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In a series of Wall Street Transcript interviews found on Yahoo Finance, we took note of some interesting comments regarding the restaurant sector.

We were especially intrigued by a portion of an interview with KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Lynne Collier saying that California Pizza Kitchen and Cheesecake Factory are two chains that private-equity firms could show interest in buying in the coming year. “I think the M&A activity will pick up,” she is quoted as saying. “It depends on the credit markets, of course, but I expect to see more and more of this.”
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