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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[McDonald's (MCD) third quarter earnings preview]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/16/mcdonalds-mcd-third-quarter-earnings-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/16/mcdonalds-mcd-third-quarter-earnings-preview/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/16/mcdonalds-mcd-third-quarter-earnings-preview/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/before-the-bell/" rel="tag">Before the Bell</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/mcd/" rel="tag">McDonald's (MCD)</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/03/mcdonalds_soda.jpg" alt="" />This Friday <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/mcdonald-s-corporation/mcd/nys">McDonald's Corporation</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/mcdonald-s-corporation/mcd/nys">MCD</a>) is going to be reporting its third quarter earnings, and expectations are high for the fast food giant. As <a href="http://bloggingstocks.com/">BloggingStocks</a>' own <a href="http://mcd.bloggingstocks.com/bloggers/melly-alazraki">Melly Alazraki</a> discussed last week, McDonald's is riding high after posting <a href="http://mcd.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/12/mcdonalds-mcd-will-beat-expectations-as-september-sales-grow/">very strong September same store sales</a>, leading Mrs. Alazraki to believe the company is due to blow away its earnings this Friday.<br /><br />Analysts are expecting to see the company show earnings of 81 cents a share, but the company has forecast that it will exceed this estimate and report 83 cents a share. <br /><br /><em>MarketWatch</em> is also expecting to see strong numbers this Friday morning. In its <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/expect-another-red-hot-quarter-mcdonalds/story.aspx?guid=%7BB32A0569%2D491C%2D455E%2DBA8C%2DD163D2099B3F%7D&amp;siteid=aolpfaolpf1">earnings outlook</a> MarketWatch advised its readers to expect a "another red hot" quarterly report, citing the fact that the company had released so much positive news last week in its September sales report.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/16/mcdonalds-mcd-third-quarter-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>McDonald's (MCD) third quarter earnings preview</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/16/mcdonalds-mcd-third-quarter-earnings-preview/">McDonald's (MCD) third quarter earnings preview</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:27:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/16/mcdonalds-mcd-third-quarter-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1014752/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/10/16/mcdonalds-mcd-third-quarter-earnings-preview/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>earnings releases</category><category>EarningsReleases</category><category>MCD</category><category>McDonald's</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:27:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
