FRANCHISE News, May 25, 2012

Franchise Homework a Must for Investors To Make the Grade in Real Estate Market MarketWatch (press release) DALLAS, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Experts say low home prices combined with low interest rates make this the best time in years to become a real-estate investor. While the timing might be right, investors need to understand all the costs ... See all stories on this topic »

5 things to know: 25 May 2012 Hotel News Now Overall, franchised businesses are not a major benefactor of Small Business Association lending. However, hotel franchisees appear to be an anomaly, according to Mike Rozman, co-president and chief strategy officer of BoeFly, an online marketplace that ... See all stories on this topic »

CKE Restaurants Announces Hardee's Expansion Plans Across Charlotte, N.C. Sacramento Bee By CKE Restaurants, Inc. CARPINTERIA, Calif., May 25, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- CKE Restaurants, Inc., announced today its intent to develop new Hardee's ® restaurants throughout the Charlotte, NC area. The company is seeking to expand its Charlotte ... See all stories on this topic »

Pretty Boys Gone Wild, Part 2: Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis TIME By Richard Corliss | May 25, 2012 | + Zac Efron and Robert Pattinson made their names as the pretty-boy stars offranchises for tween and teen girls: Efron as the dancing prom king in the Disney Channel's High School Musical series, Pattinson as Edward ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Anytime Fitness Signs Lease for a New Club at Chandler Plaza in Chandler, Arizona MarketWatch (press release) CHANDLER, Ariz., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Anytime Fitness, the world's largest and fastest growing 24-hour co-ed fitnessfranchise, will soon be opening a new location at Chandler Plaza, at 1072 W Chandler Blvd in Chandler AZ. See all stories on this topic »

Penske Automotive Group Announces Redemption of 3.5% Senior Subordinated ... MarketWatch (press release) BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., May 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Penske Automotive Group, Inc., (NYSE:PAG) , an international automotive retailer, today announced that it has given notice to holders of the $63324000 outstanding principal amount of its 3.5% ... See all stories on this topic »

Tickets for Spurs-Thunder NBA Western Conference Finals Available at ... MarketWatch (press release) SOUTH WINDSOR, CT, May 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs have been the class of the NBA's Western Conference all season long. It seems only fitting that the two franchises are set to face-off for a ... See all stories on this topic »

Brinker International, Inc. to Present at Investment Conference Reuters Contacts: Stacey Sullivan, Media Relations (800) 775-7290 Tony Laday, Investor Relations (972) 770-8890 BRINKER INTERNATIONAL TO PRESENT AT INVESTMENT CONFERENCE DALLAS (May 25, 2012) - Management of Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT), ... See all stories on this topic »

Chanticleer Holdings Announces Reverse Stock Split Virtual-Strategy Magazine CHARLOTTE, NC, May 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:CCLRD) (OTCBB:CCLRD) ("Chanticleer" or the "Company"), a business operator focused on expanding the Hooters casual dining restaurant brand in international markets, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Business Finance Store Discusses How Business Debt Can Affect Personal Credit San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 A federal judge ruled that auto dealers who use consumer's bad credit histories to charge higher interest rates must inform these clients of the negative information on their credit report, the Associated Press ... See all stories on this topic »

BAB, Inc. Announces Cash Distribution MarketWatch (press release) DEERFIELD, Ill., May 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BAB, Inc. (OBB:BABB) , today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly distribution of one cent ($0.01) per share, payable on July 6, 2012, to shareholders of record as of June 18, ... See all stories on this topic »

Apollo Global Management Completes Acquisition of EP Energy MarketWatch (press release) HOUSTON, TX, May 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- EP Energy (the "Company"), a leading North American oil and gas producer, has announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of the Company from its former parent El Paso ... See all stories on this topic »

'Men In Black 3': A Cartoonish Blast To The Past KQED By Scott Tobias | May 25, 2012 From the Department of Inessentiality, Summer Division, comes Men in Black 3, one of those franchises that lost all creative life in the first sequel but keep drawing breath anyway, thanks to an iron lung powered by a ... See all stories on this topic » KQED

TEXT-S&P affirms Spanish Bank BBVA Reuters In addition, it reflects our view that BBVA may underperform our financial expectations, in the still fragile and uncertain global economic and financial environment, particularly in Europe and in Spain. Rating Action On May 25,2012, Standard & Poor's ... See all stories on this topic »

Doodle.ly and CAKE BOSS Launch Campaign to Give Fans Honorary Cake Designer ... MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, NY, May 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Doodle.ly, the social sketchpad for creative self-expression and TLC's hit show CAKE BOSS, announced today a collaboration that will bring fans of the show into the mix by inviting them to create ... See all stories on this topic »

The Yankees Probably Aren't For Sale And Other MLBullets Bleed Cubbie Blue by Brett Taylor on May 25, 2012 6:29 AM CDT in MLB News The New York Yankees are for sale, according to a New York Daily News story, which was, of course, vehemently denied by the Steinbrenner Family. Unnamed sources told the Daily News that, ... See all stories on this topic »

Joie de Vivre founder suggests new slogan for Santa Barbara Pacific Coast Business Times By Dana Olsen on May 25, 2012. That was Chip Conley's question for industry insiders at the county's annual tourism luncheon and meeting on May 17 at Bacara Resort & Spa. Conley, founder of boutique hotel company Joie de Vivre, said he's been asking ... See all stories on this topic »

Get Organized! Cleaning Pros Offer Tips Entrepreneur BY Sarah Max | May 25, 2012| Chalk it up to longer days, summer moves, remodeling projects and the compulsion to throw open the windows and start fresh. Not surprisingly,franchises that specialize in these areas see business pick up in late spring and ... See all stories on this topic » Entrepreneur

