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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: Ethanol, CBOT Holdings Incorporated, Caterpillar Inc., Mining, Zebra Technologies Corporation
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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, Wisconsin, Research, Health
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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: Coffee, Los Angeles Times, Advertising, Marketing, Petroleum Industry
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KFC to tell diners of chemical in potatoes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTo resolve a suit by the state attorney general, the maker of Kentucky Fried Chicken agreed Tuesday to tell its California customers that its fried or baked potatoes contain a suspected carcinogen. The attorney general's office had sued about a dozen...Tags: Hamburgers, Kentucky, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Judges, Los Angeles
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The WB Revived Online
The WB lives on. Eighteen months after shutting down its TV network that captured the youth zeitgeist with such shows as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Dawson's Creek," Warner Bros. Television said Monday that it was resurrecting The WB vibe and moniker...Tags: Comcast Corporation, Cartoons, Charlie's Angels (tv program), Children, Advertising
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Burger King launches beef-scented body spray
Looking to beef up your mojo this holiday season? Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a new men's body spray called "Flame." The company describes the spray as "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-...Tags: Hamburgers, Lifestyle and Leisure, New York City, Services and Shopping, Burger King Whopper
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Local stocks rise above tumult
Tribune staff reporterAmid rising investor nervousness, volatility and turmoil in debt markets stemming from defaults on subprime mortgages, Chicago-area stocks managed to largely hold their own over the last three months. Perhaps surprisingly, there were only a dozen...Tags: Aon PLC, Brookdale Senior Living Incorporated, Navistar International Corporation, Chicago, Pactiv Corporation
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Investors give Sears executives an earful
Tribune staff reporterShareholders chastised Sears, Roebuck and Co. officials Thursday at the company's annual meeting, taking issue with what they called hefty executive bonuses in a year in which the struggling retailer's stock lost nearly half of its value. "You are...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Chicago Tribune, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Shareholders, Target Brands, Inc.
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McDonald's new downtown site gets ready for party
Tribune staff reporterIt's going to be a race to complete the supersized McDonald's restaurant in downtown Chicago in time for the kickoff of the company's 50th anniversary party on Friday. But Daniel Wohlfeil, McDonald's director of worldwide development, is promising the...Tags: Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Hamburgers, Death, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Orlando Restaurants
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Golden memories of golden era
Tribune staff reporterLife has been good to Daniel Zakos since his humble start flipping burgers out of a small Des Plaines roadside shack. Fifty years ago Friday, Zakos began the after-school job working for a middle-age, milkshake machine salesman named Ray Kroc, who...Tags: Hamburgers, Chicago Jobs, Family, Iowa, Restaurants
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New looks for McDonald's restaurants
Tribune staff reporterAs it overhauls its service, menu and marketing, McDonald's Corp. also plans the most significant change in years to the look of its restaurants. Convinced that the familiar mansard roofs on many of the company's 13,600 U.S. outlets no longer excite...Tags: Hamburgers, Children, Burger King, Marketing, Arts and Culture
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