" This is Money Markets & More for this Thursday August 20 2009. From the newsroom of the MarketWatch radio network I'm Adrian itself. Coming up a sartorial revolution is coming to Wall Street but just for one day."

" And I'm John Wordock there is a burger war about to heat up involving McDonald's and who else and -- and Carl's junior and hardee's -- big -- big talk."

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" Get on your helmet in combat boots the parent company of hardee's and Carl's junior is waging war on McDonald's. Over who's got that speaker meteor burgers. Fast food made -- John -- and -- are here to serve out the details."

" There's a burger battle heating up. Maybe don't know it yet but coming out next month we are going to see hardee's and Carl's junior. Waging war on make dvds over. The Angus burger. And who has Berger is bigger. Let's bring in our consumer race and -- to talk more about this she is an expert on hamburgers and all things fast food. Eventually eats at McDonald's four times a day."

" And that a beta size. A small state that. -- there actually is a big go war heating up McDonald's recently introduced the Angus burger nationwide. And CKE restaurants which is the company behind hardee's and Carl's junior thinks that McDonald's kind it was copying them so they decided. This is good opportunity for them to point out to people some differences between them and McDonald's. Yes like yeah you got a big burger well we got an even bigger burger and it's not gonna break the bank that's right cut through that they've I just introduced it's called the big Carl and it's got to burger that's got seven ounces of beef compared to the big Mac which has three point two. And it actually costs fifty cents less so. Part of the -- advertising promotion costing you may remember a few years ago they had via Paris Hilton. As of the kind known for for being sparky and they're marketing they're gonna do a similar one with this. Take against McDonald's and the TV campaign and there are also going high tech they're gonna send their message out on FaceBook and Twitter and things like that."

" And they already have an add up on YouTube let's listen to lose my -- patties Sasha and that is the single piece of cheese. Onions pickles three."

" We -- jingle to. Double the mean big double that she is and -- money and get. -- and love love love."

" I'd much rather see Paris Hilton quite frankly -- yeah well washing cart and you wash your car -- to Carlyle eating a burger. I do that all the time and now I'm and you look just like Paris Hilton's it's kind of well. But anyway. The Carl's junior and -- may have. Just a bit of -- time competing against McDonald's based on just sheer size and -- has got 14000. Restaurants in the US and if you combine. Carl's junior and hardee's they've got less than 3000 so. Obviously raises a huge difference there and that -- the chain but. A listen for Carl's junior special elects to have to poke fun at rivals and sort of get their name out there that way even if there isn't a Carl's junior near you."

" And look we're talking about it so they won the battle for. AL skirmish yet one thing that caught my nine the other day when I was in on the tunnels. And I do go and there'd by a cheeseburger from time to time or as solid or something for the kids. I noticed the Angus burgers like huge yeah those -- pretty dang man that's too much for me I mean I'm gonna have to take a -- have treating that."

" And it's it's it's a big big the kind of be there that. Party uses them for that they've they've they've got a number of sandwiches. With just Hamburg piled up on top hamburger yet again and those that the other thing on that though the monster thick -- written yet but it has at 1400 calories. And more than a hundred grams fat -- it here in a mood to check out there you go."

" challenge and kill over and the fact that. Consumer race and Kate's thank you very much and folks if you want write to us who do you think is gonna win this battle McDonald's or hardee's Carl's junior. We -- love to know your thoughts and are you going for bigger burgers. Do they matter these days are you watching your waistline or maybe just thrown at all to the wind. Given all gonna die eventually. Okay. I'll write it or not did that way yeah go get on exactly and -- How can people write -- and they can -- that MarketWatch radio newsroom at Yahoo.com. And you can also follow us on Twitter at MW radio on and on FaceBook ads. MarketWatch radio no -- and I always forget that one that's and I remember consumer race and Kate's thank you."

" Thank you know thanks to on an end. And ladies you might wanna check -- calorie count on those giant burger is skinny jeans and leggings argue or must haves for fall. Along with thankfully loose fitting tops. Lazard Capital Markets went through 9 September fashion magazine issues to figure that out. And boots are really big thing any kind says -- aren't western called biker booties over -- he swayed. This is good news for companies including gap Jones Apparel Group then Deckers Outdoor the maker of this. And speaking of that's in casual Friday is coming to that bastion of expensive suits Wall Street. For the first time in the NYSE is 217. Year history. The head of the company that owns the exchange is giving employees permission to wear jeans to work next Friday. It's a publicity stunt for a gap clothing stores. He reminds everyone in an email to make sure their genes are clean because there'll be photographers around. And that's it for Money Markets & More I Adrian Mitchell thanks for listening until next time."

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