Rising Prices and Buffett Stake Bolster Food Company Shares
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Food company shares regained a bit of their luster on Friday when several showed they could keep customers while raising prices.
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The latest monthly data has carriers' shares lifting higher.
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Shares rallied on speculation that global demand for commodities and higher raw-material prices may fuel more takeovers.
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M&amp;T Bank Corp. , which counts  billionaire Warren Buffett as its second-largest shareholder,  on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 8 percent, helped by  rising mortgage banking revenue.
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A lunch date with billionaire investor Warren Buffett is getting pricier. Someone paid &#36;620,100 in an online charity auction to dine with the Oracle of Omaha in New York. In last year&#039;s auction, the winning bid was &#36;351,100.
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OAK BROOK, Ill. - McDonald's Corp. stock surged to a record high yesterday after the fast-food chain disclosed the largest dividend increase in its history and pledged to return more money to shareholders than Wall Street expected.
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Shares in Sainsbury&#39;s have risen more than 3 percent to a five-week high as investors digested reports of a possible 8 billion pound plus bid for the supermarket chain.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as mergers and takeover proposals totaling more than $77 billion gave investors confidence that stock prices have room to rise even as the Dow industrials ascended to another record high.
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It's a challenging sector, but this restaurant stock is serving up an appetizing investing opportunity.
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Restaurateur's shares shoot up on news of increased profitability.
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New York Times Co. shares rose as much  as 7.5 percent on Wednesday and options traders cited unusual  call volume on speculation billionaire investor Warren Buffett  could build a stake in the company.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N third-quarter  earnings per share rose a higher-than-expected 42 percent on a  preliminary basis, the world's largest restaurant chain said on  Wednesday, citing strong sales in the United States and a lower  tax rate.
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Shares in Royal Dutch/Shell have risen in Amsterdam and London, lifted by speculation that investors will increase their holdings in the stock to reflect its unified structure.
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Call option activity in Kraft Foods Inc.  surged on Thursday on speculation that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.   is interested in the largest U.S. food company.
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Stocks rose after Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some of Wall Streetâs concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets.
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Wendy's International Inc. WEN.N  shares rose 7 percent on Wednesday as investors welcomed news  the company will write down the value of some of its struggling  Baja Fresh restaurants and close several of them.
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Shares in Reuters Group PLC rose Thursday on speculation that its part-owned stock-trading network Instinet Group Inc. is up for sale.