China is a tough space for McDonald's, which lags behind rival Yum! Foods' 5.2% market share with just 2%. McDonald's has publicly said it is not trying to beat Yum! Foods' reach, and is instead focusing on improving the quality of its menu. It's pro

Yum! Brands is trading near all-time highs after an analyst upgrade and encouraging same-store sales numbers in China. Does that make YUM stock a buy?

The tide is turning for Yum Brands in China, and margin expansion could lead to EPS growth of about 20% over the next few years, according to UBS.  While the parent of KFC and Pizza Hut seems to have engaged in an aggressive growth strategy ahea

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June 11 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported on Tuesday an estimated 19 percent drop in May sales at established restaurants in China, a smaller decline than in April when sales plunged due to the country's bird flu outbreak.

June 11 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported on Tuesday an estimated 19 percent drop in May sales at established restaurants in China - a smaller decline than in April when sales plunged due to the country's bird flu outbreak.

Telecoms led the way as the S&P 500 ticked up 0.3 per cent to 1,613.13, having inched back down toward the support level of 1,600 in recent sessions

Traders in Yum! (NYSE: YUM) are attributing upside in the stock Thursday morning to some bullish comments coming out of research firm OTR Global.

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Yum! appears to continue to see struggles in China, question is; is there any end in sight?

May 10 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported on Friday an estimated 29 percent drop in April salesat established restaurants in China, where a bird flu outbreakis pummeling sales that were recovering from an earlier foodsafety scare.

May 10 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported on Friday an estimated 29 percent drop in April sales at established restaurants in China, where a bird flu outbreak is pummeling sales that were recovering from an earlier food safety scare.

May 10 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported on Friday an estimated 29 percent drop in April sales at established restaurants in China, where a bird flu outbreak is pummeling sales that were recovering from an earlier food safety scare.

Shanghai's food safety watchdogs cleared Yum Brands after earlier naming the U.S. company as a recipient of questionable meat from a wholesale food supplier.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc , the largest foreign fast-food chain in China, is strengthening its media strategy in the country in a bid to win back customer loyalty after a series of food scares that decimated sales this year.

Yum Brands Inc , the largest foreign fast-food chain in China, is strengthening its media strategy in the country in a bid to win back customer loyalty after a series of food scares that decimated sales this year.

SHANGHAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc, thelargest foreign fast-food chain in China, is strengthening itsmedia strategy in the country in a bid to win back customerloyalty after a series of food scares that decimated sales thisyear.

Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII), the nation's largest rent-to-own operator, announced today that Steven L. Pepper has been named to its Board of Directors. In 2011, Mr. Pepper retired as President of Yum Brands Mexico, a position he had held since 2001.

The fast-food franchise owner has reeled from one PR disaster to another in China. How the company can bounce back.

SHANGHAI, May 6 (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc on Mondaysaid its roughly 450 Little Sheep hot pot restaurants in Chinaare not involved in a fake mutton scandal that is the latesttainted food saga to...

Chinese authorities are trying to get a handle on the unfortunate rat being sold as mutton situation, and it seems Yum Brands is linked to a wholesaler accused of selling mislabeled mutton. Shanghai food safety inspectors and police teamed up to raid

Shanghai authorities say they are investigating meat that lacked labeling from a wholesaler that supplies mutton to a restaurant chain owned by Yum Brands.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities are testing mislabeled mutton from a wholesaler a government website said supplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast food firm Yum Brands Inc, the latest safety scare to taint China's food indus

Shanghai authorities are testing mislabeled mutton from a wholesaler a government website said supplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast food firm Yum Brands Inc, the latest safety scare to taint China's food industry.

SHANGHAI, May 6 (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities are testingmislabelled mutton from a wholesaler a government website saidsupplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast foodfirm Yum...

SHANGHAI, May 6 (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities are testing mislabelled mutton from a wholesaler a government website said supplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast food firm Yum Brands Inc, the latest safety scare to taint China's fo

The company saw double-digit drops in sales and comps for its Chinese restaurants, but never fear. The U.S. and other regions are providing plenty of growth to keep Yum! moving forward.

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(Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc expects sales at its KFC restaurants in China to recover by the end of the year and fears surrounding a bird flu outbreak to be short-lived, company executives told analysts during a conference call.

KFC parent Yum Brands Incexpects sales at its KFC restaurants in China to recover by the end of the year and fears surrounding a bird flu outbreak to be short-lived, company executives told analysts during a conference call.

April 24 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc expects sales at its KFC restaurants in China to recover by the end of the year and fears surrounding a bird flu outbreak to be short-lived, company executives told analysts during a conference call.

April 24 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc expects sales at its KFC restaurants in China to recover by theend of the year and fears surrounding a bird flu outbreak to beshort-lived, company executives told analysts during aconference call.

Markets remain muted so far in the wake of Boeing's beat, AT&T's miss, Yum's yummy results and Apple's uninspiring guidance.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stock futures were pointing to a fourth day of gains for the S&P 500 Tuesday as investors anticipated earnings from Boeing and Procter & Gamble. Yum Brands was popping 3.68% to $66.51 in premarket trading after the owner of KF

Yum Brands reported a 41% on-year fall in operating profit at its China division,as two food safety crises in quick succession act as a reminder that operating in China's fast-food sector is a risky business.

Yum Brands just can't shake off its China troubles.

HONG KONG, April 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start slightly higher on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street gains following positive quarterly earnings reports from companies such as Apple Inc and Yum Brands.

HONG KONG, April 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start slightly higher on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street gains following positive quarterly earnings reports from companies such as Apple Inc and Yum Brands.

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), the operator of quick casual restaurant concepts KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, reported a steep drop in its fiscal first-quarter earnings results on Tuesday after the closing bell.