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With global fast food giant McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) reeling from slumping global sales, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is showing no signs of stopping its push into McDonalds’ territory. Breakfast Battleground Yum’s Taco Bell launched its breakfast menu in March 2014...

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has a new commercial out for Taco Bell that depicts a dystopian society where everyone is forced to eat "the same breakfast" every day. The commercial doesn't specifically single out McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) by name but the similarities...

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) fell drastically after the company announced cutting its profit forecast for the year 2014. In notes to clients, the company informed shareholders that its EPS will rise by a mid-single-digit percentage (excluding some items), which is significantly lower than the...

Borrowing a page from the Willy Wonka playbook, Yum! Brands’ (NYSE: YUM) Taco Bell launched a campaign last week in which anyone who found one of 11 special “Everlasting Dollars” would win a lifetime of free Taco Bell. Taco Bell The prize, actually a $10,000 Taco Bell gift...

Most people know fast-food restaurants by their slogans – past and present. For McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), it's likely, “I’m lovin’ it.” KFC, which used to be called Kentucky Fried Chicken, immediately brings to mind, “Finger lickin’ good....

Despite what many people think, fast food restaurant chains do pay attention to customer requests to bring back old favorites. When they comply, sometimes it’s only for a short while, or in limited locations, or in a “reinvented” form that barely resembles the original. Here...

If you live in (or are visiting) Florida between now and August 29, McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) would like to see you –- but only briefly. The company is running a promotion during which customers are given a timer when they pay for their order. If it takes more than one minute to...

U.S. stocks declined as tensions continue to mount in Ukraine. Russia requested an emergency session with the United Nations Security Council over a recent operation conducted by Ukraine where at least seven people were killed in the town of Slavyansk. Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will report its first quarter results on Tuesday after the closing bell. Analysts are expecting the fast-food chain operator to earn $0.85 per share on revenue of $2.80 billion. The last time Yum! Brands reported its earnings was on February 3 when the company earned $0.70...

As McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Taco Bell (NYSE: YUM) fight over the very lucrative fast-food breakfast market, they might want to watch their backs – Jack in the Box (NASDAQ: JACK) is gaining on them. The San Diego-based company operates more than 2,250 Jack in the Box outlets in 21 states. Its...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) continues to pit its Taco Bell brand against McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) in the breakfast arena for one good reason – market share. McDonald’s owns 31 percent of the almost $32 billion early morning space, according to Technomic, and Taco Bell said it...

As if Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) Taco Bell trying to muscle in on breakfast wasn’t enough, traditional rival, Burger King (NYSE: BKW) has entered the ring and is stealing customers from McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) in the U.S. So said Brian Sozzi of Belus Capital Advisors on Jim Cramer's The Street...