Horsemeat weighing 40kg (88lb) has been sold to shoppers in the UK while wrongly labelled as beef, the country's Food Standards Agency said.

The Dow Jones industrial average logged its longest winning streak in two years - barely.

Tyree Johnson scrubs himself with a bar of soap in a McDonald’s bathroom and puts on fresh deodorant.

American ground beef processor AFA Foods has sought bankruptcy court protection with a plan to sell some assets in the US after media coverage of “pink slime” cut demand for its products.

A drunken man called the police in the US to report a taco restaurant had refused to serve him.

Yum Brands, the owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC fast-food brands, said its third-quarter profit grew 7% on the strength of surging overseas sales, mainly in China.

Booming business in China has helped push up first quarter profits at fast food operator Yum Brands by 11%.

Mexico is protesting at what it says is a whopper of an insult.

Pop diva Mariah Carey is to be named a global ambassador for a hunger relief charity.

Rapper 50 Cent is suing the Taco Bell fast-food chain claiming it used his name without permission in adverts asking him to call himself 99 Cent.

Rap superstar 50 Cent is outraged by fast food company Taco Bell's "sleazy" bid to land him for an advertising campaign, and is threatening legal action.

MYSPACE is expanding its programme for letting advertisers target their pitches using personal details on users’ profile pages.

Paris Hilton got out of jail, then immediately got back to...well, being Paris Hilton, summoning a hair-salon van and, by her mere presence, creating a huge traffic jam that maddened the neighbours.

The parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut today said it has temporarily closed several New York City restaurants owned by the franchisee that operated a Manhattan eatery overrun with rats.

Coffee giant Starbucks has become the latest US chain to stop using trans fats.

The Dow Jones industrial average broke through 11,900 to close at a record high today, boosted by optimism over the health of US corporate earnings.

Britney Spears has given up on her Kabbalah studies, insisting she has found a new religion in her family.

US troops arrested seven suspected Saddam Hussein loyalists in raids north of the capital, while the interim Governing Council warned the US military its bruising tactics risk alienating the hearts and minds of the population.

Pop oddball Michael Jackson donned a Spiderman mask as he complained to his local Congressman about the lack of fast-food restaurants near his Neverland ranch.

Drinks and candy firm Cadbury Schweppes has filed a lawsuit in the United States against rival PepsiCo, alleging violation of anti-trust laws, it emerged today.

Fast food giant Taco Bell is offering everyone in the US a free snack if the Mir space station splashes down on its giant floating target.