McDonald&#39;s 3rd-quarter earnings rise
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McDonald&#39;s (MCD) third-quarter earnings rose a higher-than-expected 42% on a preliminary basis, the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said Wednesday, citing strong sales in the United States and a lower tax rate.
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McDonald's Japan, the nation's largest  fast-food chain, said on Thursday it returned to profit in the  year ended Dec. 31, thanks to sizzling sales and restructuring,  and forecast a further rise in 2005.
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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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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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Shares of McDonald&#39;s Corp. rose about 1.5 percent Tuesday as investors bet that the turnover in the restaurant chain&#39;s top post announced late Monday would not interrupt the progress of a nearly two-year-old turnaround.
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McDonald's Corp.  said on Friday it generated &#36;3.9 billion in cash from its operations in 2004 due to a strong performance from its restaurants open for at least a year.
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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.  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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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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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.
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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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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&#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 on Friday  said quarterly earnings 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 chain.
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OAK BROOK, Ill. Oak Brook-based McDonald&#39;s is reporting a solid four-point-two percent gain in worldwide comparable sales for November and a 20th straight monthly increase for its US business.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as positive analyst comments helped the financial sector and McDonald's Corp.  raised its annual dividend by 50 percent.
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3M Co. MMM.N on Monday said  third-quarter earnings rose 17 percent due in part to the weak  dollar, but the diversified manufacturer's results came in  below Wall Street's estimates for the first time in at least  seven quarters.