McDonald's raises annual dividend by 50 percent
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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.
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Stocks extended gains on Thursday, pushing the Dow industrials up more than 1 percent, with support from a brokerage upgrade of General Motors Corp.  and McDonald's Corp.'s  dividend increase.
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McDonald's Corp , the world's  largest fast-food chain, said on Friday that sales at  restaurants open at least 13 months rose 5.7 percent globally  in January, but sales growth in the U.S. lagged.
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Dividend increases are about more than just money.
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McDonald's Corp.  said on Monday it expects to report quarterly earnings above Wall Street estimates on its strongest quarterly sales in three years.
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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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McDonald's Corp., the world's No. 1 hamburger chain, said Monday its fourth-quarter profit climbed 3 percent due to income tax benefits and yet another period of strong sales at stores open at least a year.
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McDonald's Corp. yesterday reported another month of strong worldwide sales, sending its stock up modestly to its highest closing price in 2 years.
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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 Tuesday  said quarterly net income rose 42 percent, in line with a  higher-than-expected forecast the company gave last week,  helped by strong sales in the United States and a tax benefit.
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TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU) said Monday it will increase its quarterly dividend 350 percent over last quarter to 56.25 cents per share. The increased dividend -- up from 12.
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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&#39;s Corp. said Thursday that global comparable-restaurant sales, or sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, rose 4.2 percent in November.
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McDonald's Corp.  on Friday said sales at its hamburger restaurants open at least 13 months rose 6.2 percent in November as its breakfast offerings and snack wraps brought in customers.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Tuesday  posted a 42 percent rise in quarterly net income on the  strength of its U.S. turnaround, but the company said sales in  Europe are weak and laid out plans to revitalize that market.
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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. MCD.N on Tuesday  said quarterly net income rose 42 percent helped by strong  sales in the United States and a tax benefit.