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A judge in Louisville, Ky., has ruled that KFC must cooperate with franchisees on advertising, but that it can nix campaigns that it believes could hurt the brand. Disagreement over whether KFC should emphasize its fried or grilled chicken sparked the dispute.

McDonald's has lost a $17,500 lawsuit from a former franchise manager in Brazil, who says he put on 65 pounds during his 12 years of working for the chain. The former employee blames the company's policy of mandatory food sampling and free employee lunches for his weight gain.

Domino's upcoming earnings report will show whether customers have really taken to the chain's new, improved pizza recipe, or if recent sales gains were just an advertising-driven blip.

General Motors and Chrysler dealers slated for closure will soon learn whether their appeals to stay in business have been successful. Arbitration hearings are set to wind up Wednesday, and decisions are due by the end of next week.

Here's a Whopper: Burger King introduced pork ribs for one of those "short-time-only" promotions, only to find that it didn't have enough ribs to make it to the end of the promotion. The BK Fire-Grilled Ribs are so popular that the company has said it is going to run out in a matter of days. That...

For Holiday Inn franchise owners, 2010 is starting to look a little bleak. At its annual meeting on Thursday, the chain's owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), told its American franchisees that, recession or no, they need to renovate. At the very least, every outlet has to install new...

Think the world has enough McDonald's (MCD) restaurants? Think again. The fast-food giant plans to open 1,000 new stores worldwide next year as part of plan to become an even more dominant force in the industry. The company also plans to remodel 2,300 existing stores, introduce new menu items and...

After rumors were publicized Tuesday in The New York Post that CIT's (CIT) creditors, including John Paulson & Co, were considering a merger of CIT into IndyMac, its stock shot up on the hope that a rescue plan was in place. Wednesday morning, The Wall Street Journal killed any remaining hopes...

It's hard to imagine a cultural icon with greater ubiquity than McDonald's (MCD). After all, it seems the Golden Arches are present in every town, no matter how small, and at every exit off an interstate highway. But while you'll never have trouble finding a Big Mac, change is on the horizon: The...

This is a very telling case of dangerous corporate disconnect. In the battle for submarine sandwich supremacy between Quiznos and Subway, Quiznos had dispatched an armada of secret shoppers to its own stores. These stealth sandwich buyers were deployed to purchase beef-laden sandwiches in an effort...