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With weakening sales and declining profits, McDonald's has decided to shut reporters out of its annual shareholders meeting, scheduled for this Thursday. Business Insider reports that "tensions could come to a head" during the meeting, but perhaps they can be assuaged by the brand's (terrifying) "newest friend" Happy, which it introduced today on Twitter. [BI, Twitter]