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Yum! Brands Inc. Announces Full-Year EPS Growth of 14%, or $2.87 Per Share, Excluding Special Items; Marks 10th ...

6 Feb 2012

YUM! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today reported results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 including EPS of $0.75. Reported EPS for the full year was $2.74. Full year and fourth quarter results for Yum! Restaurants International (YRI) and the U.S. reflect the benefit of an additional week.

New SoC Enables Measurement and Diagnostics for High-Power Monitoring in Industrial Applications and Data Centers

6 Feb 2012

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM - News) introduces the 78M6631 , a Teridianâ„¢ 3-phase power measurement system-on-chip (SoC) that embeds power monitoring ...

Toward a global microwave standard

6 Feb 2012

Much of what is known about decadal climate change – and much of what appears on the evening weather forecast as well – comes from satellite-based remote sensing of microwave radiation at different levels in the Earth's atmosphere. Microwave measurements are generally reported as the apparent temperature of the object being monitored. Yet, at present, there is no accepted brightness-temperature ...