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...sales rose 7.7% over 2007 (sales jumped 4.5% in the U.S.). In fact, the company's sales have increased for 55 straight months. Profits grew 11%, to $1.2 billion, in the third quarter of 2008 (the company will report its fourth-quarter results on Jan. 26). McDonald's and Walmart were the only two companies in the Dow Jones industrial average whose share prices rose during 2008. Merrill Lynch, which rates McDonald's a "buy," said in a research report that the stock is "in a world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Lean Times, McDonald's Only Gets Fatter | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

...than $20 million. My Bloody Valentine killed (grossing $24.2 million); Notorious was B.I.G. ($24 million); Hotel for Dogs ($22.5 million) continued the pooch pash established by Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Bolt and Marley & Me; and the Kevin James comedy Paul Blart, Mall Cop doubled industry predictions to take in a Walmart-worthy $39 million. The old man did O.K. too: in its second week of wide release, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino did $26.2 million, for a take so far of $77 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mall Cop and Other Disreputable Pleasures | 1/20/2009 | See Source »

...Some man lost his life because a VCR was on sale? Please. It's just too sad for words.' ELLIE BERHUN, shopper, after customers at a Walmart in suburban New York trampled a storeworker to death on Black Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...becoming the fastest-growing community in the state. Many credit Palin with helping that expansion, though critics say it is a textbook case of unchecked suburban sprawl. As mayor, she pushed property taxes down to miniscule amounts, and the low 2.5% sales tax has enticed big box retailers like WalMart and Target to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

...know/I will see you in far off places?”There’s no question the existential quest shtick is a little much for moderate listeners. Even after eight or so listens, I still find myself asking, “does he mean heaven? hell? Walmart? Do I care?” Finally—and this is what makes Morrissey’s fans so rabid—I begin to realize that I do care. His tragic hero—though it’s unclear if he’s trying to escape his problems...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Morrissey | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

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