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Yum! Brands Earnings Preview: Signs of a Turnaround? (YUM)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 7:32am | 727Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which is slowly recovering from last December's KFC chicken scare and subsequent avian flu fears in China, is scheduled to report its second-quarter results Wednesday, July 10, after the markets close. Yum! Brands makes much of its revenue in China, and investors have...
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Obamacare May Cost Far Less than Businesses Thought
Monday, April 1, 2013 - 7:24am | 576The tide may be changing when it comes to the attitude of restaurant owners and other retailers about the costs associated with the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Also known as Obamacare, the law included a mandate that employers with 50 or more employees offer health care insurance to...
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Yum! Brands Earnings Preview: China Still in Focus
Saturday, February 2, 2013 - 4:16pm | 732Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which is facing lawsuits related to its KFC brand in China, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and 2012 results Monday, February 4, after the markets close. Yum! Brands makes much of its revenue in China, so investors will be keeping a close eye on developments there...
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BlackRock, Cracker Barrel and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 1:39pm | 931Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Three Alternatives to McDonald's
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 4:46pm | 588McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) surprised investors Wednesday morning with its announcement that its same-store sales were weak in July. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all looked like they might close lower, but only the Nasdaq did. All because same-store sales at the golden arches fell 0.1 percent...
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Three Alternatives to Buffalo Wild Wings
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 5:38pm | 574Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NASDAQ: CMG), both darlings in their industry, have plunged. Buffalo Wild Wings was down more than 10 percent at the close of Wednesday's session, following a disappointing earnings report late Tuesday, and was more than 17...
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Papa John's, US Airways and Other Top Performers in May
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 7:12am | 974Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing service sector stocks in May. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million and their share prices are all more than 15% higher than 30 days ago. AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) shares are trading more than 45% higher year to date...