Yum Earnings Beat View, Raises Forecast
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Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc.  YUM.N on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected rise in  quarterly earnings, helped by a lower tax rate, and raised its  2005 outlook due in part to its booming KFC business in China.
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The company reported net profit of $526 million on higher sales of agricultural and nutritional products in Latin America and it lifted its full-year outlook.
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Yum Brands (YUM) reported third-quarter earnings Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations by a penny. The fast-food mogul also upped its full-year profit forecast by two cents, citing robust results from its KFC chain in China.
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Yum!'s international growth, coupled with its dividend growth and share repurchases, make it appetizing.
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Stock index futures indicated a  slightly higher market open on Thursday after Costco Wholesale  Corp.  posted stronger-than-expected sales in one of  the first monthly reports from the struggling retail sector.
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Web search leader Google (GOOG) Thursday posted a rise in quarterly profit that beat expectations and showed the company dodged the slowing growth trend that has hurt rivals Yahoo and eBay.
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Kellogg Co. (K), the world&#39;s largest cereal maker, on Monday reported a quarterly profit that exceeded Wall Street estimates and raised its full-year earnings outlook, helped by strong sales of new products.
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Kroger Co , the largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday posted a greater-than-expected 28 percent increase in quarterly profit and raised its full-year forecast, sending its shares up nearly 7 percent.
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Hormel Foods Corporation posted a higher quarterly profit and gave a forecast for current-quarter earnings that was higher than analystsÂ estimates.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Fast-food giant Yum Brandsreported a 13 percent gain in third-quarter earnings today. The company says surging international sales and a turnaround at its KFC chicken restaurants were responsible.
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Kellogg Co. K.N on Monday said  quarterly profit rose a better than expected 7 percent, as the  world's largest cereal maker was helped by strong sales of new  products and a weaker U.S. dollar.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed higher on Wednesday after Dell Inc.  reported better-than-expected earnings, setting the stage for gains by technology shares a day before the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Despite a slight seasonal dip, the software maker surpasses earnings expectations, as year-over-year growth comes in strong.
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Yum Brands Inc.  on Wednesday reported a 12 percent rise in quarterly net earnings and nudged up its profit forecast for the year as strength in China and a lower tax rate offset weak results at its Taco Bell chain in the United States.
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H. J. Heinz Co. said Friday its fiscal first-quarter earnings grew 6 percent, driven by double-digit growth in ketchup, beans, soups and Smart Ones meals, and the ketchup maker raised its outlook for the full year.
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Chocolate maker Hershey Foods Corp.  on Thursday posted a higher-than-expected 16 percent rise in quarterly profit and said it will get into the cookie business.
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The company raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.