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McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) shares took a hit after the company's popular quarter pounders were linked to an E. coli outbreak in several Western and Midwest states. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

If one knows even a little about the history of fast food or the underlying machinery of American big business and the global spread of capitalism, then they've probably heard the name Ray Kroc. He's ...