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McDonald’s CEO Skinner To Step Down; Achatz Ends Malpractice Suits

• McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner, who led the company into the coffee-smoothies territory of rival chains like Starbucks, will step down in July, after seven years. He will be replaced by current president Don Thompson, who will become the company’s first African-American CEO. [Sun-Times]

• Grant Achatz has settled one medical malpractice lawsuit and dropped another against two dentists who allegedly noticed the first signs of his cancer but did not act to diagnose it at an early stage. [Crain’s]

• Payback: Gordon Ramsay is suing Laurier BBQ, F.K.A. Laurier Gordon Ramsay, claiming he was unfairly ousted from a partnership after just six months. [LF Press]

• There’s hardly a beverage market Starbucks isn’t getting into these days: first juice, now energy drinks. What’s next — “Tap water: brought to you by Starbucks”? [USAT]

• Today in pink slime: Grocery stores Safeway, SUPERVALU, and Food Lion have all agreed to stop selling the recent scourge of the meat industry. [ABC News]

• A study found that sleeping even an hour or so less than usual can cause people to eat 549 extra calories the following day. [NYDN]

• Everyone in the fast-food industry is really obsessed with that “daypart” known as breakfast, and plotting ways to profit from the fact that few people sit down to a square morning meal anymore. [NRN]

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McDonald’s CEO Skinner To Step Down; Achatz Ends Malpractice Suits