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Will A Toastier Bun Make You Want To Eat A McDonald’s Burger?
By now, most of us are aware that McDonald’s is struggling to attract and retain new customers – mainly those labeled as millennials. The fast food giant’s latest attempt to turn things around doesn’t...
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June Food And Supplement Recall Roundup: Dill Pickle Popcorn And Donut Mold
In this month’s Recall Roundup for food and supplements, banned diet drugs make a reappearance, pork sausage has mysterious “foreign materials” in it, cat food has too much Vitamin D, and some mini...
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“Incorrect Keystroke” Allows Comcast To Withdraw $500 From Non-Customer’s...
We’ve told you before about Comcast not really paying attention to the payments it receives — like the woman who accidentally sent them her rent check and found that it had been deposited in the cable...
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August Food And Supplement Recall Roundup: Pieces Of A Conveyor Belt?
In this month’s Recall Roundup for food and supplements, turkey sausage might contain parts of a conveyor belt, a variety of products may be contaminated with nuts, raw pet foods keep testing positive...
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Local Official Thinks It’s Uncool To Pay $25 Parking Ticket In Pennies, But...
A Pennsylvania man who was rebuffed when he tried to pay a $25 parking ticket he owed to his borough entirely in pennies should’ve been able to use those coins, a local official said, but really, it...
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Analysts Say McDonald’s All-Day Breakfast Could Drive Up Egg Prices,...
Before McDonald’s big announcement on Tuesday that it would roll out all-day breakfast across the country starting next month, we wondered if the fast food giant would scrap its plans because of egg...
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What’s It Like To Be An NFL Owner? Ask The Green Bay Packers Shareholders
“Please rise, remove your hats, your cheeseheads, and join us in singing our National Anthem.” There is only one place those words make complete sense. Yes, even on a hot, bright summer day in July,...
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Ousted United Airlines CEO Smisek Scores Millions Of Dollars, Free Flights,...
I’m not saying I want to be fired in the middle of an investigation into a scandal involving one of the country’s busiest airports, but if it were to happen, I’d want the same deal that ousted United...
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Under-Investigation Educators Still Received $8.1B In Federal Funds Last Year
The federal government has ramped up its efforts to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive for-profit colleges in recent years: implementing so-called gainful employment rules this summer,...
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McDonald’s Testing Sales Of Monster Energy Drinks In Five States
Need a little pick-me-up after a greasy burger and fry value meal? McDonald’s thinks it has the answer: sell energy drinks. The Golden Arches is testing sales of Monster energy drinks in about 20...
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Overstock.com Has A Bunker Full Of Gold, Silver, And Food In Case Of...
When the global financial system collapses, don’t fret: you’ll still be able to shop on Overstock.com. We’re not quite sure how that will happen, but the company’s early adoption of Bitcoin as a method...
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American Airlines Jumps On Industry Bandwagon, Will Now Award Frequent Flier...
Frequent fliers who are part of American Airlines loyalty rewards program will soon have to spend money to accrue points, instead of receiving miles based on how far they’ve flown. Currently, a...
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McDonald’s Will Pay $355K To Settle Claims That It Discriminated Against...
McDonald’s has agreed to pay $355,000 in civil penalties as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, to resolve claims that the company discriminated against legal immigrants in the...
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For Reasons Good And Bad, 2015 Was A Big Year For McDonald’s
By now you’ve probably heard that McDonald’s may have managed to turn years of slumping sales around by offering customers the ability to munch on an Egg McMuffin (or biscuit, if you live in the right...
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Another Year That Shouldn’t Have Been: The 50 Most Embarrassing Stories From...
The end of the year is a time to reflect on the good times, bad times, and those that just made you scratch your head in disbelief. While there were plenty of really great – and not so great – things...
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Does Cord-Cutting Always Automatically Save You Money?
For the past several months we’ve been working our way through real customers’ pay TV bills one by one, and one piece of reader feedback keeps bubbling up again and again: Why pay for TV at all? This...
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For-Profit Brown Mackie College Ceasing Enrollment, Phasing Out Most Locations
The nation’s second largest for-profit educator, Education Management Corporation – the operator of chains like Brown Mackie College, Argosy University and the Art Institutes – will stop enrolling...
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Why Did Fab.com Collapse So Quickly?
Fab was a company that you might remember seeing ads for everywhere around 2012, including TV commercials. It’s that heavy spending on marketing that helped doom the company, along with rapid expansion...
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Here’s Where Voters Can Score Election Day Freebies & Deals
You might have heard that tomorrow is Election Day, a day when Americans will vote not only on who will lead our country for the next four years, but also on numerous ballot initiatives that could...
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From Cash Registers To Escalators To Shopping Carts: 11 Important Firsts In...
These days you can shop from the comfort your couch in your soft pants, ordering up a flat of cat food, paper towels, and a smartphone with one click. So it’s easy to forget that once upon a time...
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