. >>> later black rock president rob kapito.tching cnbc first in business worldwide. >> wrik don say it will not spin off its real estate assets. shares more or less unchanged on that. let's bring in jonathan maze, he is finance editor at nations editors news and steve schaeffer. jonathan, right move for them not to go the real estate pin off route? >> i think that depends on -- you know, the real estate issue is a really complicated matter for mcdonald's. with the irs, you know, with the irs really questioning these things right now, i think it was too much of a risk for them at this particular point. >> that's true, they have -- the irs has indicated a little skepticism about pursuing these deals. steve, we have a dividend increase. a lot of moves on the financial engineering, if you will, side of things, but frankly mean while it's a lot of the new breakfast items and the menu that's getting the attention here. are both of these things going to increase shareholders' desire to invest with this company? >> well, i certainly th