Comedy is its own special medicine. It is amazing what one laugh can do. If one laugh can work miracles, I can only imagine how healthy the people who read and contribute to ZUG are. There is a lot more to comedy than many of us know. We might enjoy laughing but what makes us […]
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Franchising.com: Yesterday, Brinker International, Inc. and Mac Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital, closed the previously announced transaction for the sale of a majority interest in Romano’s Macaroni Grill. “We greatly appreciate the hard work, patience and tenacity our respective teams exhibited to finalize this complex transaction,” said Chuck Sonsteby, Chief
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Naperville Sun: The news about businesses closing has become almost cliché these days, along with updates about the sputtering economy. But like the biblical Lazarus, one Naperville woman’s business has returned from the dead. Back by popular demand, Tracy Paulson, 42, owner of Creating Your Style, reopened her store during the first week of November
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Franchise Wire: Despite the news of the current economy, signage and graphics franchise company, Signs Now, a Division of Allegra Network LLC, is beating the odds and experiencing positive growth with the help of the MatchMakerâ„¢ program. The conversion program, originally developed Signs Now parent company Allegra Network, matches independent sign shop owners with prospective
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cnbc: With people looking for some extra cash to soften the blow of the holidays on their bank accounts, direct-selling companies, like Avon Products, Tupperware and Popular Club are seeing a recruitment boom. The companies, which allow consumers to purchase products straight from the distributor, are often seen as a good way to both make
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MSNBC: It looks like the “scattered, smothered and covered” hash browns at Waffle House may have found a financial savior. A major Waffle House franchisee in the Southeast, Northlake Foods of Brandon, has been under bankruptcy court protection for three months. The company owned 146 Waffle House restaurants in the South, including 90 restaurants in
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TheStreet.com: As the economy shrinks and more Americans lose their jobs, some people are turning to direct selling to bring in a little extra cash. And, in this case, what’s good for the consumer is very good for the seller. “For most people, direct selling is a part-time endeavor, a supplement to an already existing
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The Franchise Magazine: Franchising offers the best chance of achieving long term security with minimal risk in a variety of industries. But how do you navigate through the array of opportunities to find the one that’s right for you? In our experience the best approach is to start by selecting a particular category of franchise,
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Venture Beat: Everyone loves talking about Twitter’s business model – because there isn’t one yet, and they’ll keep talking about it until there is one. But it’s becoming more clear that while a business model is of course important, Twitter is perhaps the perfect example of a company that can afford to take its time
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Fast Company: You’ve heard about cloud computing, but Nick Carr helps you understand it in a way you haven’t before. Using the shift to the electric grid at the turn of the last century as an analogy, Carr lays out a surprising future of utility computing and its ramifications for business and society. Photo by
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