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A Florida man was arrested this week after allegedly pulling a gun on three women so he could cut into a McDonald's drive-through line.

In his bid to revive the retailer; part of CEO Calvin McDonald’s strategy entails emulating specialty chains

In June 2010 Denver police officer Derrick Saunders was sentenced to 5 days in jail for driving 143 mph while drunk. The manager of safety fired Saunders, but yesterday the Civil Service Commission overturned the decision to fire him, based on "discretion and precedence." This is not good news for slow-moving McDonald's employees: Saunders previously [...]

When Don Thompson steps in as CEO, the pressure will mount for him to change McDonald's at an even faster clip.

Oracle said today it will acquire Vitrue, a privately held social media engagement platform company based in Atlanta. The company manages more than 1.3 billion social interactions across more than 500 brands. Its customers include McDonald's, NBC, Yahoo and Ikea. Financial terms are not being disclosed.

Some 65 permanent jobs are to be created in Waterford following the announcement that Dawn Meats has been awarded a €300 million contract to process up to 18,000 tonnes of Irish beef a year for McDonald's Europe.

Doobie Brothers frontman Michael McDonald is the latest artist to sue his label over royalties for downloads Billboard reports McDonald's lawyer has filed a lawsuit on his behalf in the US District Court of Middle Tennessee in Nashville claiming that Warner Music Group has been paying him standard royalties for...

A SOUTH African politician has bought a painting with government money by masking it as a McDonald's purchase.

Major companies like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and most recently the nation's second largest grocery chain, Safeway, have announced a phase-out of pork supplied by farms that use gestation crates. However, recently Domino's Pizza shareholders rejected a resolution suggested by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) for a ban.Read More...

Police say Chris Slate, 21, and Sean Mosey, 23, were heavily intoxicated when they threw the objects through the windows of the Murfreesboro, Tennessee restaurant slightly injuring two employees.

The initial public offering, priced at $38 a share, values Facebook at $104 billion, putting the social networking company on par with McDonald's, Citigroup and Amazon.com.

MCDONALD'S is set to almost double its Chinese workforce and open another 250 restaurants in the coming year in a push against rivals.

MCDONALD'S is set to almost double its Chinese workforce and open another 250 restaurants in the coming year in a push against rivals.

Running back put on 16 pounds during the offseason, but the weight gain wasn't the result of the regimented plan one might think.

The fast food chain is trialling table service at some of its 1,200 British restaurants in a new drive to transform itself and attract more diners.

Below is the victim impact statement from Tara McDonald, Tori Stafford’s mother.

@BreitSide: "Ach, das sind ja nur die royalen Elefantenjäger..." vs. "jitpleecheep: Komm mal wieder runter, ja?" Weisst du, wer im Glashaus sitzt... Anyhows, was deine Quellen angeht: Die WWF-Studie find ich ja ganz gut -- warum aber verlinkst du nicht gleich auf die Studie selbst? Wenn du das mal komplett lesen würdest kämst du vielleicht zu einem etwas anderen Bild. Zunächst einmal le...

Two men who shot dead a stranger following a row in a queue at a McDonald's in south London are sentenced to life at the Old Bailey.

Internationale Vergleiche

Utl.: Von der Website aufs Tablett: Gesucht sind die fünf gschmackigsten Burger-Kreationen = Wien (OTS) - McRibster, JK, McLeberkäse, Big Franzi Tasty und Hot Beef Mexiko waren die Stars von "Mein Burger" 2011. Insgesamt 50.000 Burger und eine halbe Million Votings waren das Ergebnis …

Ein hochmodernes russisches Flugzeug mit 44 Menschen an Bord ist bei einem Testflug in Indonesien verschwunden. Die Chancen auf ein glückliches Ende stehen schlecht. Das Prestigeobjekt macht nicht zum ersten Mal Probleme.Mehr zum ThemaNicht nur ein Versprecher - TV-Moderatorin macht sich mit Fehler zum GespöttIm Laden eingesperrt - 17 philippinische Arbeiterinnen verbranntHamburger Hafen - Zoll...

The new drink, called Fruitizz, is part of the fast food giant's efforts to improve the health credentials of its children's meals.

Las ventas globales en restaurantes comparables de McDonald's Corp. crecieron un 3,3% en abril, menos de lo esperado, debido a que el gigante de comidas rápidas debió enfrentar un desafiante ambiente económico internacional durante el período.

OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) -- McDonald's Corp. says a key revenue figure rose in April as strength in the U.S. and U.K. helped offset weakness in Japan. But results missed analyst expectations and McDonald's shares fell 2 percent in premarket trading....

(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported a smaller-than-expected rise in April sales at established restaurants across the globe, hurt by a disappointing increase in its U.S. business.

