McDonald's net up but same-store sales flat
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McDonald's Corp , the world's largest restaurant chain operator, on Monday posted flat U.S. same-store sales in December, sending its shares down 5 percent, even as it said quarterly profit rose due to a tax benefit.
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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.  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.
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No. 2 fast-food company reports strong international results, but U.S. sales are going nowhere fast.
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McDonaldâs Corp. third-quarter earnings rose a higher-than-expected 42 percent on a preliminary basis, the worldâs largest restaurant chain said on Wednesday, citing strong sales in the United States and a lower tax rate.
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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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McDonald's Corp.  on Friday posted its largest monthly comparable-store sales increase in more than three years, helped by the popularity of its small sandwiches in France and a big green ogre called Shrek in the United States.
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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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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 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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U.S. stocks looked to open higher on  Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. MCD.N said  third-quarter  earnings rose sharply, while quarterly reports from Intel Corp.  INTC.O and Yahoo Inc. YHOO.O pleased Wall Street and lifted  technology shares.
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Stocks were flat on Friday after  reports showed U.S. economic growth in the second quarter  matched economists' forecasts and consumer sentiment picked up  above expectations in late August.
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McDonald's Corp.  said on Monday it expects to report quarterly earnings before items above Wall Street estimates on its strongest quarterly sales in three years.
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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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Sales rise, but earnings and margins are on the fritz.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said sales at its namesake restaurants open at least 13 months rose 4.2 percent in November as US results were boosted by an &quot;Incredibles&quot; Happy Meal tie-in.
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CHICAGO - McDonald's Corp. said Wednesday its third-quarter profits will come in well above Wall Street estimates, reflecting a sales resurgence in its U.S...