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To: somethingwicked who wrote (137)	6/29/1998 1:41:00 PM
From: Investor2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 288

Re: "Any readers out there!" There are very few followers of the MCD thread. MCD is just too boring for the average SI poster. quote.yahoo.com As shown on the above link, MCD just seems to plod along, steadily beating the S&P 500 year after year. What fun is following a boring stock like MCD? Re: "What do you know about possible board of directors meeting rumored to be around the 2nd week of July? Topic of a stock split?" I don't have any inside information about the meeting you reference. However, MCD has a long history of stock splits when the price reaches current levels, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a split soon. There's another example of how boring MCD is - you know it is going to split every few years (and raise dividends, as well) - it's a given. Where's the excitement in that??? Best wishes, I2

To: somethingwicked who wrote (137)	7/6/1998 7:31:00 PM
From: JEFF CHAPMAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 288

NEWS FLASH:: (COMTEX) MCDONALD'S CREDIT CARD ATTRACTS 7,000 APPLICANTS IN JAPAN MCDONALD'S CREDIT CARD ATTRACTS 7,000 APPLICANTS IN JAPAN TOKYO, July 6 (Asia Pulse via COMTEX) -- More than 7,000 women applied to receive McJoy Club credit cards offered by McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. in the 10 days since June 20, when Japan's leading hamburger restaurant chain started issuing a card exclusively for female customers. The company expects to issue 30,000 cards in the first two months, given the faster-than-expected application pace. The restaurant chain originally expected to issue 30,000 cards in the first year. The annual fee for the credit cards, which is offered in conjunction with JCB Co., Visa International Inc. or MasterCard International Inc., is covered by McDonald's (Japan). The company offers cardholders special discounts for McDonald's products as well as classes such as flower arrangement. Cards issued in conjunction with JCB account for 45.3% of all issuance so far, those with Visa for 25% and with MasterCard 29.7%. (Nikkei) -0- (C) 1998 Asia Pulse Pte Ltd * end of story * BTW, I got this story from mytrack.com's software which is free and can be downloaded here: mytrack.com If you do sign up for this (you get Comtex newswires around the clock on markets around the world plus Marketguide reports for free, with news/quotes/ticker in 'pushed' streaming format, contests and chat), please put 'Muthavugah' in the referred by field...