Wie viel Absicht und wie viel unglücklicher Zufall führten zum Tod eines Menschen? David M. steht vor Gericht, weil er bei McDonald's am Stachus einen Mann so brutal geschlagen hat, dass dieser starb. Am ersten Prozesstag geht es vor allem um die Frage, ob der Angeklagte Kampfsport betreibt.

A teenage boy has admitted religiously harassing a McDonald's employee by repeatedly teasing her for being a practicing Pagan.

London (SID) - Das britische Gesundheitswesen macht mobil gegen den Olympia-Sponsor McDonald's. "Es ist sehr traurig, dass ein Event, dass die besten Athleten feiert, von Unternehmen gesponsert wird,...

Das britische Gesundheitswesen macht mobil gegen den Olympia-Sponsor McDonald's und fordert die Regierung auf, entsprechende Werbung während der Spiele einzuschränken.

McDonald's is a sponsor for the London Olympics - and a British doctors' group says that's sending the wrong message in a country with ballooning obesity.

Ein Autofahrer parkt seinen Geländewagen in der Einfahrt einer Pariser Metrostation. In den USA stellt sich eine Kuh bei einem Drive-In-Schalter von McDonald's an. Und der deutsche Wald steckt voller Überraschungen. Die kuriosesten Kurzmeldungen im Überblick.

The London 2012 Olympics, athletic event to top all athletic events, will be honored with the installment of the largest McDonald's fast-food restaurant on Earth. Seems a little ironic, no? [Eater via FoodBeast - Images via McDonald's / Flickr] More »

In the late ‘90s, when the name brand precursor of the DVR, the TiVo, was being designed, its creators made sure that the machine’s fast-forward function worked at three speeds, but didn’t allow viewers to hop over a commercial break entirely, even though that was technologically feasible. This was intended as a sop to the networks, who were anxious about offending advertisers. Using the fast-f...

BRUSH, Colo. (AP) -- What did the dairy cow order when she got to the drive-thru window at McDonalds? Nothing - she just wanted a little attention....

Fast food joint or fight club?

Les valeurs américaines ont terminé pour la plupart en légère hausse vendredi, le Dow Jones ayant bénéficié des résultats solides de plusieurs grands noms de la cote tels Microsoft, General Electric et McDonald's, mais le repli du secteur technologique a pesé sur le Nasdaq. L'indice Dow Jones des...

Impressive first-quarter results suggest that the fast-food chain will continue to satisfy investors.

This article was written to share with China Daily readers my impression studying the document of McDonalds called "Best of Sustainable Supply 2012".

Oak Brook (dpa) - Fastfood ist weiter beliebt: Die weltgrößte Schnellrestaurantkette McDonald's ist trotz des konjunkturellen Gegenwinds in vielen Ländern mit mehr Umsatz und Gewinn in das laufende G...

Die Schnellrestaurantkette McDonald's hängt in den USA Konkurrenten wie Burger King oder Wendy's ab. Dank eines breiteren Angebotes und Kaffee-Lounges zieht der Gewinn an.

There was no reason for investors to grimace after fast food giant McDonald’s (MCD) showed that its revenue and profit can hold up even in a difficult economy.  At $97.40, the fast food giant’s share price jumped 2.2% or $2.14 a share during morning market action Friday after the company reported higher first-quarter earnings, better-than-expected revenue and improved margins. Last [...]

Stocks rose, buoyed by better-than-expected quarterly reports from Microsoft, McDonald's and GE, as firm economic data in Europe tempered worries about the region's ongoing sovereign-debt issues.

Mit Smoothies und neuen Menüs hat die weltgrößte Fast-Food-Kette im ersten Quartal Besucher angelockt und deutlich mehr Geld verdient. Vor allem in den USA expandierte McDonald's.

Sales at restaurants open at least a year advanced 7.3% in most recent quarter, beating analysts’ forecasts

Los médicos británicos piden que las marcas de comida rápida no puedan patrocinar ningún evento deportivo

Burger's price known as international economic benchmark demonstrating purchasing power.

Die Pizza- und Pasta-Kette Vapiano entwickelte sich in Rekordzeit zum Exportschlager. Mit Hilfe des Tchibo-Erben Günter Herz soll sie nun zur globalen Marke aufsteigen. Entsteht hier in Deutschland eine Erfolgsgeschichte à la McDonald's?

Although the war in Bosnia began on April 6,1992, my involvement in the conflict didn't start until July 23, when CNN photojournalist Margaret Moth was shot by a sniper and nearly killed.

Leave it to Celebrity Apprentice star Lisa Lampanelli to make light of everything. She's always the first to make a joke about herself and we think that's FAB. She gave an interview recently where she tells a story about how she was recently pulled over for eating while driving! Lisa said: "Okay, I was driving from a gig [...]

