CEO David Novak

Greenpeace activists protested Wednesday morning at Yum! Brands Inc.’s Louisville headquarters, hanging a large banner from the restaurant giant’s building in response to what they claim are KFC’s destructive practices to rain forests. The banner read, “KFC Stop Trashing My Home,” according to a news release. Greenpeace officials claim that some of KFC’s packaging materials come from Indonesian rain forests and the company sources paper from...  

Restaurant giant Yum! Brands Inc. has struck a deal to open 150 restaurants in China in electronics stores operated by Suning Appliance Co Ltd. According to a report by China Daily, Louisville-based Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) will open KFC, Pizza Hut and Little Sheep restaurants in the retail locations over the next five years. Yum Brands has more than 5,000 restaurants in China, which has become its most profitable market. It has short-term...  

Yum! Brands Inc. CFO Rick Carucci has been named the company’s president. Carucci, who has been CFO since 2005, will report to chairman and CEO David Novak, who formerly held the president title. Patrick Grismer, the company’s chief planning and control officer, has been named the company’s CFO. The leaders of the U.S. Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut brands, Yum’s international division and corporate finance department will report to Carucci...  

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors today declared a dividend of $0.285 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed August 3, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 13, 2012. In September 2011, Yum! increased its quarterly dividend 14% to $0.285 per share. Yum! has increased its dividend each year at a double-digit percentage rate since initiating...  

Executives from numerous Louisville-area companies entertained clients and guests Saturday for Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs. In addition to race-day sponsors such as Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and Brown-Forman Inc. (NYSE: BFB), the suites along the home stretch and finish line were filled with businesspeople having fun and building relationships. Texas Roadhouse Inc. (NASDAQ: TXRH) founder and CEO W. Kent...  

Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM) is making its trademark KFC chicken buckets using wood harvested from Indonesia’s rain forest, destroying the habitat of the endangered Sumatran tiger, Greenpeace International said. Independent tests on food boxes ...  

How the CEO and chairman of Yum! Brands is still dedicated to growing the world’s leading restaurant brand. The photos are the first thing people notice when they walk into David Novak’s office. Hundreds of pictures cover the walls and even the ceiling. They show Novak, Yum! Brands Inc.’s chairman and CEO, with smiling restaurant...  

Louisville, KY / Washington, DC - Today at the YUM! Brands annual shareholder meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, the National Center for Public Policy Research plans to ask YUM! Brands CEO David Novak why his company caved in to left-wing radicals by ending its affiliation with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), because ALEC supports commonsense voter identification laws.  

Louisville, KY / Washington, DC - Today, at the YUM! Brands annual shareholder meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, company CEO David Novak was faced with the results of a new National Center for Public Policy Research poll showing the American people do not agree with recent controversial Yum! Brands decisions.  

During his company’s first-quarter earnings call today, Yum! Brands CEO David Novak sounded a now-familiar refrain, once again lauding the company’s wildly successful international markets. In China, Yum’s same-store sales shot up 14 percent from the previous quarter and are “performing at an unbelievable level,” Novak told investors. The international segment of Yum’s business now...  

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today announced the Company will present at Baird’s 2012 Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Chicago, IL at approximately 1:25 pm Central Time. The Company will also present at the Morgan Stanley Retail Conference on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in Boston, MA at approximately 11:40 am Eastern Time. These events will be webcast live and can be accessed through the investor...  

Brands Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company earnings for the first quarter of 2012 rose 73 percent from the same period ... chairman and CEO David Novak said in a news release. “These results give us even more confidence ...  

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Quick service restaurant operator Yum! Brands, Inc. ( YUM) on Friday caught some further bullish commentary from analysts at UBS. The firm maintained its "Buy" rating on YUM and lifted its price target to $81, suggesting a 13% upside to the ...  

Quick service restaurant operator Yum! Brands, Inc. ( YUM) late Wednesday posted first quarter earnings results that exceeded Wall Street expectations. The Louisville, KY-based company reported first quarter net income of $458 million, or 96 ...