Yum! Brands' China Conundrum

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The following video is from Monday's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill and analysts Jason Moser and Tim Hanson discuss the top business and investing stories of the day.

In this segment, The Wall Street Journal has reported that Yum! Brands is cutting ties with suppliers that sourced tainted chicken. Yum!'s CFO says that same-store sales in China may fall 25%. Will concerns over food safety spell trouble for shares of Yum! going forward? In this installment of MarketFoolery, our analysts discuss the future of YUM!


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The relevant video segment can be found between 0:25 and 5:42.

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