Una de cada cuatro hamburguesas que se consuman en los restaurante McDonald's de España y Portugal puede haber sido hecha este año con vacuno extremeño. Con el acuerdo firmado ayer, la cooperativa de segundo grado Acorex aspira a ocupar una cuota de mercado del 25%. El convenio fue firmado con OSI Food Solutions Spain, proveedor de la multinacional estadounidense, y El Encinar de Humienta, prop...

Talk about your mixed messages. Go to grab a bite in some hospitals and you will find a McDonald's serving burgers and fries. p>

Two teachers and a school administrator have come forward to claim their share of the world's largest lottery payment - exposing as false a McDonald's worker who said she had scooped the prize.

La filiale française du géant américain du hamburger McDonald's va tester, à...

Changing over to the Passover dietary requirements offers cafes and restaurants an opportunity to put up prices.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Francisco judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against McDonald's over the restaurant chain's marketing of its signature Happy Meals, according to court documents.

JUST one per cent of purchases are from McDonald's healthy range of foods, research by the Cancer Council reveals.

Burger King will nur zwei Jahre nach dem Abschied von der Börse zurück aufs Parkett. Karstadt-Eigentümer Nicolas Berggruen helfen. McDonalds ist ohne Hilfe seit 50 Jahren an der Wall Street sehr erfolgreich.

The Las Vegas Bishop Gorman star, recruiting analysts say, would make Ben Howland's Bruins an immediate Pac-12 Conference contender and invigorate their fan base. But he's also considering Kentucky, Duke.A familiar UCLA chant broke out in a Chicago hotel room a few days before the McDonald's All-American high school basketball game.

THE McDonald's advertiser-funded program on Seven won its 9.30pm timeslot last night with an average audience of 761,000.

MIAMI (AP) -- Burger King is trying to revive its ailing empire with a rival's recipe for success....

THE impact of the carbon tax on consumer spending has been overstated, according to McDonald's Australia CEO Catriona Noble.

Selling Quarter Pounders is the gateway drug to selling poundings for a quarter (or a little more) is what one former ho is claiming. Shelley Lynn has filed a lawsuit against McDonald's in federal court claiming that Ronald McDonald and his company of pussy merchants led her to selling her Filet O'Fish at the Chicken Ranch in Nevada. Shelley claims that if she never worked at McDonald's ...

Mining thousands of calories of food isn't so different from parsing terabytes of tweets. Edwin Chen is a data scientist at Twitter who is into sharing the arcane secrets of his dark art, which is a good thing considering that it's probably the fastest growing field in the U.S.

McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner, who is credited with turning the fast food giant around, is retiring.

The population of our planet grows speedily. Many scientists say that soon people will have big problems with fresh water and food. At the same time, people get fatter and fatter every year. The USA is no longer referred to as the fattest nation in the world. Russia and Europe put on weight very fast

Durante el 2011, Wendy"s destronó a Burger King como la segunda mayor cadena de hamburgueserías de Estados Unidos con un volumen de ventas de 5.400 millones de dólares, aunque lejos de McDonald"s que presentó ventas por 34.200 millones de dólares

Have you heard of Shamrocking? It’s like Tebowing except without the popularity. Shamrocking involves taking a photo of yourself doing an…

State TV says McDonald's sold chicken 90 minutes after it was cooked.

Restaurant chains like Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, Burger King, and others are offering all kinds of tasty delights you can't get stateside.

Le Parlement européen a voté hier pour un compromis qui met fin à vingt ans de querelles entre l'Europe et les Etats-Unis sur le boeuf aux hormones. Treize ans après le démontage d'un McDonald's à Millau, José Bové se réjouit.

Aus Furcht vor einem Image-Schaden streicht die Fastfood-Kette Geflügelfleischprodukte von Wiesenhof vorerst von der Zuliefererliste. Deutschlands größter Geflügelproduzent musste zuvor mehrfach Betriebe wegen mangelnder Hygiene vorübergehend schließen.

School lunches may contain "pink slime" rejected by McDonald's, Army suicides rise and many face Alzheimer's alone.

The notorious 'pink slime' that McDonald's and other fast food giants have been criticized for adding to their beef products is regularly served to U.S. students as part of the national school lunch program.

Just ten per cent of the chicken meat in McDonald's food at the London 2012 Olympic Games will be sourced from within Britain.

No proof that she actually ate a burger

TMZ has obtained photographic evidence that food, or rather a bag containing food, touched the hands of Angelina Jolie today in Los Angeles.It is unclear whether or not this constitutes "eating."According to our sources, she would have to consume…

A McDonald's advert starring 13-year-old Scott Parker shows the footballer always had talent with the ball at his feet.

A reference in Frank McDonald's opinion column on Saturday to ESB staff being paid 41 cent for each urban home and 96 cent for rural ones should have made it clear that this was for reading meters.

Britney Spears' ex-husband hopes to keep his two children grounded

MADRID (AP) -- Daniel Lorente has worked construction, flipped burgers at McDonald's, been a camp counselor, telemarketing representative and doorman....

