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French Say Oui to McDonald's

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[E]ven as protesters sought to cast McDonald's as the embodiment of all that is wrong with fast food and American culture, the French never stopped eating its hamburgers. Indeed, for all the attacks on the company, McDonald's operating profit in France last year was second only to that of McDonald's in the United States. (New York Times [1], Tuesday)

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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/business/worldbusiness/20burger.html?hpamp;ex=1150862400amp;en=80893cf68d52130famp;ei=5094amp;partner=homepage

[2] The Benefits of Trade: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=627

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