McDonald's pays shareholder bonanza
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Business & money: Fast food giant supersizes its dividend after reporting sales sizzling across the world.
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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 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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U.S. stocks were little changed on  Friday as disappointing earnings from McDonald's Corp. MCD.N  offset better-than-expected results from Microsoft Corp.  MSFT.O.
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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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McDonald&#39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday raised its annual dividend by 38 percent, a move the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalization.
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Private investment firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. yesterday said an affiliate has completed the acquisition of Boston Market Corp. from McDonald's Corp.
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McDonald's has agreed to pay $8.5  million to settle a lawsuit over artery-clogging trans fats in  its cooking oils, the company said on Friday.
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The fast-food giant gives investors a new spin on the dollar menu.
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LOS ANGELES: McDonald&#39;s Corp yesterday raised its annual dividend 38 per cent, a move the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalisation.
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McDonald's Corp.  said on  Friday it started an offer for shareholders to swap its stock  for Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.  shares, part of the  burger giant's plan to shed its remaining Chipotle stake.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after a Wall Street analyst said brokerage shares were undervalued and McDonald's Corp  raised its annual dividend by 50 percent.
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McDonald&#39;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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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&#039;s Corp.  on Monday  posted preliminary second-quarter earnings that topped  analysts&#039; expectations as June sales at stores open at least 13  months rose 5.9 percent.
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McDonald's Corp. posted its strongest quarterly results Tuesday since beginning a recovery more than three years ago, boosted by resurgent European restaurants that contributed to a 57 percent jump in profit.
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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.