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McDonald's to Enter South Africa JOHANNESBURG - South Africans may be munching on their first BigMacs by the end of the year. Oak Brook-based McDonald's, the world'slargest fast-food retailer, said it has opened a business office inSouth Africa ahead of launching its first restaurants in the countrythis year. Franchises will open in Johannesburg and Cape Town byyear-end. Toyota Names New President TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. named Executive Vice-President HiroshiOkuda as its new president, giving the key job to a person outsidethe founding Toyoda family for the first time in 28 years. …