McDonald&#39;s supersizes dividend
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McDonald&#39;s Corp has raised its annual dividend 38 per cent to 55 US cents from 40 cents, with the total payout worth nearly $US690 million ($A993.
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McDonald's Corp.  on Wednesday raised its annual dividend by 50 percent as part of a plan to return up to $17 billion to shareholders through 2009, sending its shares up more than 2 percent in extended trade.
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Dean Foods Co.  on Friday declared a special dividend of $15 per share, or about $2 billion in total, sending shares of the company 9 percent higher in morning trading.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said worldwide sales at its namesake restaurants open at least 13 months rose 3.9 percent in
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McDonald&#39;s Corp., the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain, said third-quarter profit rose to about 61 cents a share, beating analysts&#39; estimates, on higher sales in the US and a lower tax rate.
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Who&#39;s next on first? McDonald&#39;s (nyse: MCD - news - people ) isn&#39;t saying. Earth&#39;s biggest restauranteur would neither confirm nor deny a published report Thursday that its succession plan calls for Vice Chairman
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McDonald's rode strong U.S. sales to a 38 percent increase, its fifth straight quarter of increased profits since snapping out of a slump last year.
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McDonald's Corp.  third-quarter earnings 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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Walt Disney, the US media and entertainment group, yesterday announced its first dividend increase in six years following sharply improved earnings.
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New menu items helped lift McDonald&#39;s Corp. to a 16th consecutive increase in monthly comparable sales, and the fast-food giant has more sandwiches on the way.
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McDonald's Corp , the world's largest restaurant chain operator, posted higher quarterly profit on Monday, helped by a tax benefit, despite sluggish sales at U.S. restaurants
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Thursday  said sales at its namesake restaurants open at least 13 months  rose 4.2 percent in November as U.S. results were boosted by an  "Incredibles" Happy Meal tie-in.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N third-quarter  earnings 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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McDonald's Corp. on Friday said  quarterly net profit 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 restaurant chain.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N said on   Friday it had started an offer for its shareholders to exchange   McDonald's stock for shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.   CMG.N, which the hamburger chain spun off earlier this year.
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McDonald's Corp.  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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Fannie Mae, US largest mortgage provider, has announced Thursday that its regulator approved a December preferred stock dividend that could assist shore up the mortgage leader&#39;s capital levels.