Tim Hortons Inc

Tim Hortons Inc. said Tuesday that it will buy back up to 1.27 million of its shares as part of a private agreement with an unnamed third party. The restaurant chain, based in Canada, sells coffee, sandwiches and doughnuts at its chain of roughly 4,288 sites in North America.

TORONTO, May 9- Tim Hortons Inc is likely to raise its debt levels and buy back shares but not to the extent that an activist investor is pushing for, Paul House, chief executive of the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain, said on Thursday.

TORONTO, May 9- Tim Hortons Inc is likely to raise its debt levels and buy back shares, but the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain is not about to take on as much debt as an activist investor is pushing for, Chief Executive Paul House said on Thursday.

May 9- Canadian Tire Corp, best-known for its namesake automotive and homeware stores, said it plans to create a C $3.5 billion real estate investment trust through an initial public offering in the fall of 2013..

TORONTO, May 8- Tim Hortons Inc named a long-time Nestle executive as its new chief on Wednesday, a job that will be no easy task given drooping demand at the Canadian coffee and doughnut chain and a push by a U.S. hedge fund for better returns.

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TORONTO, May 8- Tim Hortons Inc named a long-time Nestle executive as its new chief executive on Wednesday, a job that comes with tall tasks given drooping demand at the Canadian coffee and donut chain and a U.S. hedge fund pushing for better returns.

*Wendy's Q1 restaurant sales fall short, loses ground on "value". *Taco Bell promotes $1 food deals.

TORONTO, May 8- Tim Hortons Inc, which is under pressure from a U.S. hedge fund seeking better returns, named a new chief executive on Wednesday and reported a 3 percent fall in first-quarter profit.

TORONTO, May 8- Tim Hortons Inc, under pressure from a U.S. hedge fund seeking better returns, named a new chief executive on Wednesday as it reported a 3 percent fall in first-quarter profit.

May 2- Tim Hortons Inc:. *BMO raises target price to C $57 from C $53; rating market perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

LONDON, May 2- Cocoa futures on Liffe hit a five-month peak on Thursday, as dealers expected higher prices to trigger origin sales, while sugar was little changed. *July cocoa on ICE was down $1 at $2,414 a tonne, just below the five-month high of $2,421 hit the previous session.

*Fund wants Tim Hortons to create REIT for property assets. TORONTO/ NEW YORK, May 1- Highfields Capital, a U.S. hedge fund agitating for change at Tim Hortons Inc, may have a hard time convincing institutional investors that the chain that says it sells eight out of every 10 cups of coffee in Canada needs a wake-up call.

*Talisman, Cameco decline after earnings reports. *Tim Hortons jumps 4 percent after investor turns activist. TORONTO, May 1- Canada's main stock index fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday, hurt by sluggish economic data from China that yanked commodity prices lower and by weak earnings reports from some of the country's biggest companies.

May 1- Tim Hortons Inc:. *Highfields capital statement on news reports on Tim Hortons Inc. *Highfields capital- currently hold 6.1 million shares of Tim Hortons Inc or.

*Fund wants Tim Hortons to create REIT for property assets. TORONTO/ NEW YORK, May 1- Highfields Capital, a U.S. hedge fund agitating for change at coffee shop chain Tim Hortons Inc, faces a difficult task in trying to persuade long-term institutional investors of the merits of its plan to shake up the Canadian company.

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