Big Mac fails to grow bigger in US
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Business & money: World's biggest fast food chain surprises Wall St with warning that consumers are cutting back on Big Macs
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A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States - the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers - for more than 10 years.
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Along with the American waistline, the American plate and portion size have grown too. A study at Rutgers University supports earlier research that people today eat bigger servings than they did 20 years ago.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday raised its annual dividend 38 percent, a move the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalization.
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Age may just be a number, but for the Mac market, it&#8217;s a fact of life according to Metafacts. A recent report from the market research firm says that nearly half of Apple&#8217;s customers are 55 or older.
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Applebee's sees slowing growth for 2005.
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Applebee's International Inc. , the operator of almost 2,000 restaurants mainly in North America, said it may sell the company after its third-biggest shareholder criticized management for failing to boost sales and cut costs.
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McDonald's Corp , the world's largest restaurant chain operator, on Monday posted flat U.S. same-store sales in December, sending its shares down 5 percent, even as it said quarterly profit rose due to a tax benefit.
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Sept. 22 - American avoidance of most things carb has hit the country&#39;s largest wholesale baker - the company that makes Wonder Bread and Twinkies.
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LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO  - McDonald's Corp  said on Monday that U.S. same-store sales in December hit the lowest monthly level in nearly five years, sending its stock down as much as 8.8 percent and weighing on the fast-food sector.
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The Macâs presence in the retail world remains limited, a shame given the rare opportunity for Apple to gain market share that opened up when Vista arrived.
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Sales at U.S. restaurants open at least 13 months increased 7.2 percent from a year earlier, Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's said in a statement.
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Business & money: Fast food giant supersizes its dividend after reporting sales sizzling across the world.
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The Mac maker splits its stock 2-for-1 for the first time since the dot-com days. Big whoop.
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Jesse Noyes writes for the Boston Herald, &#147;&#145;Big.&#146; That&#146;s the first word that pops into mind when you sit yourself down in front of the new iMac&#146;s 24-inch display.&#148;
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A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States - the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers â-or more than 10 years.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Tuesday  raised its annual dividend 38 percent, a move the world's  largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its  revitalization.