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...Administration's tax-simplification plan angers Iacocca: he shouts about the provision that would abolish the tax preferences enjoyed by industry--like automobiles. "I don't see any broke-ass McDonald's out there. I don't see anybody (in services) shutting down jobs so fast you're throwing them on the dole...
Still, some U.S. firms have succeeded. IBM, Polaroid, NCR, Ralston Purina and Motorola have flourishing Japanese operations. McDonald's of Japan is the country's largest food-service company, with 457 shops. 7-Eleven has 2,299 stores in Japan, 308 of which opened during the past year. IBM has been operating in Japan since 1937, and earns more than $350 million a year there. Among the reasons: the vast majority of its 15,000 employees in Japan are locals, and the company works with several Japanese partners, including Mitsubishi and Kanematsu-Gosho...
Back in 1969 and 1970, Andrew Hugh McLaughlin flipped hamburgers at a McDonald's restaurant in Mount Lebanon, Pa., and it made him realize he wanted to do more with his life. He did. Today McLaughlin, 30, is a physician in Ohio. Now he and 16 other former McDonald's workers who have risen beyond Big Macs are about to become somewhat famous too. Starting in April, a new McDonald's TV commercial will feature them in scenes from their current jobs, wearing caps like the ones they wore under the golden arches. McLaughlin might be seen, stethoscope in hand...
...McDonald's chose its McStars from 7,500 alumni who responded to newspaper ads placed by the company in January. Each will be paid the standard screen actor's fee of $317.40 plus residuals. Fame or success in high-powered careers was not required for selection: an electric company lineman, a barber and a flight attendant are among the chosen. To promote burgers but not burgomasters, all politicians were eliminated from contention. That knocked out Tulsa Mayor Terry Young...
Last week federal law enforcers turned their attention again to New York City, where most of the Mob's muscle is concentrated. After a five-year investigation, a Brooklyn-based federal organized- crime strike force headed by Edward McDonald brought indictments against the Lucchese family and two officers of Mafia-dominated Teamsters Union locals. The indictment charges that Salvatore Santoro, 69, a Lucchese underboss, other gang members and Teamster officials extorted more than $246,000 from companies handling air freight at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The gangsters allegedly bragged that "we rule the airport," and shook down the trucking...