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Stocks advanced for the second straight session yesterday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's concerns about the economy. Crude has retreated as oil investors have worried that high prices and a...Tags: Prices, Automotive Equipment, New York Times, Unemployment, Toyota Motor Corp.
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Changes ahead for McDonald's dollar menu
Chicago Tribune reporterMcDonald's Corp. blew past Wall Street's profit expectations and posted a strong second quarter Wednesday, despite weak consumer confidence and soaring commodity costs. But with ingredient costs expected to remain high—the hamburger giant...Tags: McDonald's Corp., Prices, Morningstar Incorporated, Consumer Confidence, Consumers
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McDonald's swings to profit, may alter dollar menu
AP Business WriterConsumers helped bring McDonald's Corp. back to profitability in the second quarter by spending on breakfast biscuits, chicken sandwiches and drinks despite the tough economy in the U.S. But the nation's No. 1 hamburger chain also warned Wednesday...Tags: McDonald's Corp., Beverage Industry, Prices, Consumer Confidence, Consumers
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McDonald's drive-through speaker disturbs couple's sleep
Chicago Tribune reporterThere are nights when the drive-through speaker is so loud, it wakes up John and Patricia Andersen from their slumber. "Welcome to McDonald's, can I help you?" Patricia said, reciting the greeting she has come to loathe. Then come the orders, each...Tags: House, Chicago, Transportation, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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ASK TOM WHY
Dear Tom, I am in charge of planning an annual summer party, and it has rained the last few summers on the weekend chosen. Historically, which weekends in July and August it is least likely to rain? —Bob Haza, Oak Brook Dear Bob, When it...Tags: Weather Reports, Chicago Weather
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New DuPage County tech park looking for tenants
Chicago Tribune reporterAfter a splashy grand opening under a ballroom-size tent, the DuPage County National Technology Park in West Chicago is now landscaped, lighted, paved with three miles of roads and circled by 130 miles of underground fiber-optic lines (with room for 20...Tags: Health Treatments, Illinois, Chicago, West Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory
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Federal Signal to sell E-One fire-rescue subsidiary
Tribune reporterFederal Signal Corp. said late Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its E-One fire-rescue subsidiary to a buyout group that includes E-One management, for about $20 million. The Oak Brook maker of street sweepers, sewer-cleaning equipment and other...Tags: Ocala, Federal Signal Corporation
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Religion events in the west suburbs
BARTLETT Living Lord Lutheran Church will hold a worship series, "RetroActive," at 7 p.m. July 27 in the church, 1044 Congress Drive. "Retro" means getting back to basics and "active" means actively worshiping God. The services will feature speakers...Tags: Books and Magazines, La Grange, Christianity, Warrenville, Books
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Neighbors lament rail yard's fast track
Special to the Chicago TribuneA plan for a massive intermodal rail facility in Joliet has won the backing of city planners despite pleas for more time from neighboring homeowners who want to sell their land to the developer. The proposed rail yard and industrial complex now goes to...Tags: Transportation, Crete, Joliet, Road Transportation
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Oh, sing a song of special sauce
New York Times News ServiceThe year was 1974: Gas prices were high, inflation was rampant and an unpopular Republican occupied the White House. McDonald's introduced a spirit-lifting jingle: "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed...Tags: McDonald's Corp., The White House, Music, MySpace, Richard Nixon
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