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Closing Bell for Friday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Maintain Gains All Day

McDonald's Brings Rice Recipes to China

Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

McDonald's Menu, Value Pricing Not Helping Sales

Another Bad Meat Problem for Yum! Brands in China

KFC's China Sales Hit Hard by Bird Flu Outbreak

Yum Brands says a new strain of flu is hurting its KFC sales in China, putting added pressure on its efforts to recover from an earlier controversy over its chicken suppliers.

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 13, 2013: Markets Hold On for Small Gains (BA, ORCL, WAG, YUM, EPB, DOLE, COOL, PPHM, EXPR, BFAM, MW, VRA, LODE, SOL, SPPI, VLO, EBAY)

Wall St. Magically Thinks Yum! Brands' China Woes Are History

DJIA Stocks That Could Kill the Rally

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 26, 2013: Markets Show a Little Enthusiasm (ADM, LULU, SNDK, YUM, IP, VVUS, HFC, HD, M, MSO, RSH, SKS, TSL, AWK, EIX, PCLN, FSLR, RRC, WFT, DLTR, JOY, SWC, TGT)

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARO, MO, ADM, ATML, CL, CVRR, DNDN, IGT, IP, NKE, LULU, LOW, LSI, OKS, SNDK, TEF, TPH, YUM, CQP, LNG)

UBS Adds Five New Stocks to Its Quality-GARP Buy List (AMP, CVS, ORLY, VFC, YUM)

Retail, Fast Food Stocks Stung by Obama's Minimum Wage Push

President Obama's State of the Union proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour has the retail industry on edge and fast food stocks struggling.

Taco Bell Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco Coming March 7

It's official: Taco Bell's much-anticipated Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco -- culinary sequel to the fast food chain's hugely popular nacho-flavored Doritos Locos Taco -- will launch on March 7.

Twenty Sinful Companies to Give Up for Lent

PepsiCo Introduces a Mountain Dew Breakfast Drink

If you don't like coffee or tea, PepsiCo has a new breakfast drink that might perk you up. Kickstart has Mountain Dew flavor but is made with 5 percent juice and Vitamins B and C, along with an extra jolt of caffeine.

Sales Continue Slide at McDonald's

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 5, 2013: Markets Recover from Yesterday's Slump (CLWR, M, SWC, DRI, UNH, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, APC, BIDU, EW, YUM, AGCO, AGN, ACI, ADM, ARMH, BP, ETN, EL, SIRI, K, CMG, EXPE, GNW, TTWO, DIS, ZNGA,

Yum! Brands: How Little Things Bring a Company Down

Media Digest (2/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Yum! Troubles in China Crush Forecast, Shares

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)

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)

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, MT, CSCO, GLNG, HOG, JBLU, KBH, LEN, OPEN, PLD, PFE, RMD, SAP, TPX, USB, WBSN, YUM)

Don't Give Up On This Yummy Stock

The market wasn't overly impressed with Yum! Brands' quarterly report on Tuesday night. The company that watches over Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut has seen domestic business fall by 2% to 3% at each of its three chains. But Yum! fared substantially better in China, with its popular KFC scoring a whopping 19% spike in comps.

Food Fight: Why KFC Is Leaving Fiji

Kentucky Fried Chicken says it is shutting down its fryers for good in Fiji, saying the government compromised its so-called famous blend of 11 herbs and spices by stopping KFC from importing key ingredients. Fiji says that's just an excuse.

Food Stamps For Fast Food? Yum, Say Restaurants

Government Steps Up Attack on Fatty Foods Marketed to Kids

Face-Off on Stocks: McDonald's, Yum, Wendy's/Arby's

Fast-food restaurants appear to have put the worst of the downturn behind them, but new industrywide challenges have emerged for 2011. That got us wondering if there's fast money to be made in fast-food stocks -- or if shares are too hard to swallow at current levels. [Video]

Week Ahead: Alcoa and others kick of a new earnings season

Alcoa, Marriott and Yum! Brands to kick off the third-quarter earnings season with modest earnings growth, while jobs numbers could be mixed.