McDonalds (MCD), t he franchise food chain, is planning to buyback about 10% of its shares outstanding in a strategy to stabilize MCD shares at a time of flat profits and slowing fast-food revenues in soft economies round the globe.
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Among the largest underlying components of IOO, in trading today Mcdonalds Corporation ( MCD) is off about 0.6%, and Hewlett Packard Company ( HPQ) is lower by about 1%.
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Despite this, and a one-point ratings upgrade, MCD is still set to open in neutral territory when trading begins on Friday.
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Additionally social consumer engagement also took a turn for the better for McD at a rise of 5 points in a single quarter.
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McDonald 's ( MCD - news - people ) in 2010 and with that comes back for the third year.
Before that, a sell-off that sent MCD lower for five out of six sessions in mid-February anticipated a move higher of more than 2%, as the stock finished higher for the next five consecutive days.
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In other news, McDonald 's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) appointed veteran executive Patrick Donahue as chairman and chief executive of Japan's McDonald's Holdings .
Even what seems thin may be fat: McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) latest line in healthy-looking salads may contain more fat than its hamburgers, according to a Reuters report, citing information on the company's Web site.
In recent years, there have been lawsuits in the U.S. against McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), which have been candy for late-night comedians, but which have gotten nowhere in court.
Kindler, who before becoming Pfizer's chief counsel spent years at McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), might have brought in an outsider to shake things up and encourage investors that the laboratories are on the right track.
My bet is MCD management owns a ton of CMG, and would poach the model in a minute if they could.
Before becoming Pfizer's chief lawyer in 2002, he was general counsel at McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), where he'd been entrusted with turning around the Boston Market chain.
Under some of the proposals being floated in the United Kingdom, fast-food giant McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) would face a ban on its sponsorship of the England football team, as would Pepsi-Cola (nyse: PEP - news - people ), its co-sponsor.
And in an "enlightened move" the city council entered into a section 106 agreement with developer MCD to save the theatre, he said.
But a class action against McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) on behalf of overweight kids is pending in U.S. district court--and is scaring the bejesus out of the food industry.
In a move that can be seen as desperate, McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) and Burger King keep extending those 99-cent add-ons in the U.S. in an attempt to boost sales.
His father founded the company in the 1960s, striking it rich with styrofoam containers for eggs and McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) Big Macs.
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