This Thursday, 07/17/08, Yum! Brands, Inc.  (Public, NYSE:YUM) will host its Q2 Earnings Call. Yum! Brands, which owns, operates, licenses and franchises the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS and A&W brands on an international level, has fallen -12% since May first. What I like about YUM brands is its so recession proof. Where else can you get a meal for under $5? Not the grocery store these days. But their international exposure is where the growth is. One of Yum! Brands key business strategies are to drive profitable international growth. In 2007, ...

Believe it or not but Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares are trading in the $80 range, something not seen since before the 'bubble burst' back when we partied like it was 1999. Amazon's e-book solution the Kindle is rocking the industry so should you buy shares before the July Q2 earnings call? Amazon might not be making any money with its Kindle e-book reader, but that's not dampening the enthusiasm of the device's most outspoken evangelist. Addressing shareholders at the company's annual meeting last Friday, CEO Jeff Bezos gave an impassioned and lengthy pitch for the Kindle, shrugging off concerns that the device is still in the "investment phase." "One of our competitive advantages at Amazon is that we are willing to plant seeds -- if we think the seed is important -- and nurture it for a long time," Bezos said. "Everything worthwhile that we've done, we've had to ...