QSRweb.com: To say Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has been on a roll of late would seem like a bit of an understatement. The chain, franchised and operated by Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises, yielded a 5.1 percent systemwide sales increase in 2010, its fourth year in a row for positive sales. The company’s sales outpaced both the general […]
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Bizjournals.com: A Cincinnati restaurant owner has pleaded guilty to one count of willfully failing to file a federal income tax return. The misdemeanor plea by Jamal Al-Saleh, also known as Jamal Daoud, could bring a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $100,000 fine. Al-Saleh owned and operated a Gold Star Chili restaurant
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PR Web: Franchising can be a catalyst for local job growth as many out-of-work Americans and early retirees shop employment options that allow them more control of their own destinies. The International Franchise Association reports on its website http://www.buildingopportunity.com/index.aspx that franchising filled over 17,430,700 jobs in over 828,138 franchised businesses for a direct and indirect
SBWire: WSI, the world’s #1 Internet franchise, hosted a digital marketing webinar a week ago where business people globally tuned in to discover how to leverage display advertising. The webinar entitled “Display Advertising: Billboards of the Web†was conducted by Husam Jandal, a WSI Internet franchisee serving the area around Dubai, UAE. “According to eMarketer,
Danny Kleinman does not fit the stereotype for a hacker. He’s clean, social, and even has a girlfriend. Yet, according to The Herald, the electronics in his living room are all hacked. Aiming his smartphone at a lamp, he controls the light with the volume controls. Up, on. Down, off. He tells his TV “Discovery
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The Sydney Morning Herald: Peter Wooldridge’s two sons enjoy the benefits of their father’s job, but baulk at the idea of one day following in his footsteps. You see, Wooldridge Snr is a Tupperware salesman and can well appreciate his boys’ aversion to joining the family business. “They’ve grown up with Dad selling tupperware,†the
CNN Money: If you’re reading these words through bifocals or progressive lenses, your life could change in June. That’s when a company called PixelOptics in Roanoke, Va., plans to release emPower, a line of electronic eyeglasses that let wearers toggle between two prescriptions, with settings for close-up and distance vision. The new emPower glasses are
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Kathryn Bechthold never felt quite like she had the balance thing worked out. On the first day she was set to do her first media appearance as the publisher of Mompreneur magazine, her baby daughter got sick. She had to find a last minute babysitter willing to care for her. That moment left her with
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The Alternative Golf Association today launched the $10,000 Longest Golf Ball Challenge to inspire inventors and engineers to add fun for players of its new game, testing under the name Project Flogton (“not golf,†backward). AGA founder Bob Zider, himself an inventor of Flexon eyeglass frames and golf clubs, conceptualized and funded the challenge to
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New business idea: Rubs and Ribs. Massages while eating ribs. @BuffaloJohnny
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