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The Wall Street Journal reports Amid Falling Profit, McDonald’s to Revisit ‘Dollar Menu’ McDonald’s Corp. reported a 3.5% decline in third-quarter earnings as sales slowed more dramatically than expected because of a sluggish economy and a disappointing marketing campaign. "We face softening demand, heightened competition and rising costs in many of our markets," Chief Financial Officer Pete Bensen said.
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Assigned Reading Down there in the comments, one of the bunnies, Louise, quotes a comment from Willard Tony’s blog of ill repute which is trying to freep the Lewandowshy poll, to establish once and for all that those who deny human’s having a major effect on climate are not conspiracy junkies WUWT is attempting to replicate the survey, some of the comments are particularly amusing:"the warmists will be discussing this secretly" – wot, you mean a conspiracy?"I won’t be completing the survey. Here’s why. First, I strongly agree with several of the conspiracy theories, (secret services assassinate people – that’s their job) and I don’t want that fact being used to dirty the name of scepticism." – Hmm, again, not a conspiracy believer?"Also, I would note that not all “conspiracy theories†are wrong, and not all conspiracy theorists are whack-jobs
Via Google Translate from El Economista, France will create 150,000 jobs for young people without qualifications The French Government has today adopted a draft law providing for the creation of 150,000 subsidized jobs for young people with little or no qualifications, which are most affected by unemployment and employability harder. The beneficiaries of these so called "jobs of tomorrow" will work for municipalities, hospitals, schools, social organizations, associations or, exceptionally, in private companies, and will receive a grant of up to 75% of their compensation.
Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional
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