June 09--McDonald's has hired President Barack Obama's former White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs. He's the perfect choice to neither confirm nor deny whatever may or may not be going on.
Gibbs, McDonald's new global chief communications officer, was press secretary for Obama's first two years as president. Obama has said his administration's failure to communicate in a way that would give Americans "a sense of unity and purpose and optimism" in those years was "the mistake of my first term."
SC Johnson is for the first time letting consumers know many of the chemicals found in its Glade air fresheners and scented candles. It was time to clear the air.
Scandal-scarred FIFA issued a statement that there are no legal grounds to move soccer's 2022 World Cup from Qatar, which was named host under suspect circumstances. Because no one respects international law more than FIFA.
Dunkin' Donuts CEO Nigel Travis said on CNBC that "delivery plays very strongly" in his strategy because Americans love convenience. So much for self-driving cars. In a future with Dunkin' Donuts delivery, no one's leaving home.
Suburban police say an Uber driver, responding to a rock hurled at his vehicle, allegedly fired a gun in the direction of several passengers, including the one he believed threw it. Sounds like "the Chicago way" Sean Connery described in "The Untouchables." Unfortunately this was Rolling Meadows.
It was 263 years ago Wednesday that Benjamin Franklin famously captured an electrical charge while flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Not everyone today remains in awe of Franklin, one of this nation's Founding Fathers. Some people, in fact, are unabashed Lightning fans.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
