azcentral.com: Patrice Derbas has an “emergency distraction kit,” a Tupperware box filled with new toys, hidden at home to divert her 4-year-old twin girls Hailey and Adison while she can sit at the computer. Shelley Valdez waits until her 2-year-old daughter Alessandra naps to catch up on her email. Tisha Marie Pelletier, whose baby son, […]
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Daily Mercury: The smell of success is sweet for Deborah Allan and Eloise Leary. The new mothers, who both live in rural areas, faced a challenge when they wanted to re-enter the workforce but maintain family priorities. As an outdoor education instructor, Mrs Allan knew when she fell pregnant with her first child more than
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myspartanews.com: In 1997, Bonnie Kelly and Teresa Walsh were two stay-at-home moms looking for a way to earn extra money without sacrificing personal and family time. They started Silpada Designs, a direct sales company specializing in handcrafted sterling silver jewelry. Today, Silpada is the largest direct seller, and one of the top retailers, of sterling
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Chain Leader: For months there had been speculation that Dubai’s real estate bubble was ready to burst. It did in January, tanking real estate prices by 30 percent and putting the kibosh on the large construction projects that turned the city into one of the Middle East’s–and certainly the United Arab Emirates’–most glamorous (and safest)
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SmartBrief: Support for IFA‘s Political Action Committee, FranPAC, got a significant boost last week during the association’s 49th annual convention where pro-franchising advocates contributed nearly $150,000 to boost the case for franchising. As the legislative atmosphere heats up in the nation’s capital and state legislatures, IFA’s government relations’ efforts will be even more important in
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Franchising.com: German beer makers are often cited as the originators of franchising. Dating back to 1800s Europe, many beer makers granted pubs and taverns the rights to sell and use their name. In fact, the word “franchise” is a French derivative meaning privilege or freedom. Of course the argument can be made that franchising has
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PowerHomeBiz.com: License India, a division of Franchise India Holdings Limited– Asia’s largest integrated franchise and retail solution provider, is all set to hold Mumbai’s first ever Brand Licensing & Merchandising (BLM) show on the grounds of FRO 2009 – India’s biggest Multicity Franchise & Retail show from 26 – 27 February, 2009 at Nehru Centre,
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Real Business: Sandwich chain Subway announces plans to open 600 stores in the UK and Ireland. Pizza delivery service Domino’s says sales have increased by ten per cent. Fast-food outlet KFC plans to create 9,000 new jobs. How come these fast-food chains are bucking the trend? One word: franchises. “While many industries have been hit
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Inc.: The idea for Lingt Language came to MIT seniors Scot Frank and Chris Varenhorst while they were sitting in Chinese class. The students, who were preparing for trips abroad as part of the MIT-China program, found that their professors had little problem teaching the written language but, with 30 to 40 students in a
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The Wall Street Journal: Ready, set…..go win that federal contract. The government is expected to spend monstrous sums in coming months, based on the Senate and House stimulus plans: $16 billion for construction and renovation of schools, $9 billion to increase broadband, $40 billion for the development of cleaner and more efficient energy, and on
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