The Associated Press: Armies of new Avon ladies, Mary Kay reps and Tupperware sellers are advancing on living rooms across the country, their ranks full of professionals forced to take a second job amid the recession. Becke Alexander, sales manager for New York-based Avon Products Inc., hears each week from laid-off bankers and stay-at-home moms, […]
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BusinessWire: The Amacore Group, Inc. has amended its March 31, 2008 Stock Purchase Agreement for US Health Benefits Group, Inc. (“USHBGâ€). The original agreement had an agreed upon value of $14.3 million which consisted of $9 million worth of common stock, with the number of shares issued contingent upon future share price, $2.9 million in
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Wall Street Journal: Red Mango Inc. is looking to add some toppings to a new round of funding as potential franchisees turn to the frozen yogurt chain amid recession-related unemployment woes. A regulatory filing shows the company has secured $1.2 million of a round targeting $8 million. Chief Executive Dan Kim confirmed the company is
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Financial News USA: UFood Restaurant Group, Inc. announced today that it has signed a lease agreement with Westfield Concession Management for a UFood Grill Restaurant in Boston’s Logan Airport Terminal C. Westfield is a premier company in the leasing of airport retail concessions across the United States. This will be UFood’s second location inside Boston
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Stillwater Gazette: One of the city’s most longstanding businesses plans to make a big change within the next nine months, when the McDonald’s at 14545 60th St. N. is slated to be demolished and rebuilt. Franchise owner/operator Jim Duval, of Woodbury, told Oak Park Heights City Council members he plans to close the restaurant for
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Bizjournals.com: A local Applebee’s franchisee has purchased property in the Plazzio retail development at 13th Street North and Greenwich Road. But Jim Stevens says he’s not ready to put one of his casual dining restaurants there. “The one I bought is purely speculative,†says Stevens, owner of Wichita-based JS Ventures, which owns 25 Applebee’s Neighborhood
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Examiner.com: One thing DC has a shortage of is good bagels. A transient city, DC is home to many, especially former Northeasterners (New Jersey and New York), and they just want a doughy, delicious bagel or bialy (even more rare in this city). Yes, we’ve got Firehook (a little too fancy for bagels) and Dunkin
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Given the growing antipathy in some segments toward arbitration, it is not surprising that 2008 was a challenging year for those who sought to enforce arbitration agreements. This was especially true in California, which continued to take the lead in finding new ways to strike down arbitration agreements. By Joel D. Siegel and Norman M.
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Montgomery County Courier: One of Montgomery County’s biggest names in barbecue will open a new restaurant today – but don’t look for brisket, ribs or sausage on the menu. McKenzie’s Burgers & Fries is set to open at 17099 Walden Road in Montgomery this morning. The decision to focus on hamburgers and French fries instead
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PR Newswire: Baskin-Robbins, America’s favorite ice cream shop, is hosting a seminar in Indianapolis on June 30, 2009 to share information about franchising opportunities in the metropolitan area. Baskin-Robbins is seeking regional franchisees to develop more than 45 new stores in Indianapolis and the surrounding counties of Marion, Hendricks, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby, Hancock, Hamilton, and
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