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And the dow trading up about 63 points. about 70 points a little while ago. of course, wall street watching oil prices. and we have some new champions in the business world to tell you about. google s android is now the most popular smartphone operating system in the u.s. and mcdonald s has lost its crown to jared, subway is now the biggest restaurant operation in the planet. our business news correspondent stephanie elam is here now. stef, how did jared win the battle with ronald mcdonald? i know. you think it would be impossible, right, kate. i guess the idea of eating fresh, you know we know that jared, eat fresh, subway. that s doing something and it s really not just about the united states. it s really about world domination for subway. they ve been growing at a lot of places that maybe you wouldn t actually expect to see them. one thing we can tell you if you take a look at the number of the restaurants at the end of the year, subway had 33,749 restaurants at the end of last y ....
Million barrels a day and there s concerns of north africa and the middle east. now, completely different note, what is the biggest restaurant chain in the world? a lot of us assume it s mcdonald s. well, it s not anymore. according to the latest reports it is subway. subway overtaken mcdonald s with 33,749 sites opposed to 32,737 sites for mcdonald s. there are 24,000 of these subway restaurants in the united states. back to you. steve, let me just say, that aggression by subway will not stand. i ll have two big macs for mcdonald s today. thank you. charlie sheen officially fired from the show he s on with the other guy and then the other half of guy. goes without saying you will not want to miss charlie s response to the news. perils of an open microphone. general petraeus plates secretary gates off the plane with a knee slapper about ....
Cnbc s trish regan joins me now as we take a look. move over ronald, bring over who? jared. jared. from subway that would be. i thought he was getting a little strange looking anyway. more of a man of the people. anyway, pretty interesting news here, because when you think fast food, you think mcdonald s. well, it turns out subway now has more restaurants than mcdonald s. it s a pretty narrow margin, though, only about 12 more restaurants. but take a look at the numbers, 32,749 restaurants, subway has in 95 countries. compared with 32,737, 12 less, in 117 countries for mcdonald s. you know, subway opened its doors back in 1965, and it s interesting the company has stayed private and says it intends to stay private, richard, but, you know, one of the benefits it has being a private company, it doesn t have to tell you how much money it s earning unlike mckickey ds. ....