McDonald's to return at least $10 bln to holders

CHICAGO, Nov 15 (Reuters) McDonald's Corp, the world's largest hamburger chain, expects to return at least 10 billion dollars in cash to shareholders from 2006 through 2008, the company's chief financial officer today said.

CFO Matthew Paull, speaking to investors at a conference, also said that McDonald's still expects to spend 1.8 billion dollar on capital expenditures in 2006. The company plans to spend 1.8 billion dollar to 1.9 billion dollar on capital expenditures in 2007, Paull said.

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