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FORTUNE 500 2006  
FORTUNE 500    
Yum Brands ranks No. 257 on the 2006 FORTUNE 500
The Louisville, Ky.-based company is on FORTUNE's latest list of America's largest corporations.
April 28, 2006: 2:42 PM EDT

NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Yum Brands (Research) ranks no. 257 on this year's list of the FORTUNE 500, with $9,349 million in revenues, up 3.8% from the previous year. The Louisville, Ky.-based company was ranked no. 249 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $762 million, up 3% from a year earlier.

This year, FORTUNE 500 companies overall brought in a record $9.1 trillion in revenues and $610 billion in profits. And while the economy as a whole grew 3.5% last year, FORTUNE 500 companies did much better, increasing their revenues by a healthy 15.4%.

FORTUNE 500 2006
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The FORTUNE 500 list is an annual ranking of America's largest corporations by revenues. Its companies employ more than 24 million people, about 16% of working Americans.

The other companies in this sector on this year's list are: McDonald's (Research), Starbucks (Research) and Darden Restaurants (Research).

See Yum Brands' FORTUNE 500 details, including financial stats and contact information.

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