ENGLAND: Britain is trying to make sure its citizens are more nice than naughty while soaking up the Arabian Gulf sun this Christmas.

'Drive-thru', they said. 'Be grand', they said.

Dunkin’ Donuts has been urged to withdraw a “bizarre and racist” advertisement for chocolate doughnuts that shows a smiling woman in black face makeup.

After Hurricane Irene in 2011, a couple of Bruce Springsteen fans were visiting the New Jersey Shore town of Belmar, a defining district of the so-called Irish Riviera.

GANGLAND style is about Seoul’s criminal underworld,” one friend informed me with grave authority.

The parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins is pricing its initial public offering at $19 a share, above the forecast price range.

Environmentalists praised Burger King’s decision today to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rainforests.

A veteran politician with a wealth of foreign policy experience, Joe Biden’s habit of making gaffes has drawn critical attention on the campaign trail.

Troubled Starbucks has sacked its chief executive, handing the reins back to chairman Howard Schultz in a major restructuring initiative to pull the company out of a downward slide.

STARBUCKS said it is meeting the targets it set for operations in the Irish market adding that it is pleased with the acceptance it received in Ireland.

A €40 million Jameson Irish whiskey advertising and marketing spend is helping to maintain the brand - associated with both Dublin and Cork - as one of the fastest growing whiskies in the world.

A US-based consortium was today given an ultimatum to bid for drinks giant Allied Domecq within the month or walk away.

Drinks giant Allied Domecq was today reported to be a takeover target of the French owner of Jameson whiskey, Chivas Regal whiskey and Jacob’s Creek wines.

Allied Domecq, the operator of Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins ice-cream and Togo sandwich stores, has renamed its fast-food unit after its doughnut chain.

Drinks giant Allied Domecq was today toasting the success of spirits such as Ballantine’s whisky and Malibu rum as it issued an upbeat trading statement.