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The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all closed up less than 1% yesterday, but plenty of stocks rose to 52-week highs in the trading session. Among them were Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which reached multiyear highs of $47.28 and $60.45 per share, respectively. Starbucks' new...

Though the calendar page has turned, things will be fairly quiet again this week on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on October 10, followed shortly thereafter by PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM). This...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will be reporting its second-quarter 2011 results Wednesday, July 13, after the markets close. Investors will be watching to see if analysts are correct that growth in China and emerging markets will offset recent struggles at the company's Taco Bell unit. Analysts are...