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Lisa Baertlein
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FROM Lisa Baertlein
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McDonald's Profits Drop 30% in Last Quarter Fast food is out, fast casual is in, and Ronald McDonald is taking notice. Profits are down at McDonald’s by 30%, and the company is offering something it’s never come up with before: instead of just super-sizing, now you can “customize.” “Create Your Taste” means that McDonald’s customers will be able to build their own burgers with toppings and buns that won’t all be the same, and restaurants in different parts of the country will offer different menus. Lisa Baertlein covers the food industry for Reuters.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
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