McDonald's posts loss after Latin America charge

(Reuters) - Excluding the Latin America charge, McDonald's earned 71
cents a share, in line with a better-than-expected forecast the
fast-food chain gave last week.




In April, McDonald's said it would sell about 1,600
restaurants in Latin America and the Caribbean to a franchisee
so it could focus resources on markets where it sees the
biggest opportunities for growth, such as China.


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McDonald's posts loss on Latin America charge

(Reuters) - Excluding the Latin America charge, McDonald's earned 71 cents a share, in line with the better-than-expected forecast the fast-food chain gave last week.




In April, McDonald's said it would sell about 1,600 restaurants in Latin America and the Caribbean to a franchisee so it could focus resources on markets where it sees the biggest opportunities for growth, such as China.


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UPDATE 1-Concourse at Miami airport briefly evacuated

(Reuters) - Miami's WSVN television said the all-clear was given after
a little over an hour.




The TV station said a screener saw what might have been an
explosive device in a bag but it was a false alarm. Hundreds of
passengers at the airport's concourse F, which serves mainly
Latin American and Caribbean airlines, had to wait outside.


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Caribbean Tanker Rates Extend Decline on Reduced Demand From Refineries

(Bloomberg) -- Rates to ship crude oil from the
Caribbean basin extended their decline as demand in the region
continued to be hurt by low refinery operating rates and high oil
stockpiles.

The current rate to contract an Aframax tanker, which can
transport about 600,000 barrels of oil, was an average rate of
Worldscale, or WS, 142.5 at 9:13 a.m. New York time, according to
New York-based broker Poten & Partners.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News