Consumer Cos Flat As Oil Rebounds -- Consumer Roundup

Retailers and other consumer companies were more or less flat as fuel prices looked set to rebound.

A surge in oil futures could foreshadow higher gasoline prices. London Heathrow Airport told airlines it would lift a cap on passenger numbers at its terminals later this month.

McDonald's, Starbucks, Chipotle Mexican Grill and other big restaurant chains will spend millions of dollars to try to overturn a new California law that could set the state's minimum wage for the fast food industry as high as $22 an hour next year.

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