USA: McDonald's to require face coverings in all its U.S. restaurants starting August 1

McDonald's Corp.MCD,  +0.59% said Friday that it will require customers to wear a face covering in all of its restaurants starting August 1. About 82% of McDonald'srestaurants are in places where face covering mandates are already inplace. The new company policy is part of what the company says is astepped up response to the surge in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks. U.S. cases have reached more than 4 million, with 69,900 cases added on Thursday. McDonald's has also paused the reopening of itsdining rooms for an additional 30 days. McDonald's joins other companieslike Walmart Inc.WMT, -0.30% and Target Corp. TGT  +1.11%that have put face covering policies in place over recent weeks. McDonald's shares are nearly breakeven for the year to date while the Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA, -0.68%has fallen 7.3% for the period.

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Fast Food: McDonald's shifts to take-out only mode over coronavirus

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France: McDonald's French HQ searched in tax probe

French investigators searched McDonald's French headquarters on May 18, targeting the U.S. fast food chain in a tax probe, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

One of the sources said a preliminary inquiry had been opened after former investigating magistrate and politician Eva Joly filed a lawsuit in December on the behalf of an employee committee.

"A search was indeed carried out at McDonald's headquarters in France on May 18," the other source said, confirming a report first carried by Les Echos business daily.

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