Globe and Mail: After a six-hour drive home to Montreal from a fitness conference in Toronto, Danielle Danault had no interest in working out in a stuffy gym. So she went to the park. The company she founded on the heels of that inspirational moment now boasts 20,000 members who get fit in 76 locations. […]
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Oneindia: Gloria Jean’s Coffees, one of the world’s leading global specialty coffee company in association with Citymax Hospitality India Pvt. Ltd has announced an exclusive tie-up with Universal Music to bring to its customers the best of Grammy’s 2010. Buzz up! Spend Rs.349/- on your favourite coffee/ snack at Gloria Jean’s Coffees and take away
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SME Times: Team Tours and Travels will be the first franchisee of popular tour and travel operator Cox & Kings in Thiruvananthapuram and will promote the state as part of its ‘Bharat Dekho’ campaign. “We are opening Wednesday and popular Malayalam film star Dileep will be inaugurating our operations,” said Prince Vinod, director of Team.
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Wisconsin State Journal: Quaker Steak & Lube wants to open a “mini-Lube” Downtown. Owners of the Middleton restaurant, which specializes in spicy chicken wings, are applying for a beer and liquor license at 222 W. Gorham, the space that has housed Uno Chicago Grill since the mid-1980s. Urban Land Interests owns the building and ULI
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Unique Products to Amuse and Inspire. Talking Dinner Plate. Slow down..already. Water Bottle Hangers. For the eco-friendly fashionistas. Desk Zamboni Vacuum. For those afternoon snack crumbs. Twitter Tights. Can you say….stalker? Photos by gizmodo/redferret.
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Austin Business Journal: Dallas-based nonfat frozen yogurt company Red Mango will close to quadruple its national reach this year, opening 219 locations with 42 new franchisees. The business founded in 2007 signed a deal last year to open six Austin area stores. San Antonio entrepreneur Ramiro Valadez III will run the local franchises in Austin,
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Elizabeth Bernstein over at The New York Times has an interesting look at another use for the Internet. Along with helping people reconnect with old flames, childhood friends and even long-lost relatives, the Internet is giving rise to a newer phenomenon: the decades-late apology. The Web allows us to converse by email, a form of
A Chinese woman claims she has invented a method for powering mobile phones with cans of soft drink Coca-Cola. Daizi Zheng told Sky News her method relies on powering devices with Coca-Cola used to charge “green” batteries which are more environmentally friendly than lithium alternatives. The concept is using bio battery … to create a
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The following is by Brenden Sherratt of In The Shark Tank. This weeks episode of Shark Tank will feature 4 very different businesses. Jill Quillin will pitch her business LipStix remix which is the at-home system which allows you to recolor, repair, and recover your lipstick by melting it down and creating a whole new
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Small merchants have long chafed at the fees they must pay banks every time a customer swipes a debit or credit card. But now, with business slowing and every dollar important to their bottom line, some merchants are pushing for changes, reports The New York Times. The merchants are lobbying for legislation that would compel
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