The company tries to tamp down criticism from activists who argue that the mascot promotes childhood obesity.
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Despite growing sales across gender lines, the maker of the flavored malt liquor is beefing up its ad budget to attract beer drinking dudes.
Local eateries pledge to feed the Cleveland man who helped rescue 3 kidnap victims. McDonald's, however, has remained mum.
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It's still No. 1 among the world's 100 biggest names, whose combined worth is $2.6 trillion. No. 8 might surprise you.
The cost of sports programming is soaring, making Disney's cash cow a little less beefy.
Marissa Mayer's team has already promised not to 'screw up' the wildly popular blogging site. Getting ads integrated will be that vow's first test.
In fact, a new study says it's thriving -- even among teens and 20-somethings. 'Hyper-locality' and community connections are among the reasons.
While the social media network trumpets its 1 billion users, new research indicates about 100 million of them could be dogs, brands or even toasters.
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