VOVNews.vn: After officially opening in January 2009, not many foreign groups have landed on Vietnamese soil due to the economic crisis. And foreign groups already present such as Big C and Lotte Mart have expanded their shares by franchise. Pham Dinh Thuong, deputy head of the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade […]
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Bodyshop: Charlene and Marty Klyne of Maaco Collision Repair & Auto Painting in Regina, Sask., received the Maaco Cup award at a convention held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The award recognizes the top chain’s top performing franchisee. “I’m honoured to be singled out for accolades from among all 475 Maaco franchises,†said Charlene Klyne.
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Sydney Morning Herald: A four-year-old boy was grabbed and kissed on the lips in an indecent assault at a McDonald’s restaurant in Sydney’s inner west over the weekend, police say. The boy was having dinner with his mother and another sibling at the fast-food restaurant in Victoria Road, Drummoyne, about 8.30pm on Saturday when his
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Brett Gifkins was frustrated with the amount of time his three sons were spending on the computer, so he began designing a toy that would entice them outside, reports Scoop Independent News. The innovatively designed Sprinta, which requires no batteries and (to parent’s delight) is soundless, is manoeuvered via a flexible rod inserted on the
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Diet Blog: And they call us fat in America. Well, we are, but that’s beside the point! No, your eyes don’t deceive you–that’s a 7 meat patty Burger King Whopper. So, why does it exist? To help promote a new computer operating system, duh! In October, Microsoft launched Windows 7, and to promote its release
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The afternoon sun beats down on the rocky hills and quicksand pits that surround the still, gray-blue body of water, which is flanked by Israel and the West Bank on the west and Jordan on the east. As its name implies, there’s little life in the Dead Sea. The water’s extraordinarily high salt content prevents
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Tish Ciravolo has founded the first company that makes guitars expressly for women and girls, reports USA Today. Daisy Rock is still a small player in the roughly $1.6 billion market for “fretted instruments,” as measured by industry trade group NAMM. The company is private and doesn’t provide financials, but says it has sold 150,000
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Small companies can already tap the power of the crowds for help with their graphic design, advertising and other business challenges. Whereas most such services reward the creator of just a single winning solution, however, FreshlyBranded pays its marketing creatives for the top 10 ideas, according to a story at trendspotter Springwise. Buyers begin by
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The idea of “free” has become extremely controversial in the technology industry, especially in the case of online content, reports Digital Trends. Rumors that favorite show streaming website Hulu will be charging for all of their content has most online-media-viewing junkies scared stiff. Sources for Hulu, after reaping the backlash of complaints, deny the rumors
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Reuters reports that the Bank of America Corp has pledged to loan an additional $5 billion to small businesses in 2010, after the top executives for the largest U.S. banks met U.S. President Barack Obama. Bank of America Chief Executive Ken Lewis pledged the bank will make at least $5 billion in additional loans to
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