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Disney to remove McDonald's spots from California theme park
From Bloomberg NewsWalt Disney Co. is eliminating McDonald's Corp. fast-food restaurants at its Disneyland resort. Three McDonald's locations at the Anaheim park will close Sept. 2 as part of planned refurbishments, Disneyland spokeswoman Lisa Haines said today. Disney,...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Disneyland Park, Oak Brook, Anaheim, Trips and Vacations
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The top 10 local stories
1 In what he described at its completion as "the transaction from hell," Chicago billionaire and motorcycle fan Sam Zell (pictured right) spearheaded the $8.2 billion deal to take media giant Tribune Co. private. Skeptics questioned whether banks would...Tags: Tribune Company, Blackstone Group, L.P., Donald Trump, Cell Phones, Contracts
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Grease sizzles as fuel source
Tribune reportersIn the era of alternative fuels, grease is turning into a pretty slick investment. Restaurants increasingly are being paid for their used cooking oil, icky stuff that historically they've had to pay to have hauled away. And sales of kits that allow...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry, Chicago Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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Value Meal at Starbucks, Coming Up.
NEW YORK (AP) - The allure of the value meal has long seduced penny-pinchers craving a cheeseburger. Now, as the dismal economy slurps up profits, Starbucks Corp. is hoping to find some sales salvation in its own value meal variety. The tug of war for...Tags: Death, New York City, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Coffee
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PETA targets McDonald's over slaughter of chickens
Nine years after calling a truce with McDonald's Corp., People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it is going on a new offensive against the Oak Brook-based fast-food giant, this time over the most humane way to kill a chicken. Should chickens...Tags: Death, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Starbucks to Close 200 Stores Nationwide
SEATTLE -- Coffee lovers beware, Starbucks Corp. says it plans a new round of store closures and other cuts. The gourmet coffee chain plans to close 300 under performing stores around the world - including 200 in the U.S. - by the end of the fiscal...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Starbucks Corp., KTLA, Coffee
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Revisiting investment options for children
Tribune staff reporterWith a couple more days left of the winter school break, and parents scrounging for ideas to keep children from bouncing off the walls, you might want to provide a lesson in investing. So I am going to relate suggestions readers provided a couple of...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Stock Market, Children, Target Brands, Inc., Stock Broking
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Global leaders rack up growth
Tribune staff reporterSearch company name or ticker symbol Just when things were going along swimmingly for the stock market, investors were hit by the inflation shudders. Fears that sky-high prices for oil, copper, gold and other commodities would spread to the rest of...Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Petroleum Industry, Tellabs Incorporated, Mining, Stock Activities
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Edwin Traisman, 91; helped develop Cheez Whiz
Times Staff WriterEdwin Traisman, a food researcher who helped create Cheez Whiz and, as an early McDonald's franchise owner in Wisconsin, co-developed the freezing process used to make McDonald's French fries, has died. He was 91. Traisman, a resident of Monona, Wis.,...Tags: Death, Heart Attack, Companies and Corporations, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Idaho
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Will Starbucks ads fill a tall order?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe world's dominant coffee retailer launched a national television advertising campaign Friday called "Pass the Cheer." Some Starbucks watchers said it would have been better to go with "Lower the Prices." The Seattle-based company began the...Tags: Television, Television Industry, Petroleum Industry, Starbucks Corp., Los Angeles Times
Mar 25, 2007
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