Yum Brands Inc
NYSE: YUM
$129.71
-$1.38 (-1.1%)
Closing Price on September 20, 2024
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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following a lowered forecast on global economic growth from the International Monetary Fund (more coverage here). In Asia, Japanese...
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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning as banks and bond markets were closed in the U.S. The World Bank cut its forecast for Chinese economic growth in 2012 to 7.7% and its...
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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the Department of Labor’s report that headline unemployment in the U.S. fell to 7.8%, the lowest reading since January 2009...
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We have already seen waves of tempered guidance from many of America’s largest companies. Other companies have not said a word about their outlooks. What matters is that this coming week marks the...
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The real trouble for U.S. companies that operate abroad is supposedly sales in the European Union. Legions of public corporations with significant portions of their revenue from the region will...
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Worker productivity is among the most critical measurements used when evaluating businesses and national economies. One way to measure productivity is sales per employee. Companies that can achieve...
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McDonald’s Corp.’s (NYSE: MCD) board of directors approved a 10% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend on common stock, to 77 cents a share. The new dividend is payable Dec. 17 to...
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Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), which owns KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell stores, today raised its quarterly dividend from $0.285 to $0.335, an annual hike of about 18%. The annual dividend rate rises...
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McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) has decided to allow consumers to make more healthy decisions, or at least less unhealthy decisions. The company announced today that McDonald’s USA will start as...
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It was just on Monday that we released the 24/7 Wall St. “12 Big Dividend Hikes Coming Before The End of 2012” and we already have one of the twelve coming true. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO)...
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Most investors have discovered that earning less than 1% per year in short-term Treasuries or even less than 2% out in the 10-year Treasury is no fun. Longer-dated Treasury bonds also are proving...
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A stronger U.S. dollar bit into both the top and bottom lines at McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) in this morning’s second-quarter earnings report. The company reported earnings per share (EPS) of...
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The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors continue to hope for more central bank stimulation in weakening global economy. These investors are probably right that...
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The three major US stock indexes opened modestly lower this morning as there was little news out of Europe and Asian markets closed mixed. Traders were waiting to hear more from Fed Chairman Bernanke...
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Wednesday is going to mark yet another important day for the early wave of key earnings for this earnings season. The second quarter became more challenging for many companies as we noted about so...
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