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Everything They Do, You Do

Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 12.31.2009 | Impact

Read More: Starbucks, Aig, McDonald's, Capitalism, Starbucks Cups, Exxon Mobil, Conservation International, Impact News
Jonathan Daniel Harris

I went to Starbucks and on the back of my cup it said, "Everything we do, you do." It's a nice thought, but it works the other way as well. What if McDonald's, Exxon Mobil, or AIG had "Everything we do, you do" as their slogan?

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Street Food Is the New Fast Food

Ross Resnick | Posted 12.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Street Food, Fast Food, Foodie, Food, Foodies, Food Trucks, Portland Oregon, McDonald's, Food Carts, Seattle, Top 10, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, 2009, Style News
Ross Resnick

In case you have not followed the street food movement, the bacon wrapped hot dog cart outside your local dive bar does not solely represent curbside cuisine any longer.

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Best CEOs Of The Decade (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 12.24.2009 | Business

Read More: John Mackey, Best Ceos, Google, Lloyd Blankfein, Steve Jobs, Fedex, Whole Foods, John Chambers, Dell, Slidepoll, Eric Schmidt, Michael Dell, Jamie Dimon, Fred Smith, Jim Skinner, Larry Ellison, Goldman Sachs, Xerox, Satoru Iwata, Apple, Jpmorgan, Oracle, Ceos, Cisco, McDonald's, Most Profitable Companies, Anne Mulcahy, Nintendo, Business News

The 2000s certainly seem like a ghastly decade. The era's already fabled financial debacles -- among them, Enron's bankruptcy, the burst of the tech b...

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USDA Allows Meat In Schools that Doesn't Meet Fast Food Chains' Standards

Dave Murphy | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Salmonella, Usda, Jack in the Box, Bill Marler, Food Safety, Rosa DeLauro, McDonald's, Obama, E. Coli, School Lunch, Tom Vilsack, Politics News
Dave Murphy

How is it that the U.S. can put a man on the moon, but can't seem to feed its children school lunches that are no healthier than the food served at McDonald's or Jack in the Box?

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Free Wifi At McDonald's: No Fee Or Time Limit In 2010

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 12.15.2009 | Technology

Read More: Mccafe, Burger King, McDonald's, Free Wifi at Mcdonalds, Fast Food, Free Wifi Restaurants, Free Wifi, Wifi, Roadtrip Wifi, Wendy's, McDonalds Wi-Fi, Technology News

PORTLAND, Ore. — McDonald's Corp. said Monday that it will soon offer free wireless Internet access at most of its U.S. fast-food restaurants as...

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Wendy's Leaving Japan: Burger Chain Closing All 71 Shops

AP | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: Ginza District, Tokyo, Daiei, Burger King, McDonald's, Fast Food, Arby's, Food, Beef Bowl, Japan, Fast Food in Japan, Mos Burger, Wendy's, Mcdonalds, World News

TOKYO — Wendy's burger chain severed its agreement with its sole franchise owner in Japan, temporarily leaving a market long dominated by McDona...

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Student Designs Biodegradable Packaging For McDonald's

Inhabitat | Alexandra Kain | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, McDonald's, Food, Sustainability, Green Living, Green Design, Food Politics, Green News

Fast food packaging takes up a hefty chunk of our landfill space while effectively clear-cutting our forests. Seeking to counter this consumptive cycl...

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McDonald's Logo To Go "Green" In Europe

AP | MARY MacPHERSON LANE | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: McDonald's, Mcdonald's Goes Green, Mcdonald's Green Logo, Food Politics, Green News

BERLIN — McDonald's is going green – swapping its traditional red backdrop for a deep hunter green – to promote a more eco-friendly ...

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McDonald's Gets Modern European-Style Makeover In NYC

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

Read More: McDonald's, European Style McDonald's Fast Food, McDonald's New York, Mickey D's, McDonald's Nyc, Mcdonalts New York European Style, Mcdonald's Makeover, Chelsea Mcdonalds Renovation, New York News

NEW YORK — Danish Modern furniture. Flat-screen TVs. Free Wi-Fi. You want fries with that?...

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Meatless Monday: Money for Nothing? Cheap Food's Hidden Costs

Ellen Kanner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Fast Food Nation, Big Mac, McDonald's, Iceland, Eric Schlosser, Bjork, Food Politics, Vegetarian Recipes, Rube Goldberg. Meatless Monday, Green News
Ellen Kanner

As if Bjork isn't enough, there's another reason to love Iceland -- now it's the land without McDonald's. The franchise shuttered last month not as a...

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McDonald's Hiring At Guantanamo Bay Location

ABC News | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: McDonald's Guantanamo Bay, McDonald's, Guantanamo Bay, World News

The world's largest fast-food chain is looking for an assistant manager at its franchise at the U.S. Naval Base -- in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. ...

