Thursday, January 20, 2011

Early Market News: Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW), AMD Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

More breaking news stories could affect stocks when trading continues later.
The following companies should see some movement: Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW), AMD
Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Here is a more detailed look at
the news that will affect each company when trading continues. Dow Chemical
(NYSE:DOW) Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW)'s CEO has decided to meet the U.S.
President, Obama. Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW)'s Chairman and Chief executive
officer, Andrew Liveris, is one of the fourteen corporate business leaders
meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama. Greg
Baldwin, a spokesman of Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) said in an statement that, With
his extensive experience with Asia, and with Dows strong presence and
partnerships in China, Dow Chairman and CEO Andrew N. Liveris is pleased to help
welcome President Hu Jintao to the United States, and to continue his work in
bringing these two great nations together in discussion on how to further
collaborate and utilize the power of the science and technology to the benefit
of both economies. AMD Inc. (NYSE:AMD) AMD Inc. (NYSE:AMD) has unveiled Fusion
APUs for embedded devices. AMD Inc. (NYSE:AMD) is rolling out its G-Series APUs
aimed at the highly competitive embedded market. The new APUs, which offer CPU
and graphics on the same die, are similar to ones launched at CES for notebooks.
Patrick Patla, the general manager of AMD Inc. (NYSE:AMD)s server and embedded
division said that, AMDs commitment is to ensure the game-changing technologies
we develop for consumers and the enterprise are also available for the vast and
growing embedded market." Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) Yum! Brands Inc.
(NYSE:YUM) has been looking to sell two of its brands: Long John Silvers and
A&W. Louisville-based Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) has announced that its seeking
to sell off Long John Silvers, founded in Lexington, and A&W. In a statement,
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) said its focusing on its core brands of Taco Bell,
Pizza Hut and KFC and its international expansion. David Novak, the chief
executive officer of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) said in an statement that,
"We do not believe Long John Silvers and A&W-All American Food restaurants fit
into our long-term growth strategy." Expect more movement when trading
continues for Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW), AMD Inc. (NYSE:AMD) and Yum! Brands Inc.
(NYSE:YUM).

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