November 9, 2009

7-Eleven To Launch One Of The Nation’s Largest In-Store TV Networks

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Reuters: 7-Eleven Inc., the world`s premier convenience retailer, has contracted with Digital Display Networks, Inc. to create one of the nation`s largest out-of-home digital networks in more than 6,200 7-Eleven stores throughout the United States and Canada. Upon its full national deployment, 7-Eleven TV is expected to reach an estimated 190 million monthly viewers. Features […]

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Senior Care Business Owner In Brentwood, Tenn., Receives Prestigious Award

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Send2Press: Robert Harter, owner of the Home Helpers and Direct Link in Brentwood, Tenn., was recently honored as the recipient of the 2009 Rookie of the Year Award for Home Helpers, the nation’s leading senior care franchise specializing in non-medical and personal care and companionship for seniors. Harter accepted the honor at the company’s annual

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Slicing Up The Pizza Pie

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Colorado Springs Gazette: Roam the city with an appetite for pizza and you’ll find Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Papa Murphy’s, Papa John’s, Louie’s and many more. They satisfy different tastes and fill different niches, from sit-down to delivery to take-and-bake — but they’re all vying for a slice of your dining dollars at a time when

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Biz Idea: Rental Christmas Trees

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Trendspotter Springwise has an interesting holiday story about renting….Christmas trees. For all the traditional merriment they embody, Christmas trees are a) awkward to transport and b) terribly depressing when they’re discarded in January. No longer if Los Angeles landscape architect Scott Martin has his way; he founded The Living Christmas Company, which gives Los Angeles

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The Origin of Bubble Gum

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The Business Pundit has put together a list of the unique origins of 25 popular products. In 1928, accountant Walter Diemer worked at Fleer, but experimented with gum recipes on the side. One of his ingredient combinations was less sticky and stretchier than other gums. He discovered that it he could blow bubbles with it.

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Playing To Win

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Entrepreneur has an interview with Sean Spector, who, in 2002, co-founded Gamefly, an online company that is to gamers what Netflix is to movie lovers. What inspired you to start Gamefly? I had a voracious appetite for video games, and I couldn’t afford to buy all the games I wanted to play. I think that’s

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