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Starbucks CEO: McDonald's Coffee Made Us Better

nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, McDonald's, Howard Schultz, Ernst and Young, Business News

Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz said McDonald's Corp's McCafe launch earlier this year made the cafe chain better....

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The Minimum Wage Obesity Link

Grist | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: McDonald's, Minimum Wage, Obesity, Poverty and Obesity, Food Politics, Green News

In other words, the more you make, the more calories you're getting from fast food, which has in turn gotten cheaper thanks to a falling real minimum ...

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The 7 Most Ridiculous Athlete Diets (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports

Read More: Diets, Caron Butler, LenDale White Patron, Slidepoll, David Ortiz, Lamar Odom, Laffit Pincay Jr, Chad Ochocinco, Michael Phelps, LenDale White Liquor, Lamar Odom Candy, LenDale White, McDonald's, Sports Diets, Ridiculous Athlete Diets, Chad Ochocinco McDonald's, Ridiculous Sports Diets, Sports News

Many athletes devote themselves to strict diets, but some are more peculiar than others. From candy to Mountain Dew to McDonald's, we've compiled the ...

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Thousands Line Up For Last Big Mac In Iceland

Reuters | Omar Valdimarsson | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: McDonald's, Big Mac, Iceland McDonald's, Iceland, World News

Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island...

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McDonald's on Ice

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Innovation, McDonald's, International Marketing, Iceland, Starbucks, Marketing in a Recession, Burma, Business News
Jenny Darroch

McDonald's has pulled out of Iceland.The decision is a combination of rising costs and the inability to hike prices a further 20% to recoup losses.

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Conscious Companies: 7 Business Initiatives For Good

Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: The Gap, Slidepoll, Oprah Winfrey, Ronald Mcdonald's House Charities, David Arquette, The Global Fund, McDonald's, Starbucks, Feeding America, Target, Bono, Impact News

John D. Rockefeller Jr. said to "think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege." Several major international corporations are trying to follow that...

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Oct. 12, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: McDonald's, Nasa, Nobel Peace Prize, Charles Rangel, Tiger Woods, President Obama, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize. Shock and awe or shocking and awful? Also, NASA sends two rockets to explode on moon. Luckily, the moon does not fire back.

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Oct. 12, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: McDonald's, Golf, Nobel Peace Prize, Charles Rangel, President Obama, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

President Obama wins Nobel Prize. Shock and Awe or Shocking and Awful? And NASA sends two rockets to explode on moon. Luckily, moon did not fire back.

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McDonald's At Louvre: Coming Soon!

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: France, Louvre, Hamburgers, Louvre-Museum, Museums, Burgers, McDonald's, Paris-France, Paris, Louvre Museum, Mcdonalds, World News

PARIS — French culture and American convenience will come together in December – thanks to plans by the McDonald's restaurant chain to han...

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McDonald's To Open A Restaurant Inside The Louvre

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Paris, Louvre, McDonald's, Fast Food, World News

PARIS — French culture and American convenience will come together in December – thanks to plans by the McDonald's restaurant chain to han...

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IOC: McDonald's Won't Abandon Olympics Deal Over Chicago Snub

AP | GRAHAM DUNBAR | Posted 10.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, McDonald's, McDonald's Olympics, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympics Snub, Chicago 2016, Chicago Olympic Bid, Ioc, McDonald's Olympics Sponsor, Olympics Sponsors, The Olympic Partners, Chicago News

COPENHAGEN — The International Olympic Committee's marketing boss believes Chicago's rejection by Olympic voters will not affect the status of I...

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Egg McMuffin Topples Whole Foods Boycott

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 11.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Pollan, Whole Foods, John Mackey Whole Foods, Health Care Reform, McDonald's, Boulder Colorado, Whole Grains, Whole Foods Boycott, Whole Foods CEO, Healthy Food, English Muffins, Denver News
Anne Z. Boxer

I am boycotting Whole Foods to remind myself that we each need to make sacrifices to remember what is important. But who knew that an English muffin would require me to temporarily end my boycott?

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Oh No, Not Another Film About Climate Change

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Film, Women Filmmakers, Pete Postlethwaite, Mclibel, Healthy Eating, Food, Oil, Green, Global Warming, Independent Media, Climate Change, Environment, Al Gore Global Warming, The Age of Stupid, Filmmaking, Copenhagen-Climate-Council, Green News, McDonald's, Entertainment News, Franny Armstrong, John Battsek, Extinction, Independent Film, Green News
Franny Armstrong

If you have a burning idea you need to communicate -- uncensored -- with maximum possible emotional punch and a potential audience of tens of millions, a doc's the way to go.

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McDonald's Burger With Blooper

Claire Walter | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: McDonald's, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Denver, Angus Third Pounder, Food Politics, Fast Food, Denver News
Claire Walter

McDonald's is promoting its new Angus Third Pounder via a tenuous tie-in with public transportation systems in eight U.S. cities, including Denver. Problem is, their Chicago agency got its Denver facts wrong.

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