October 2011
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McDonald's Channel comes to California restaurants
McDonald’s Corp will roll out a high-definition
television channel to nearly 800 restaurants in southern and
central California by March. The world’s biggest hamburger
chain is doing this as part of a test, and one day hopes to
take it across the United States.Businesses from gas stations and grocery stores to coffee
maker Starbucks Corp are beaming more entertainment
directly to...
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UPDATE 1-KMG Chemicals Q4 profit falls
Oct 13 (Reuters) - Speciality chemicals maker KMG Chemicals
quarterly profit fell, hurt partly by a rapid increase
in raw material costs in its electronic chemical segment.For the fourth quarter, the company posted a net income of
$1.2 million, or 10 cents per share, compared with $3.4 million,
or 30 cents per share, a year ago.Net sales for the fourth quarter rose 19 percent to...
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Paulson braces investors for the worst
* Paulson not expected to take in new moneyBy Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Katya WachtelBOSTON/NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - John Paulson could face
a two-pronged problem in the coming weeks as outside investors
and possibly even some of his own employees walk in the wake of
the hedge fund firm’s worst-ever returns.The firm told investors on Tuesday that as much as a
quarter of its assets could...
