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McDonald's sees Jan same-store sales up

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:41pm EST

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) expects sales to rise 1.5 percent in January at U.S. restaurants open at least 13 months, with the sluggish U.S. economy cutting into

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sales, Chief Executive Jim Skinner said on Monday.

The company estimates that the current U.S. economic environment would cut same-store sales by 1 percentage point to 2 percentage points, Skinner said during a conference call with analysts.

He also forecast an 8 percent to 9 percent increase in same-store sales in Europe for January and forecast a 6 percent to 7 percent increase forecast for the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa region.

(Reporting by Brad Dorfman, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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