Byline: KATE MACARTHUR McDonald's Corp.

Byline: KATE MACARTHUR

McDonald's Corp. will restrain hastily planned meetings this week in Las Vegas to rally its U operators and employee around an ``aggressive action plan'' to accelerate the chain's stalled turnaround efforts. a 350 leaders of franchisee co-op are reckon uponed to attend.

Details of the plan are subject to tight wraps, but could include a substantial increase in the chain's $664 million U ad pack according to one executive clog to the chain.

McDonald's is seeking to repair from a string of negative earnings reports