, John Muir Health leases building

The nation's second-largest grocery chain says it will adopt purchasing policies that favor more humane treatment of pigs.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Pork, Meat, Activism, Humane Society of the United States, Charitable Organizations, Walnut Creek, CA

Tue May 08, 2012

Asbury Park Press Online

McDonald's uses limited-time offers to attract new customers

It's known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models and even... This photo provided by McDonald's shows McDonald's seasonal blueberry banana nut oatmeal, which will be available nationwide by midmonth.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Life, Food, Dining, Hamburger, Fast Food

Loop21.com

McDonald's Pampers Bloggers in Exchange for Positive Posts

McDonald's is assembling a group of 400-some bloggers who will reportedly receive free gifts and all-expenses paid parties in exchange for praiseful posts about the company.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Startups, Facebook, Social Software

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