FAST food giant tries to appeal to 'upscale' diners with locally-inspired sandwiches

FORTUNE -- The liquid securities alone on Apple's balance sheet, roughly $98 billion, would make it the 43rd most valuable company in the world. Apple's cash would rank it just behind McDonalds, an astounding and bizarre statement in the annals of modern cash management. No company in its right mind would keep $100 billion lying around. But then, as I've been arguing frequently of late, Apple i...

FACEBOOK will soon join McDonald's and Amazon.com in the ranks of the word's largest public companies as rumours grow that its about to go public.

Der Fastfoodkonzern McDonald's präsentiert sich auf "Flagship Farms" als umwelt- und tierfreundliches Unternehmen. Doch mehr als branchenüblich ist der Standard nicht. mehr...

Offensichtlich wird McDonald's in Australien ziemlich häufig ausgeraubt. Einige Läden werden nun mit einem Sicherheitssystem ausgestattet, das die Kriminellen mit einem unsichtbaren Nebel benetzt, der dadurch später eindeutig identifiziert werden kann. mehr...

JEREMY Sheffield has loved playing Becky McDonald's fella, and eyes a return one day

Ein Besuch in Hannover ist für Bundespräsident Christian Wulff eigentlich ein Heimspiel... wenn da doch bloß nicht diese lästigen Affären wären.Foto: dpaMehr zum ThemaDeutscher Medienpreis - Roman Herzog ehrt vier FriedensstifterKredit-Affäre - Verhagelt Wulff der CDU die Landtagswahlen?„Hart aber fair" - „Dschungel-König" im McDonald's -Talk

Fast food giant McDonald's is to extend its partnership with the Olympic games for another eight years until 2020.

Fast food chain McDonald's and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are close to agreeing a new, eight-year sponsorship contract and the deal could be sealed this month.

Olympics:Fast food chain McDonald's and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are close to agreeing a new, eight-year sponsorship contract and the deal could be sealed this month, said the IOC's marketing chief.

McDONALD'S restaurants are fighting back against thieves by blasting suspected robbers with an invisible DNA spray as they attempt to flee.

Producer Rodney Jerkins' Artists and Brands wants to promote artists by placing songs in commercials such as McDonald's ads, then take them to greater success.Producer Rodney Jerkins is a heavyweight in the pop music world who's worked with an array of A-list artists, including Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige and Britney Spears. But now, the urban music hit maker has set his s...

The singer went unnoticed by the staff and customers, despite having beefy bodyguards with her

Police say 23-year-old believed to have been visiting for holidays and there is no obvious motive for killingA 23-year-old university student was shot dead in a Salford street in the early hours of Boxing Day, police said.Armed response units were called to Ordsall Lane at about 1.35am following reports of a shooting near a McDonald's restaurant. The victim was taken to hospital where he was pr...

EXCLUSIVE: Singer queues up for a burger – fresh from singing in front of 20,000 fans

By any measure, Khem Birch was having a promising freshman season. A 6-foot-9 forward at Pittsburgh who was just the second McDonald's All-American to play at the school, Birch was averaging 4.4 points in 15 minutes, but he was leading the team in blocks and had started the last six games, making him just the third freshman to start during Jamie Dixon's nine years as head coach. Those aren't li...

94 Kameras in vier McDonald's-Filialen: Niedersachsens Datenschutzbeauftragter bemängelt vielerorts die Videoüberwachung. Verstöße können Datenschützer kaum verhindern.

Hollywood shootout: A man opened fire on several people near the ArcLight Theater in Hollywood Friday morning, hitting at least one person before Los Angeles Police Department officers fatally shot him.

US fast food giant McDonald's faces a $1.8 million fine in Brazil over its "Happy Meal" toys, which consumer advocates say encourage bad eating habits in children, state media has reported.

A new San Francisco law banning toy giveaways in kids' meals high in fat, salt and sugar take effect today, but McDonald's and Burger King have ...

(Reuters) - LivingSocial Inc is set to run a national discount offer with McDonald's Corp as the second-largest daily-deals company moves to catch larger rival Groupon Inc.

VIDÉO - Le géant du fast food a dû cesser de s'approvisionner chez un de ses fournisseurs d'oeufs, après qu'une vidéo pirate d'une association de défense des animaux a montré des actes de torture sur des volailles.

A California survey of eating habits reveals visits to burger joints increase with income. Impoverished families with high obesity rates can't afford to eat at McDonald's as often as wealthier families, researchers find

The HSUS this week filed a legal complaint against Smithfield Foods, McDonald's main pork supplier, for making 'unlawfully false or misleading representations about animal welfare and environmental practices.'

It was Big Macs, chicken nuggets and fries at a wedding banquet in Northern Mexico on Friday.