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September 25, 2008 6:51 PM

Restaurants Squeezed by Credit Crunch

By
Dan Mitchell
(MoneyWatch)  A dustup this week over whether Bank of America would continue to finance expansion for McDonald's franchisees highlighted how the restaurant industry is being affected by the credit crisis. Ironically, as I note in an article for The Big Money, McDonald's is doing just fine -- so far. Other restaurants? Not so much.

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