Dividend news lifts McDonald's shares
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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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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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U.S. stocks opened higher on  Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. said third-quarter earnings rose  sharply and quarterly reports from Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc.  pleased Wall Street, lifting technology shares.
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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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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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NEW YORK - Investors welcomed a sharp dip in oil prices and positive earnings news from Intel Corp. and McDonald's Corp...
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McDonald's Corp.  on Friday said November sales at hamburger restaurants open at least 13 months rose 6.2 percent, boosting the company's shares to a seven-year high, as Snack Wraps, premium coffee and family game promotions attracted customers.
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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'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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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Tuesday  reported quarterly earnings that were 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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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 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&#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&#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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Switching focus to a new menu helped boost sales and earnings at McDonald's, the fast food giant says.
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U.S. stock indexes rose on Monday as takeover news and strong profits from blue-chip companies, including Merck & Co. , reassured investors after Friday's sell-off.
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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.