The origins of the ubiquitous Frisbee, friend to picnicgoers and college kids everywhere, are shrouded in legend. But the disc’s lineage can in fact be traced back to one man, Fred Morrison, who died Feb. 9 at his home in Monroe, Utah, according to The Washington Post. Morrison got the idea for a flying-saucer toy […]
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin: A national pizza chain is returning to Hawaii and will open in just under two weeks, on Feb. 24, at Waipahu Town Center. “I’m in panic mode trying to make sure everything gets done,” said franchisee Brad Vandeman, who has a commitment to open two more stores, likely on Oahu. Generations of Hawaii
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Sun Star Courier: The city will soon be going to the dogs. That is, the dogs of Camp Bow Wow. A potential franchisee is readying for the March opening of the daycare for dogs at 31 Alpha Park. On Monday, the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved the franchise holder a use permit and a
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Mirror.co.uk: Boiler scrappage doesn’t sound like the sexiest scheme ever devised – but it’s certainly made Steve Bate a happy man. The 49-year-old from Stockport, became a part-time Blazes Home Based Central Heating franchisee in October as a supplement to his printing business. And the boiler scheme made interest soar, he said. “Since the scrappage
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Franchising.com: Baskin-Robbins, America’s favorite neighborhood ice cream shop, announced today that it has awarded its advertising account to 22squared. Kirshenbaum, Bond, Senecal + Partners; Ogilvy & Mather; and Merkley + Partners also made final presentations. Pile and Company managed the review. “As Irv Robbins used to say ‘We don’t just sell ice cream. We sell
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AUTO-MOBI.info: It is believed that this Locksmith App will be able to help save the lives of countless children by reducing the response time of the locksmith and the amount of time that a child may have to be locked in a vehicle on a hot or very cold day. Every year in this country,
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Dog walking is typically the kind of business that you start up in the summer to save money for a car, while you wait the two or three more years until you’re old enough to actually get your drivers license. It also means it’s often a fly-by-night service, where professionalism is the exception, according to
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Earl Yerby was watching a television newscast and saw a report about how quickly germs and bacteria grow inside reusable shopping bags, according to a story in The Raleigh News And Observer. He thought someone ought to come up with a way to sanitize those bags. So he did. After doing online research, Yerby, 56,
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The Treasury Department will invest up to $1 billion from the federal bank bailout fund in small banks and credit unions that make loans to small businesses in some of the communities most ravaged by the economic downturn, according to a story in The New York Times. About 210 institutions will be eligible for low-cost
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When Inaki Berenguer moved from Boston to New York to start Pixable, a company that prints photo albums from Facebook pictures, he wasn’t sure if he wanted to take the chance on hiring a full-time employee. Realizing the odds for a nascent start-up staking claim in an economy that’s still rickety at best, he decided
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