November 2009

Linguaphone Group Appoints New Irish Distributor For Self-Study Language Courses

Franchise Key: Linguaphone Group, one of the world leaders in language learning, has announced that it has appointed De Barra Education as exclusive distributor for its range of language study products in Ireland. Based in Ennis, Co. Clare, De Barra Education will take responsibility for all marketing and distribution of Linguaphone products nationwide. In international […]

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Business Makeover Sweepstakes

Giveaways

Deluxe Enterprise Operations will randomly award a $10,000 gift certificate from Target Commercial Interiors featuring HON furniture and a $5,000 DeluxeBucks gift certificate to use toward logo and Web site design, promotional products and additional marketing and branding solutions. Ten second-place winners will receive $500 DeluxeBucks gift certificates. Enter by November 30, 2009. More information

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The Great TCBY Store Giveaway

Giveaways

TCBY (the frozen yogurt stores) is holding a competition to give away a brand new TCBY franchise store for FREE. To enter you must create a video up to 2 minutes long indicating why you should win a TCBY store. Complete the application form and submit it with your video. Legal residents of the U.S.

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Allkare Recruits Master Franchise Owner

Franchise Site

The Irish Franchise Magazine: Property care franchise Allkare has sold the Master Franchise for Ireland to Belfast-based entrepreneur Chris Gregg. Before joining the network, Chris operated a successful pizza delivery business and gained experience within the property repairs industry. With Allkare’s help, Chris will launch a pilot operation, on the outskirts of Belfast and plans

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Denny’s Corporation To Present At The Bank Of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Credit Conference

Franchise Site

Franchising.com: Denny’s Corporation today announced that the Company will be presenting at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Credit Conference on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Times Square, NY. The presentation will begin at 3:40 PM Eastern time. Investors and interested parties may access a live audio webcast and obtain

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Indonesian Businessman Strikes Back At McDonald’s

Franchise Site

Jakarta Globe: Bambang Rachmadi has fired back at fast-food giant McDonaldâ€™s, saying the US-based corporation created â€œartificialâ€ losses at their domestic joint venture while â€œsuckingâ€ huge earnings out. â€œWhen [the joint venture] was operating in Indonesia from 1991 to 2008, McDonaldâ€™s sucked as much as $190 million [from it], mostly from royalties, franchise fees and

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Inventor Credited With 405 Patents

Inventions, Profiles

Inventors are made, not born, and anyone has the potential to come up with new ideas, said Jack Mandelman, a retired electrical engineer, in a story in The Times-News. He should know. Many people have never heard of the Flat Rock resident, but every time they turn on their computer or use a cell phone

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Mom Uses Franchise To Cater Underserved Market

Ideas

Suzanne Plafcan couldn’t find real-estate space for her Clix Portrait Studio franchise right away, reports Entrepreneur. So instead of waiting, she opened just the event-photography side of the business in March 2008. “It turned out to be the best thing I could have ever done,” she says. It allowed her to keep costs down by

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Woman’s Trash Is Inventor’s Lawn Treasure

Inventions

Deidre Booker works hard during the planting season tending her mums, pansies and marigolds in the front yard and a garden of herbs, tomatoes, cabbage and peppers in her backyard, writes The Sun Times . So when Booker heard about the “Glam Can” — a black, 3-gallon, mount-anywhere garbage and recycling can — she snapped

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Cakes Might Not Be Real, But Money Is

Ideas

Kimberly Aya’s career choice was an easy one. When she was just 8 years old, she started designing cakes for her chocolate-loving father–and she hasn’t stopped since, according to a story in Entrepreneur magazine. So her first order of business upon returning home to Michigan was to open a specialty cake shop. Aya started showing

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