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While many McDonald’s customers opt for the drive-through, those who dine inside the fast-food restaurants may soon benefit from an original programming experience via the McDonald’s TV channel.

The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to generate headlines, so what better time to see what Americans actually think of our esteemed financial institutions? Forty-seven percent of Americans think Wall Street hurts the American economy more than it helps, whereas only 38 percent think the opposite is true.

Last week, millions of BlackBerry smartphone owners weren’t able to access email or other messaging when a data center failure triggered outages across five continents. In response, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion offered free apps and tech support — only to see its stock take a five percent dive on Monday.

Netflix has been doing so much backpedaling lately, it’s surprising the company hasn’t adopted a bicycle for its logo. In the most recent reversal, Netflix announced Monday that it’s scrapping a plan to split its streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two different companies and would instead keep both under the Netflix name. The abandoned idea would’ve seen the mailed DVD service take on the nam

Here's more bad news for people who still owe student loans or back taxes, and who now rely exclusively on their cellphones. President Barack Obama wants to make it easier for private debt collectors to call your cellphone and badger you into paying up.

Starbucks is hoping its customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe.  Starting November 1, Starbucks will begin asking customers for donations of $5 or more to stimulate job growth through its “Jobs for USA” program.

In light of new regulations limiting what financial institutions can charge merchants when buyers swipe their debit cards, Bank of America — the nation’s largest bank — will soon impose a $5 monthly fee on customers who use their debit cards to pay for such transactions. Anne Pace, a Bank of America spokeswoman, said the fee will only be charged when customers use their cards during merchant trans

The OnStar automobile communication service used by 6 million Americans maintains its two-way connection with a customer even after the service is discontinued, while reserving the right to sell data from that connection. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York says that's a blatant invasion of privacy and he's demanding that OnStar stop doing it. Schumer also wants the Federal Trade Commission