Anba: São Paulo – Brazilian franchises went from yearly revenues of US$ 10.5 billion in 2001 to US$ 15.6 billion last year. The information→

Financial Times: Cendant said on Friday that it would sell Travelport, the company’s travel distribution division, to an affiliate of Blackstone, the private equity→

Biz Yahoo: Alesha Coleman, 18, of Philomath, Ore., is tasting sweet success, as she now is the proud owner of a MaggieMoo’s International Treatery→

Biz Journals; The first Ben & Jerry’s ice cream parlor in Hawaii opened Friday at Ward Centre next to Crazy Shirts. Owner Ronni Tai→

 PR Web Ebay sellers now include big businesses that are seeing the auction giant as a means to marketing expensive products. The latest high→

 The Ledger Right now, hundreds of thousands of Mary Kay cosmetics sellers are competing for a unique trophy that has distinguished the best among→

Los Angeles Business Arbonne International Chairman & CEO Bob Henry was named the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Orange County,→

WebWire Recent reports by Mintel International reveal that sales of anti-aging products grew an impressive 31 percent from 2002 through 2004. “This is great→

 Reuters UK Local officials in the rural Alaskan town of King Cove have put an old school up for sale on eBay, saying they→

Heather L. VanDyke: A new Brooklyn Bagels cafe in Roosevelt Park will feature Mediterranean decor and high-end pastries and specialty drinks. The espresso cafe→

 Post Gazette A Gucci wallet for $120. A Burberry scarf for $32. A pair of Tiffany earrings for $35. If prices like that for→

CollegeJournal.com recently interviewed Carley Roney, co-founder of The Knot: CJ: For students interested in the publishing industry or companies like the Knot, what positions→

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Rob May, the Business Pundit: Finding investors is like getting married. If your goal is to con your significant other and hide your flaws,→

Today Google released their much anticipated PayPal competitor, Google Checkout. According to the NY Times: Google is charging merchants 20 cents plus 2 percent→

 Want to Know more 1) The business has a lot of flaws. You got to make a hell lot of purchases and you get→

 Cave Junction News If you are planning to start internet based home business, do brief researches before you actually start your internet home business→

 Suffolk News Herald Some companies give their employees grandfather clocks after so many years of service, but after just a year and a half→

 Npros “The company opened for business only six months ago. But with gas prices at near-record levels, its product — pills and powders that→

 Npros Polynesian juice used to lower cholesterol Noni, an indigenous plant of South Pacific used in Polynesian folk medicine for more than 2,000 years,→