The cost of Angelina Jolie's cancer testing? More than $4,000
Stacey Vanek Smith May 15, 2013
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy is likely to boost demand for a medical test that determines the probability of breast cancer. That test is currently available from just one company, Myriad Genetics, which charges more than $4,000.
Bird flu scare in China: Bad news for KFC
Rob Schmitz Apr 8, 2013
As cases of a new strain of bird flu spread across the Shanghai region, fast food chains like KFC are taking a hit to their bottom line.
Foreign chains struggling in Syria
Stacey Vanek Smith Apr 4, 2012
The economic and social unrest in Syria is making it difficult for foreign businesses, like KFC, Cinnabon and United Colors of Benetton, to expand there.
Yum! Brands announces fourth-quarter earnings
Rob Schmitz Feb 6, 2012
Yum! Brands, reveals its latest earnings results. The parent company of KFC and Taco Bell expects a good year ahead in China.
Komen Foundation does a 180
Gregory Warner Feb 3, 2012
After a huge outcry, the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation says it will not cut funding to Planned Parenthood. But Komen may not be able to reverse the damage it has done to its organization.
Breast cancer vaccine shows promise
Daryl Paranada May 31, 2010
American scientists say they have developed a vaccine that has prevented breast cancer from developing in mice. Their findings are published in the...
Controversy over KFC pink buckets
Daryl Paranada Apr 28, 2010
Kentucky Fried Chicken has launched a campaign to fight breast cancer with big pink buckets of chicken....
