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McDonald's dresses salad ads for women
Tribune staff reporterTo reverse a sales slump and tout its healthier offerings, McDonald's Corp. is specifically targeting women with a new advertising campaign for its premium salads. Three 30-second commercials will air on prime-time network slots Monday night and will...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Univision (tv network), Advertising, Marketing
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McDonald's wants restaurant in own back yard
Special to the TribuneFrom Argentina to Yugoslavia, Oak Brook-based McDonald's Corp. has expanded to having more than 30,000 restaurants in about 120 countries as one of the world's leading fast-food restaurant chains. Soon, the corporation hopes to build another site in...Tags: Interior Policy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Housing and Urban Planning, Dining and Drinking, Companies and Corporations
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'Been there, done that' kind of advice for Charlie Bell
The leadership transition at McDonald's Corp. was about as seamless as it gets. But new Chief Executive Charlie Bell still faces significant challenges, even though he inherited a company in the midst of a turnaround. Bell, 43, has never held a top...Tags: Tyco International Limited, Obesity, Chicago Tribune, General Electric Company, Telecommunication Equipment
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McDonald's fights try for paid health insurance
Tribune staff reporterA battle is gearing up in California to determine if companies will be forced to pay for workers' health insurance. A law requiring many employers to pay at least 80 percent of workers' premiums will go into effect unless voters strike it down in...Tags: Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Health Insurance, Business Enterprises, Commerce
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McDonald's vets set to assist
Tribune staff reportersTwo McDonald's Corp. veterans are in line to replace Chief Executive Charlie Bell on an interim basis if he has to devote more time next year to a debilitating fight with colorectal cancer. If Bell is unable to focus on running the nation's largest fast-...Tags: Science and Technology, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Trips and Vacations, Business Trips, Biotechnology
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McDonald's taps rising star as CEO
Tribune staff reporterJarred by the death of Chairman and Chief Executive James Cantalupo, McDonald's Corp. moved quickly Monday to tap a successor who can sustain the turnaround at the world's largest restaurant company. Charlie Bell, a 43-year-old Australian, becomes the...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Obesity, New York, Chicago Tribune, Management Change
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Jury rules against McDonald's
Tribune staff reporterA former franchise operator who claimed McDonald's Corp. ruined her financially has been awarded $16.5 million by a California jury. In Los Angeles Superior Court in Pomona, Calif., a jury of nine women and three men found that the Oak Brook-based fast-...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fontana, Dining and Drinking
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McDonald's finds missing ingredient
Tribune staff reportersFred Turner did not need to look at financial statements to know McDonald's was in trouble. He could taste it. The man who worked alongside founder Ray Kroc to turn McDonald's Corp. into a global colossus, Turner noticed when penny pinchers at...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Conservation, Obesity, McDonald's Big Mac, Gaming
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Company had established a plan for CEO succession
Tribune staff reporterMonday's events at McDonald's Corp. are a wake-up call for companies without second-in-command executives. Most corporate boards have contingency plans for the sudden death or disability of a chief executive, such as tapping a senior board member as...Tags: Walgreen Co., Tyco International Limited, Abbott Laboratories, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Chicago
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Businesses rush to tighten security around the world
Special to the TribuneAs visitors pull up to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, they encounter three uniformed guards with rifles slung over their shoulders. Each vehicle is searched before it can proceed onto the hotel grounds. Guests must pass through a metal...Tags: Eastman Kodak Company, Security Measures, Economy, Business and Finance, Employees, Defense
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Virus strikes Google as it files for IPO
Sun StaffOn a day when Internet search giant Google Inc. stuck its neck out and placed a $36 billion value on itself -- higher than even McDonald's Corp. -- many users found its services worthless, shut down by the latest version of the MyDoom virus, which first...Tags: New Jersey, Arts and Culture, Security, Google Inc., Online Media Industry
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McDonald's decides better is not bigger
Under fire for its menu amid growing concern about obesity in America, McDonald's Corp. said Tuesday that it will phase out its supersize drinks and fries in the U.S. by the end of the year.
The Oak Brook-based company was one of the primary movers in...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Movies, Obesity, Documentary (genre), Chicago Restaurants
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