Yum Brands Inc

NYSE: YUM
$135.27
+$1.05 (+0.8%)
Closing Price on November 22, 2024

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Yum! Brands: How Little Things Bring a Company Down
courtesy of KFCThe value of the shares in Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) rose consistently over the past five years, until a few weeks ago they were up well over 100% for that period. The firm’s...
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Media Digest (2/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
thinkstockThe United States begins a lawsuit against McGraw Hills Companies Inc.’s (NYSE: MHP) S&P for its role in the mortgage-backed paper debacle. (Reuters) BP PLC’s (NYSE: BP)...
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Yum! Troubles in China Crush Forecast, Shares
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) closed down 3% ahead of earnings, mostly as investors wanted to get out out of the way ahead of the fast-food giant’s earnings. Now we have the earnings,...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- February 4, 2013: Markets Slump on Europe Mess (YHOO, MRK, GOOG, CVX, BRCM, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, APC, BIDU, EW, YUM, AGCO, AGN, ACI, ADM, ARMH, BP, ETN, EL, K, SIRI, BBRY, APKT, ORCL, MHP)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as concerns about European markets reared up again. The U.K.’s PMI came in lower than expected and consumer confidence was lower, sending equities...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- January 30, 2013: Markets Slide on GDP, Fed Stimulus (WBSN, JBLU, KBH, YUM, CSCO, AMZN, BRCM, RYL, RHI, BA, ADT, LLL, PSX, NOC, SO, CTXS, COP, EA, FB, JDSU, LVS, AET, MO, AN, CL, DNKN, MA, PHM, TWC, UPS, RIMM, CHK, VTUS)
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a depressing report on U.S. GDP growth, which turned out to be negative (more coverage here). Even a good jobs report from ADP couldn’t...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, MT, CSCO, GLNG, HOG, JBLU, KBH, LEN, OPEN, PLD, PFE, RMD, SAP, TPX, USB, WBSN, YUM)
Jon OggThese are this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) cut to Outperform at CLSA and maintained...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- January 17, 2013: Markets Open Higher and Continue Climbing (VVUS, YUM, ADTN, GLW, MDT, EBAY, KMP, BAC, BLK, C, PNC, UNH, AXP, COF, GE, JCI, MS, COL, SLB, STI, CBS, KSWS, LEAP)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report that new claims for unemployment benefits had fallen by 37,000 to a level not seen since 2008 (more coverage here). The government...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADTN, ALKS, CBS, CSCO, GLW, DCI, ERJ, INCY, JNPR, MJN, MDT, REGN, SAP, LUV, VVUS, YUM, ZLTQ)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St. research calls this Thursday: ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Sell at UBS but raised to...
Jon C. Ogg
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Media Digest (1/10/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
thinkstockMorgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) fires a number of bankers, which may be the start of a Wall St. trend. (Reuters) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it will set new rules to keep banks...
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Yum! Brands Learns About China the Hard Way
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) filed an 8-K with the SEC that drove down its share price. Problems with the Chinese government have hurt its sales: Due to adverse publicity associated...
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Starbucks Expands Its Footprint in Asia
courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) will open a store in Vietnam, and why not. The investment is tiny, if meant to determine whether the coffee shop chain can take a piece of the...
Trey Thoelcke
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What's Important in the Financial World (1/3/2013)
ThinkstockChina’s Service Sector In one more sign that China not only dodged the recession but has been largely unaffected by the economy of the rest of the world, its services sector expanded...
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BXP, CCL, DPZ, GPS, HBC, MRVL, FDO, JDSU, ORCL, FB, GM, YHOO, YUM)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Thursday. With this being the week of Christmas, analyst upgrades and downgrades are...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (A, AVY, BP, CONN, CFI, THO, ORCL, FB, GM, YHOO, YUM)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. With this being the week of Christmas, analyst upgrades and downgrades...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BAC, BX, COP, CORR, FB, GM, HBI, KLAC, NYX, NWSA, WAG, YHOO, YUM)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. With this being the week of Christmas, analyst upgrades and downgrades...
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