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1 hr ago | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Who's a Better Employer: The Government or Wal-Mart?

"We find that nearly two million private sector employees working on behalf of America earn wages too low to support a family, making $12 or less per hour.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Restaurant Management, SoftServe

5 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au

Fast food fat tax debate on menu

An obese one-legged woman from the US died while on holiday after airline officials refused her flights because she was too fat A GOVERNMENT backed study is investigating whether to back a fat tax on McDonalds, KFC and other fast foods in a bid to tackle Australia's obesity epidemic.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Fast Food, Australia, Oceania, World News, Restaurant Management, Epidemic, Natural Disasters,

Sat May 18, 2013

TechEBlog

McDonalds Japan Releases The Mega Potato, a Giant Order of French Fries

File this under: unusual McDonalds items . It's not the weekend unless you indulge in some fast food, right? Well, if you're a geek who lives in Japan, you'll be happy to know that McDonalds new Mega Potato, a giant order of french fries that will set you back about 3.92 . Continue reading for a video, more pictures, and additonal information.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Fast Food

National Ledger

Kim K. Swollen Feet (Photo) Pregnant Celebrity's Painful Fashion Choice

Check out the photo above of Kim Kardashian's swollen feet - Kim K. is a slave to fashion and suffered through squeezing her foot into those shoes while grabbing lunch with her mom Kris Jenner at Stanley's in Sherman Oaks, California.

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Related Topix: Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Kim Kardashian, Hot Chicks, Sherman-Oaks, CA, Restaurant Management

Seeking Alpha

McDonald's: Where's The Beef Behind This Valuation?

McDonald's reported its April same-store sales results a couple of weeks ago, noting same-store sales deterioration in 2 of 3 major market segments and just 0.7% growth in the U.S. The company's international expansion was supposed to add growth to the McDonald's story, but it was sorely missing in April.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Yum Brands, Bird Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Life, Food, Hamburger

Fri May 17, 2013

New Launches

Megapotato the extra large french fries from McDonalds

According to recent health statistics, 30.6% of the United States population is obese, followed by Mexico and the UK.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Pokemon, Nintendo, Ambrella, Video Games, LucasArts, Star Wars, DS

GigaOM

AWS is the McDonald's of the cloud. Who's the Burger King?

It's easy to characterize the cloud computing market as being Amazon Web Services' to lose, but that doesn't tell the whole story.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Life, Food, Fast Food, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Hamburger

Daily Mail

How fast food outlets show their food... and how they really look...

Photographer Dario D was fed up with disappointing purchases and decided to see how the food sold over the counter matched up to the promised product.

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

Thu May 16, 2013

Examiner.com

McDonalds McRib vs. Burger King Rib Sandwhich

Burger King freely admits that they are the underdog when it comes to McDonalds .

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Dining

Seeking Alpha

Chow Down On Almost Restaurant ETFs

That is too bad because not only does it mean investors need to pay triple-digit prices for the likes of Chipotle and Panera , but it also means ETF investors are left with less-than-direct routes for playing a possible bounce in restaurant stocks in second half of this year.

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Related Topix: Panera Bread, Restaurant Management, Financial Markets

The Motley Fool

Trouble in China for Yum! Brands

Eshna is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Dining, Life, Food, Bird Flu, Health, Restaurant Management, Fast Food

The Big Apple

"Think with your mouth"

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Related Topix: Harlem (New York, NY), Restaurant Management, Life, Food, Fast Food, Hamburger, WebMD

NEWS.com.au

Big stink over Maccas

John Malins is complaining about the noise, odour and smoke at the Haberfield McDonald's. He said he can't keep his windows or doors open some days otherwise his house smells like a hamburger.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Life, Food, Hamburger

Wed May 15, 2013

ContactMusic.com

Kim Kardashian craving fruit and vegetables

The 32-year-old reality TV star, who is set welcome her first child in early July with her rapper boyfriend Kanye West , can't stop eating celery, carrots and grapefruit as her due date approaches.

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Related Topix: Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Kim Kardashian, Life, Food, Vegetables, Hot Chicks, Restaurant Management

SchaeffersResearch.com

Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA): Dare We Say 'Bubble'?

FYI, you watching TSLA stock lately? For a company that is projected to make $10 million EBITDA, it has almost the same market capitalization as Porsche, who is projected to earn almost $1 billion.

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Related Topix: Tesla Motors, Startups, Restaurant Management, Day Trading, Financial Markets, Personal Finance

KFQD-AM Anchorage

Burger index not good news for Alaska cities

Residents of Alaska and Hawaii always suspected they pay higher prices, and now the hamburger proves it.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Hamburger, Restaurant Management

The Stranger

Michael Pollan Is the Steve Jobs of Food

Last night at Benaroya Hall, author Michael Pollan paced the stage and talked to an audience that seemed to adore him.

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Related Topix: Steve Jobs, Potatoes, Life, Vegetables, Restaurant Management

Examiner.com

What foods do your children choose first in a supermarket?

After viewing food commercials, are children are more likely to pick unhealthy foods from supermarket shelves or in eateries? Emma Boyland, from the University's Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior, said in the news release, TV food advertising increases children's preference for unhealthy foods , "Obesity in young ... (more)

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Fast Food, Pediatrics, Medicine, August, CA, Restaurant Management, Marketing, Preschoolers, Family

Chicago Chronicle

McDonalds adding new Quarter Pounder choices

Last week it looked like McDonalds Corp. was slimming down its menu by removing Angus burgers, but now it seems the hamburger chain is beefing up its burger choices by adding three new types of Quarter Pounders.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Life, Food, Hamburger

Tue May 14, 2013

Silicon Alley Insider

Manhattan McDonald's Owners Are Charging Customers For Ketchup

On recent visits to 35 McDonald's restaurants south of Central Park, a DNAinfo New York reporter found that at least 15 charged customers who asked for extra ketchup.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, East Village (New York, NY), Brooklyn, NY, The Bronx, NY, Queens, NY

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