'Men in Black 3′ puts Will Smith's bankability to the test The Grio by Kia Miakka Natisse | May 25, 2012 at 9:44 AM Will Smith arrives for the Men In Black 3 Germany Premiere at O2 World on May 14, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Men in Black 3's nationwide debut this weekend may be a ... See all stories on this topic » The Grio

Wade, Heat dispatch Pacers STLtoday.com AP stltoday.com | Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 12:10 am | ( Loading… ) comments. INDIANAPOLIS • Dwyane Wade scored 41 points, LeBron James added 28 and Miami finished off the Indiana Pacers, sending the Heat back to the Eastern Conference finals with ... See all stories on this topic »

Thunder cannot go wrong by mimicking what Spurs have done to succeed NewsOK.com BY BERRY TRAMEL | Published: May 25, 2012 Leave a comment Greater Oklahoma City has a population of 1.278 million people. Little bit bigger than Richmond, almost as big as Louisville. Greater San Antonio has 2.194 million residents. See all stories on this topic »

PE firms go public - but does it make sense? The Deal Pipeline by David Carey | Published May 25, 2012 at 12:30 PM It's just shy of five years since Blackstone Group LP took in $4.1 billion in an initial public offering staged at the market's ecstatic peak. With Carlyle Group's less-than-electric listing May 3, ... See all stories on this topic » The Deal Pipeline

Rangers hope to party like it's 1994 The Province By Bruce Arthur, The Province May 25, 2012 3:02 AM In 1994, when the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils last met in an Eastern Conference final, Mark Messier foresaw that his Rangers would win Game 6. There are no guarantees this time. See all stories on this topic »

Alain Vigneault driving over players could split Canucks locker room The Province By Tony Gallagher, The Province May 25, 2012 7:58 AM Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault has clashed with forward Ryan Kesler before, the latest incident coming when he said he didn't think Kesler's injury had anything to do with his ... See all stories on this topic »

Brash talk is corrosive The Province By Tony Gallagher, The Province May 25, 2012 3:02 AM When former genera lmanager Dave Nonis first hired Alain Vigneault and then a year later elevated him from Manitoba to be the Canucks head coach, he warned everyone that this guy would say things ... See all stories on this topic »

'Iron Man 3' and 'Thor 2' Cast Villains Hollywood.com By Aly Semigran , Hollywood.com Staff | Friday, May 25,2012 According to IndieWire, Hamilton, 37, he of Dancing with the Stars, er, fame and being briefly married to both Angie Everheart and Shannen Doherty, has been cast as baddie Firepower for the ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood.com

Reebok under tax lens, Adidas confiscates goods from warehouses Firstpost by FP Staff May 25, 2012 The IT department has launched a probe into the finances of Reebok India, which has filed a fraud case against its two former employees, even as the Gurgaon Police said the company's claim of Rs 870 crore deceit is “far from ... See all stories on this topic » Firstpost

Oldtown's new plant on track for Q3 completion The Sun Daily PETALING JAYA (May 25, 2012): Oldtown Bhd, which operates the Old Town White Coffee chain, said its new manufacturing plant in Kawasan Perindustrial Tasek, Ipoh is on track for completion in the third quarter of this year, with commercial production ... See all stories on this topic »

BOOK-NOOYI 2 LAST IBNLive.com PTI | 03:05 PM,May 25,2012 According to Novak, Nooyi could have leaned about According to Novak, Nooyi could have leaned about football or taken up golf in order to better fit in with her American colleagues, but that wouldn't have suited her ... See all stories on this topic »

Navis Capital Acquires Nirulas Fast Food Chain DealCurry By : Ahemad Shaikh | 25 May 2012 Navis Capital has acquired remaining stake in Delhi-based fast-food chain Nirulas Corner House Private Limited from its co-owner Samir Kuckreja. According to TOI, Kuckreja was holding a minority share of less than 10% ... See all stories on this topic »

Investors Appear to Have Pushed the Pause Button in April Morningstar.com Given the impact that an exodus of this nature can have on an individual asset class, we continue to prefer the more broadly diversified asset managers, especially those with solid equity and fixed-income franchises, to firms with a more singular focus ... See all stories on this topic »

Movies Now Showing, 5/25/2012 Denver Post What we may not expect is what a charming, funny and heartwarming movie this is, a smoothly crafted entertainment that makes good use of seven superb veteran actors. (Roger Ebert, Universal Uclick) 124 minutes Sports drama. PG-13. See all stories on this topic »

A&E Presents PAUL SIMON'S GRACELAND JOURNEY Documentary Tonight, 5/25 Broadway World A&E Network presents the world television premiere of Paul Simon'S GRACELAND JOURNEY: UNDER AFRICAN SKIES, a documentary commemorating the 25th anniversary of the legendary Graceland album, tonight May 25 at 10 PM ET/PT. Directed by two-time Emmy and ... See all stories on this topic »

15 Epic NBA Finals That Never Happened Bleacher Report Hollywood Los Angeles Both franchises were hungry for a championship. The Knicks had just reached the Finals the season before to be defeated by the San Antonio Spurs. The Lakers, on the other hand, wanted to start a dynasty with their one-two punch of ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Super Rugby preview: Saturday Planet Rugby For one, they're chasing a hat-trick of victories for the first time in theirfranchise history, and are also bidding to win their first game on New Zealand soil. In their only other meeting, the Rebels upset the Hurricanes 42-25 at AAMI Park last ... See all stories on this topic »

Led Source® 2012 Training Conference for Franchisees a Success LED Source® franchisees from all over the U.S. and Canada gathered together last week for the company's ... May 25, 2012 // Franchising.com // Orlando, FL - LED Source® franchisees from all over the U.S. and ...Franchise News Room » ... www.franchising.com/.../20120525_led_sourcereg_2012_trai...

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