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...pricing of McDonald's, highlighted by dollar-menu items like apple pies, side salads and yogurt, plus cheap combo meals - burger or sandwich, fries and a drink - is a key strength during the recession. In particular, consumers are fleeing casual, family chain restaurants for the convenience and savings of fast food. (Yum! Brands, which owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, and Burger King have also seen sales growth, though at smaller levels than McDonald's.) Casual-dining joints are reeling: P.F. Chang's and the Cheesecake Factory, for example, saw their third-quarter 2008 profits fall...
...Period, expecting to find an empty desk all for yourself. I, however, have been holed up in Lamont since last Thursday, trying to finish my junior thesis, retiring to the cushy chairs at night, only to drag myself back to my study spot come sunrise. And you think a casual 3 p.m. drop-by warrants a desk? Now don’t get me wrong. I understand how frustrating it is to finally muster the resolve to march over to Lamont only to scour every floor, and find one absentee desk after another, effectively claimed by littered with open textbooks...
...bottom fishers, the message is clear: This is no time for casual market-dabbling with your portfolio. Be either a lightning-fast stock trader or a very-long-term investor...
...without enough compelling programming, those 50 million households won't keep watching. Baseball's daily rhythms do give the MLB Network an inherent advantage over other single-sport channels. During the season, every team plays almost every night, so fantasy players, stat geeks and casual fans will have a reason to keep tuning in. "Baseball really has so much more going on, day in and day out, than the other sports, especially football," says David Carter, director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California...
...dose of shave ice, a local refreshment, and a visit to Sea Life Park, a popular aquarium located on a rocky point near a lighthouse on Oahu's Windward side. Tourists who were inside showed pool reporters photographs they took of Obama and his group. Obama was wearing a casual cream-colored shirt tucked into olive shorts and sandals. The Obamas and friends were seen attending the dolphin show, tourists said, which featured dolphins and their trainers in a large tank overlooking the ocean. About five hours after they got home, the lights went...