McDonald's starts Chipotle share exchange offer
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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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A group involving title insurer  Fidelity National Financial Inc  and several private  equity firms has emerged in the bidding for burger chain  Wendy&#39;s International Inc , the Wall Street Journal  reported on its Website on Thursday.
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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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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. (NYSE: MCD) plans to expand a test market of five types of deli-style sandwiches to Louisville and three other cities, according to reports.
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McDonald&#39;s investors yesterday shrugged off the resignation of Charlie Bell as chief executive, deciding the fast food giant&#39;s turnround would continue under its new leadership team, sending the shares ahead.
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Pancake restaurant IHOP Corp.  plans to buy Applebee's International Inc.  for $25.50 per share, the companies said on Monday.
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German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse is offering to manage its derivatives business Eurex from London as a sweetener to convince the London Stock Exchange of the advantages of a merger, according to a report in the Financial Times (FT).
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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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McDonald's Corp.  said on Friday November same-store sales at its hamburger restaurants 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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McDonald's Corp.  on Tuesday  said it will dispose of its remaining stake in Chipotle Mexican  Grill Inc.  by the end of October, and posted quarterly  profit in line with the preliminary figures it gave last week.
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The company that owns The Venetian megaresort and a hotel-casino in Macau is aiming at an initial public offering price of $21 a share, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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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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The fast food giant will reportedly turn to coffee to continue to boost its margins.
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McDonald's Corp. said on Wednesday  it is studying whether to require its chicken suppliers to use  a more humane slaughter method following a proposal by an  animal rights group that holds shares in the fast-food chain.
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McDonald's Corp , the world's  largest fast-food chain, plans to open 150 outlets in China in  2009, the company's top China executive said on Tuesday, as  competition heats up in the rapidly expanding market.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp. announced Wednesday it would launch later this year a new &quot;contactless&quot; payment option called MasterCard PayPass, which lets customers simply wave or tap the card to complete a quick transaction.