September 3, 2009

Stratus Building Solutions Growing In North Carolina With New Master Franchise

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Franchise Wire: Stratus Building Solutions Master Franchisor Todd Knight of Charlotte, North Carolina, is growing the company by awarding a new Master Franchise to business entrepreneurs Tony and Brandon Smits to serve the greater Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point region, a 12-county area in north-central North Carolina known as The Piedmont Triad. “Tony and Brandon […]

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Lions Tap Embroiled In Burger Battle With McDonald’s

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Eden Prairie News: A popular local hamburger joint has a beef with McDonald’s, one so big it’s taking on the industry Goliath for trademark infringement. Lions Tap filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s in federal court on Aug. 28, claiming the fast-food giant stole its trademarked logo, “WHO’S YOUR PATTY?” Bonnie Notermann of Shakopee, who has

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Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Que Opens Restaurants In Thousand Oaks, California And Amarillo, Texas

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Zibb.com: Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. announced that it opened its two newest award-winning Bar-B-Que restaurants in August, including Thousand Oaks, California (3980 Thousand Oaks Boulevard), and Amarillo, Texas (8518 West Interstate 40). “The opening of our Thousand Oaks, California and Amarillo, Texas restaurants brings the total number of Famous Dave’s to 178 locations nationwide.

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IdeaPaint

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Business Week on the creation of IdeaPaint: Sometimes a product idea is as obvious as the wall right in front of you. In 2005, three Babson College undergrads were brainstorming on a whiteboard, but had to keep erasing proposals to make room for more. Then, recalls Jeff Avalon, one of them said, “Wouldn’t it be

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Disney Buys Marvel Distress

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photo credit: chanchan222 Many are up in arms about the recent announcement of Disney buying out the long time favorite Marvel comics. Many wonder what this will forecast for Marvels many characters in the future. Will they change drastically, will they get rid of some of the characters that people love? One sure thing about

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