A.M. Business Links: Catching up with McDonald's Ohio City move; UC president takes Twitter by storm; Amazon is hiring

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George Hrbek, right foreground, joined over a dozen others in a protest in November 2012 at the site of a proposed McDonald's to be built at the corner of Fulton and West 38th Street. (Thomas Ondrey, Plain Dealer file )

Wendy's is selling 425 of the eateries it owns to franchisees, but the targeted markets aren't scattered - they comprise a fairly straight cut down the Mississippi River - as the company puts up for sale its holdings in 13 cities, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, Portland, Ore., and St. Louis.

IN THE PLAIN DEALER

FirstEnergy offering CFL light bulbs once more

McDonald's moving from Cleveland's Gordon Square neighborhood to Ohio City

OHIO and REGION

Wendy's selling restaurants mostly west of the Mississippi River (Columbus Business First)

United Steelworkers reach tentative agreement with Goodyear (Akron Beacon Journal)

UC's president takes Twitter by storm (Cincinnati Business Courier)

U.S. and WORLD

2 ad giants chasing Google in merger deal (New York Times)

Amazon.com looks to fill 7,000 jobs in 13 states (News & Observer)

House of cans: 1 man's quest to throw nothing away, even beer cans, becomes Houston landmark (Fox News)

Fast food strikes intensify in 7 cities (Salon)

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/am_business_links_698.html

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