A Big Challenge for Yum! in China, Pizza's Big Advantage, Target's Risky Bet, 2 Stocks Banking on Apple TV and 2 Stocks Banking on an Appliance Boom

By Chris Hill – Jan 10, 2013 at 10:00AM

NASDAQ: AAPL

Apple

Market Cap

$2,610B

Today's Change

(1.27%) $2.12

Current Price

$169.02

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The top investing stories from Tuesday's Market Foolery.

The following video is from Tuesday's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill, as well as analysts Austin Smith and Andy Cross, discusses the top business and investing stories.

In today's episode, Yum! Brands (YUM 1.22%) faces a major headwind in China, the guys discuss pizza's big competitive advantage, and Target (TGT -0.70%) makes a very risky bet against Amazon.com (AMZN -1.64%). Also, the guys highlight two companies that stand to win big if Apple (AAPL 1.27%) releases a smart TV, and they discuss some companies that have their eye on an entire smart ecosystem for the appliances in your house.

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