Sales at U.S. stores open at least 13 months fell 0.7 percent and climbed 4.3 percent in Europe, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said today in a statement. Sales in Asia, the Middle East and Africa also rose 4.3 percent. McDonald’s introduced a $1 breakfast menu last month in the U.S.

The gauge climbed to 89.3, the highest level in 16 months, from 88 in December, the Washington-based organization said today. The advance left the measure close to the 2009 low of 81 reached in March, which was second only to a 1980 reading as the lowest on record. “The good news was less

The euro strengthened 0.6 percent against the dollar at 7:28 a.m. in New York, snapping four days of declines, and ended a three-day drop against the yen. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index added 1 percent after falling 6.1 percent in the past three sessions. Futures on the Standard & Poor

Miner correction . . . the thoughts of chairman Palmer. Illustration: John Shakespeare The chairwoman of China Power International Development, Li Xiaolin , is someone who likes to either compartmentalise her life or someone with a memory problem. On Saturday, the daughter of