McDonald's Japan Turns '04 Profit
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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.  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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Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said it had swung to an annual net profit of 1.18 trillion yen (10.48 billion dollars) from a big loss a year earlier as bad debts shrank and an economic recovery picked up.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday raised its annual dividend 38 percent, a move the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalization.
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Japan recorded a 4.4bn yen trade surplus in January, figures show, helped by lower oil prices.
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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  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.  said on Monday it expects to report quarterly earnings of 71 cents per share before costs related to the sale of businesses in Latin America, above Wall Street expectations.
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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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Profits triple at McDonald's Japan after the fast-food chain starts selling larger burgers.
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McDonald's Corp. rode strong U.S. sales to a 42 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, its fifth straight quarter of increased profits since snapping out of a slump last year.
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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 the   world's largest restaurant companies push to return more cash   to shareholders.
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan&#39;s biggest bank by assets, raised its full-year profit forecast 64 percent to 720 billion yen ($6.9 billion) after winning a legal ruling to recover taxes paid in 1996.
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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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The company said quarterly net profit jumped to 73.7 billion yen, or $646.7 million, as sales of digital cameras, televisions and other electronics more than offset losses at its video-games unit.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp has raised its annual dividend 38 per cent to 55 US cents from 40 cents, with the total payout worth nearly $US690 million ($A993.