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...McDonald's is minting money. The company addicts us to its food, and now it's making out on our misery? But maybe it's time to change our attitudes about the Golden Arches. What may be bad for the waistline may be good for the wallet. In these tough times, those $3.50 Big Macs never tasted so good. (See the evolution of McDonald's fine-food chain Chipotle...
...some tough love. Otherwise you're going to lose another generation.' JENNY MACKLIN, Australia's Minister for Indigenous Affairs, on imposing alcohol restrictions and "income management" on struggling Aboriginal communities...
...evolution that led to Tuesday's announcement, it is worth returning to the 2005 negotiations in which GM was forced to buy itself out of the cumbersome put option in its alliance with Fiat. The then brand-new CEO of the Turin company, Sergio Marchionne, emerged as a tough-as-nails dealmaker as he sat across the table from top GM executives. The Italian-born, Canada-raised Fiat chief told his American counterparts they would cough up the full value of the put option or battle it out in court. GM blinked, and the huge payout added to its accumulating...
What do you do when business is down? Tell your employees to take a vacation - an unpaid one. That's how Taiwanese companies are handling the tough economic times as they try to avoid layoffs and retain skilled workers...
...fire from Gaza and prevent Hamas from being able to rearm by smuggling weapons from Egypt. Israel remains committed, however, to a long-term goal of ending Hamas' control of Gaza, and it insists that the movement should gain no "recognition" or "legitimacy" as part of any truce - a tough call since Hamas is the key combatant on the Palestinian side. (See pictures of the Gaza ground...