Birmingham Business Journal: Vestavia Hills is slated to get a Zaxby’s restaurant by this summer. Franchisee Steve Taylor said he is building the new location next to the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market on U.S. 31. The Vestavia location, the 17th local restaurant for the chain and currently under construction, will seat 74 and is expected to […]
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Saudi Gazette: Two years ago, Abo Dayah’s car broke down on his way from Jizan, where he was studying, to Riyadh, where his family lives. When he got out to examine the engine, he was hit by a speeding car. Abo Dayah slipped into a coma for 20 days and lost his eyesight. To make
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A lucrative patent or a popular copyright can provide a creator’s heirs with solid streams of revenue for decades. Some great artists and inventors decided that they’d rather give the rights to their best creations to charity, though. Mental Floss takes a look at a few well-known bits of intellectual property that have found their
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It’s Friday before a long holiday weekend, so we thought we’d lighten things up a bit with the movie trailer to the prequel to the Iron Man series. Enjoy. via HolyKaw
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The Chippewa Herald: Katia was looking for a Down syndrome awareness idea – something she could display to show she is the proud and loving mother of a Down syndrome child. All she could find was a blue and yellow ribbon that, frankly, few people know about. “No one ever asked me what my blue
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‘Garage inventors’ is a term used to describe individuals or groups of inventors that create independently. They are not on a salary or salary/incentive basis, paid by their companies to invent; they work alone, on their own or in small groups, generally in someone’s garage or other part of the home. Popular Science recognizes the
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The Orange County Register: In 2002, Stephen launched Helen’s Foods Inc., to produce vegetarian frozen entrees, named after his mom. The brand became Helen’s Kitchen. “She said, ‘You can use my name for your company if you promise that when the steaks are produced for market, they will still taste as delicious as they do
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Denver, Colorado-based Internet Pawn, which said it is creating the first dedicated online pawn shop nationwide, recently announced it raised $1.5 million in its first round of venture funding from Daylight Partners and Access Ventures, reports Reuters. The company offers pawn loans – cash advances based on the collateral of customers’ assets – at no
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ENC Today: Cam McRae, owner and president of the Kinston-based Tands Inc. that operates the largest number of franchised Bojangles’ restaurants for the Charlotte-based fast food company, opened his 50th store in Grantsboro on Tuesday. The restaurant is the first Bojangles’ in Pamlico County, and is the newest addition to Tands Inc.’s 31-county territory in
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QSR Web: Wendy’s franchisee Thomas 5 Ltd., which is owned by members of the Dave Thomas family, has deployed a WAND Digital Restaurant in several of its restaurant locations in Ohio. Thomas Five Ltd. is a Wendy’s franchise owned by the five children of Thomas, the late Wendy’s founder, including his daughter Wendy Thomas, the
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