Yum to expand Taco Bell breakfast test

LOUISVILLE Ky. Even as Yum! Brands Inc. grapples with an E. coli outbreak linked to dozens of Taco Bell restaurants in at least five states, the quick-service behemoth is gearing up to revive its U.S. operations in 2007 after a lackluster 2006.

In a revitalization plan unveiled just before restaurant closures and lawsuits over the E. coli infections came to light, Yum officials said that an expanded test of breakfast at the Mexican quick-service chain in 2007