OC Register: More than one in five small-business owners (22%) expect to add jobs over the next 12 months, while 8% expect to eliminate jobs, according to the new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll. This is the most optimistic owners have been in four years, Gallup says. Small-business owners tend to be optimistic. Otherwise, […]
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SA Commercial Prop News: Jawitz Properties is taking urgent legal action against its Jeffreys Bay franchise owner, Renette Block, amidst serious allegation of theft and misappropriations of moneys held in trust and moneys paid to the franchise on behalf of their clients. CEO Herschel Jawitz says they were alerted to possible problems when their head
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Chicago Tribune: Reavill won a prestigious contest in London late last year called the OmniCompete Health Pitch Battlefield, whose independent judges said his invention is a simple way to catheterize the heart. It reduces risks to an “absolute minimum” by moving the catheter insertion to the arm, the judges said, replacing a complex wire-guided procedure
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Apparently one “I” can make a big difference if you choose to name a product with the word phone in it. At least, that is what driPhone recently discovered. Apple, through a Wellington-based patent firm, told Hayden Crowther it was opposing his application to trademark the driPhone name in New Zealand because it is too
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Vancouver Sun: B.C.’s iconic pancake house is expanding – again – into Alberta. Surrey-based De Dutch Pannekoek House Restaurants Inc. plans to open a new franchised restaurant in Edmonton this summer, a move that could not only be the first of many in that province, but follows new openings over the past year in B.C.
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QSRweb.com: After weeks of rumors, and extensive testing in select markets, Taco Bell has unveiled its new Cantina Bell menu with a new website. The site introduces Celebrity Chef Lorena Garcia, who conceptualized the new menu. “Taco Bell did an amazing job representing who I am, my cuisine, and that’s why I’m stamping my name,”
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Franchising.net.au: Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars is the latest franchise chain to introduce desserts in a pizza dough, with its rocky road and hokey pokey sweet treats wrapped up in calzone. New flavours and old favourites are also included in the menu update which adds a cookies and cream dessert to the existing gelato, tiramisu and
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‎FranchiseKey.com: If you’re the sort of person who is always being asked to help around the house, or to do little DIY jobs for friends and relatives, then chances are, the Hire A Hubby franchise says, you could turn that into a thriving, and lucrative, business by joining their network as a franchisee. Hire A
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Bizcommunity.com: The Franchise Association of South Africa‘s 2012 franchise directory, out now, has over 20 new franchises that have joined over the past year, representing the highest number of member franchisors in its 33-year history. The book explains the fundamentals of franchising and looks at what makes up a good franchise offer, gives guidance in
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Patch.com: Dunkin’ Donuts and the franchisees of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts announced that applications for the 17th annual Dunkin’ Donuts Scholarship Program will be available through March 15. This annual program awards students with well-rounded character scholarships for use towards their college education. Interested applicants can visit any Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant in Rhode Island
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