The Dow Jones industrial average logged its longest winning streak in two years - barely.

The parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut today said it has temporarily closed several New York City restaurants owned by the franchisee that operated a Manhattan eatery overrun with rats.

A Hong Kong woman has sued US fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken for compensation after a rat allegedly fell onto her two-year-old son and scratched his face in one of its Hong Kong branches, a newspaper reported today.