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China chicken scare pecks at Yum’s profit

NEW YORK — Yum Brands warned Monday that it expects its profit for the year to decline as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell continues to reel from a controversy over its chicken suppliers in China.

A drop in 2013 would snap an 11-year streak of profit growth of at least 13 percent.

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