McDonald's raises annual dividend 49 percent
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday   raised its annual dividend 49 percent to $1 a share as part of   the world's largest restaurant company's push to return more   cash to shareholders.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Tuesday  said sales at its hamburger restaurants open at least 13 months  rose 5.2 percent in January as strong sales in the United  States and Europe helped it beat some analysts' expectations.
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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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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday  said worldwide sales at its namesake restaurants open at least  13 months rose 3.9 percent in August, helped by strong sales of  new menu items like fried chicken strips.
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Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT.N), the top U.S. food maker, said on Tuesday its board increased the company's dividend by about 13.9 percent.
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McDonald's Corp. shares jumped to a six-year high yesterday after the world's largest fast-food chain raised its annual dividend 49 percent and said it expects to return more cash to shareholders over the next two 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&#39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said Monday that sales at its namesake hamburger restaurants open at least 13 months rose 6.1 percent in October, helped by a popular Monopoly game promotion in the United States.
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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&#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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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&#39;s Corp. said Wednesday worldwide sales at its namesake restaurants open at least 13 months rose 3.9 percent in August, helped by strong sales of new menu items, including fried chicken strips.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N said Monday  that sales at its namesake hamburger restaurants open at least  13 months rose 6.1 percent in October, helped by a popular  Monopoly game promotion in the United States.
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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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Investors gave new McDonald&#39;s Corp. Chief Executive Jim Skinner a vote of confidence Tuesday, driving the company&#39;s shares up 72 cents to $30.10, a 2.45 percent gain, the day after Charlie Bell resigned the top job.
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Men's Wearhouse Inc. on Wednesday raised its quarterly dividend by a penny to 6 cents per share and posted higher quarterly net income thanks to an extra week in the quarter, compared with a year earlier and a tax-related gain.
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McDonald's Corp.  on Friday posted its largest monthly comparable sales increase in more than three years, helped by the popularity of its small sandwiches in France and a big green ogre in the United States.