McDonald's starts Chipotle share exchange offer
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N said on   Friday it started an offer for shareholders to swap its stock   for Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. CMG.N shares, part of the   burger giant's plan to shed its remaining Chipotle stake.
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OAK BROOK, Ill. -- McDonald&#39;s Corp. raised its annual dividend 38 percent to 55 cents from 40 cents, with the total payout worth nearly $690 million.
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IHOP Corp. , which operates a chain of pancake restaurants, plans to buy Applebee's International Inc.  for $25.50 per share in cash, the companies said on Monday.
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A group involving title insurer Fidelity National Financial Inc  and several private equity firms has emerged in the bidding for burger chain Wendy's International Inc , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Website on Thursday.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Friday  said quarterly earnings more than tripled as its U.S. business  improved further and signaled it might pursue a spinoff or  other options for its Chipotle Mexican-style chain.
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German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse is offering to manage its derivatives business Eurex from London as a sweetener to convince the London Stock Exchange of the advantages of a merger, according to a report in the Financial Times (FT).
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German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse is offering to manage its derivatives business Eurex from London as a sweetener to convince the London Stock Exchange of the advantages of a merger, according to informed sources.
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U.S. stocks looked to open higher on  Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. MCD.N said  third-quarter  earnings rose sharply, while quarterly reports from Intel Corp.  INTC.O and Yahoo Inc. YHOO.O pleased Wall Street and lifted  technology shares.
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THE REGION Boston advertising firm Arnold Worldwide said it won McDonald's Corp.'s US breakfast business account. The agency will share the estimated $100 million account with independent firm Moroch of Dallas. McDonald's has been increasing its focus on its morning menu, which accounts for about 30 percent of annual sales.
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McDonald&#39;s (MCD:NYSE - news - research) raised its annual dividend by 38% to 55 cents Tuesday, enhancing the yield over an already reasonably priced stock that could benefit from steady earnings growth over the next several years.
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Shares of McDonald's Corp. MCD.N  rose nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as investors bet that the  second change in the restaurant chain's top post this year  would not threaten its nearly two-year-old turnaround.
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McDonald's Corp.  on Friday said November sales at hamburger restaurants open at least 13 months rose 6.2 percent, boosting the company's shares to a seven-year high, as Snack Wraps, premium coffee and family game promotions attracted customers.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Friday  reported higher quarterly earnings on strong U.S. sales of  products like its new Chicken Selects fried chicken strips,  though changes in the way it accounts for leases trimmed  results.
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Kraft Foods, in which Nelson Peltz, an activist investor, has taken a 3 percent stake, said that it would offer $7.2 billion for the cookie unit of Group Danone.
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The company that owns The Venetian megaresort and a hotel-casino in Macau is aiming at an initial public offering price of $21 a share, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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McDonald&#39;s (MCD) Tuesday raised its annual dividend by 38%, a move the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalization.
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McDonald's Corp , the world's largest fast-food chain, plans to open 150 outlets in China in 2009, the company's top China executive said on Tuesday, as competition heats up in the rapidly expanding market.