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Ford Chairman of the Board Henry Ford II shuffles papers before calling the Ford Motor Company's annual stockholders meeting to order in Detroit. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald, File)
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Protestors call for a $15-an-hour minimum wage as McDonald's shareholders meet at the company's corporate headquarters, Thursday, May 21, 2015, in Oak Brook, Ill. (Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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In this January 2015 photo provided by McDonald's, company President and CEO Steve Easterbrook poses for a photo. Easterbrook is set to make his debut before shareholders at the company’s annual meeting Thursday, May 21, 2015, at a time when the chain is facing declining sales and ongoing protests. (McDonald's via AP)
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Celeb quiz - Gene Simmons
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A woman who declined to give her name, sits at a table in the casino during a liquidation sale at the closed Riviera Hotel and Casino Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Las Vegas. The Riviera Hotel and Casino closed May 4, but everything inside the 2,075-room hotel-casino must go. National Content Liquidators has started selling it all at a public sale that started 9 a.m. Thursday. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Teamsters President James P. Hoffa let UPS withdraw from the Teamsters Central States Health and Welfare Pension Fund in exchange for organizing workers at a new subsidiary, a move unsupported by the fund's executive committee. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this May 8, 2015 file photo, gas station attendant Carlos Macar pumps gas in Andover, Mass. The economy is thought to have shrunk in the January-March quarter and may barely grow for the first half of 2015 _ thanks in part to sharp cuts in energy drilling. And despite their savings at the gas pump, consumers have slowed rather than increased their spending. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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Ahmed Mohammed, a New York City hot dog vendor at Ground Zero, has caused several fights to break out after charging customers, particularly tourists, as much as $20 and $30 for a hot dog. (NBC New York)
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A pensioner counts Russian rubles in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The ruble is one of the surprise star performers of 2015's currency markets, rising to its highest point against the dollar since 2013. (Associated Press)
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Sugary Drinks - In 2012, then New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed the "Portion Cap Rule" limiting the sale of sugary beverages to 16oz. The ban applied to restaurants, delis, movie theaters and sports stadiums. Bloomberg pushed for it as a means of fighting obesity. Restaurants, the soft-drink industry and a majority of New Yorkers hated it. The Board of Health unanimously approved, but the New York State Court of Appeals ruled against the ban, writing that the city’s Board of Health “exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority” in enacting the proposal.
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Iraqis from Ramadi gathered at the Bzebiz bridge after fleeing Ramadi and spending the night walking toward Baghdad on Saturday. Islamic State militants seized the center of their city in western Iraq, but U.S. officials say the takeover is only temporary. (Associated Press)
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A rhino, one of the world's most endangered species due to illegal poaching for its horn. (World Wildlife Fund)
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Displaced Iraqis from Ramadi rest and gather at the Bzebiz bridge after spending the night walking toward Baghdad, as they flee their hometown, 65 km west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Islamic State militants seized the center of Ramadi in western Iraq and raised their black flag over the government compound, local officials said. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
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Displaced Iraqis from Ramadi rest gather at the Bzebiz bridge after spending the night walking towards Baghdad, as they flee their hometown, 65 km west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Islamic State militants seized the center of Ramadi in western Iraq and raised their black flag over the government compound, local officials said. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
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Southwest Airlines is facing backlash after a Karen Momsen-Evers said flight attendants refused to let her make an emergency call to her husband before he committed suicide. (WTMJ)
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California Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question concerning his revised state budget plan during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday May 14, 2015. Brown's $115.3 billion spending plan would send billions more to public schools and freeze in-state undergraduate tuition and establish a new state tax credit of the working poor.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo in this April 25, 2014, file photo. Honda Motor Co. recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world Thursday, May 14, 2015, for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals Toyota and Nissan have already carried out recalls.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
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Illustration on the impact minimum wage increases will have on entry level jobs by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is calling for increasing military spending and for the U.S. to aggressively confront Russia, China and others that he says threaten the nation's economic interests. (Associated Press)
