June 11, 2010

Awful Turn For Stella Huang’s Chocolate Business

MSN Singapore: Singaporean singer-turned-businesswoman Stella Huang has been ordered to pay NT$1.74 million (S$76,000) in damages to chocolate chain Awfully Chocolate. A Taipei district court ruled that she had violated terms in her franchisee contract and flouted competition laws. Awfully Chocolate, founded in Singapore in 1998 and with stores also in Taiwan and Indonesia, agreed

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In the Directory This Week

One of the often overlooked sections of this website is our directory. Over 2300 different bizops, franchises, dealerships and online opportunities are listed there. Here are companies we’ve posted about this week: 7-eleven a franchise Alphagraphics a franchise Anytime Fitness a franchise Arbonne International a business opportunity Arby’s a franchise Baguette Express a franchise Bakers

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Entrepreneur of 2010 Award

The deadline for Entrepreneur Magazine’s, Entrepreneur of 2010 Award is fast approaching. If you meet the qualifications below, you’d better hurry, because you only have until June 15, 2010 to enter. Entrants must have 2009 gross sales of at least $350,000, own at least 51% of the business and meet the minimum and/or maximum number

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Inaccurate Knock-Off Toys

Foreign knock-offs of American toys often wind up inadvertently parodying them. The low production value of a zombie-esque action figure and hilarious typos resulting from poor translation can almost make a toy more entertaining than the real version. Here are a few toys Urlesque.com collected. ‘Spader-Man’ instead of Spider-Man. I wonder if actor James Spader

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