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• McDonald’s announced that its first quarter net income was $979.5 million, up from $946.1 million during the same period a year ago. Q1 total sales were $5.08 billion, down from last year's $5.6 billion. , on global same-store sales that were up 4.3 percent and US same-store sales that were up 4.7 percent.
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