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To: Smiling Bob who wrote (8197)	5/9/2005 1:56:45 PM
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MCD -30.10 ask - still a buy lt McDonald's same-store sales up 2.8% By Dan Burrows, MarketWatch Last Update: 1:14 PM ET May 9, 2005 E-mail it \| Print \| Alert \| Reprint \| NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- McDonald's Corp. said Monday that April same-store sales, or sales generated at restaurants open at least a year, rose 2.8% globally and 4.7% in the U.S. Free! Sign up here to receive our SiteWatcher e-Newsletter! TRADING CENTER Get 100 Commission-Free Trades> INFORMATION FOR MCD: Create an alert for MCD Add MCD to my portfolio More cool charts on MCD Discuss MCD NEWS FOR MCD U.S. stocks in modest advance McDonald's same-store sales rise 2.8% Highlights of rising and falling U.S. stocks More news for MCD TRACK THESE TOPICS My Portfolio Alerts Company: McDonald's Corporation Add Create Get breaking news sent directly to your in-box Create a Portfolio \| Create an Alert McDonald's (MCD: news, chart, profile) net sales advanced 6.7% for the month, or 2.8% excluding currency benefits. The Oak Brook, Ill., fast-food giant said same-store sales in Europe dipped 0.7% against a 5% increase in the year-earlier period. The shift of the Easter and related school holidays into March from April last year hampered results, the company said. "We also continue to face a challenging operating environment in Germany and the United Kingdom," said Chief Executive Jim Skinner, in a statement. Same-store sales in the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa operations grew 1.6%, as strength in Australia, Japan and Taiwan partially offset weakness in China, the company said. McDonald's, a Dow Industrials component, saw its stock add 61 cents, or 2.1%, to $29.99 in recent trading.