INTERNET News, Apr 13, 2012

AT&T or Verizon: Which offers the best deal on 4G iPad data? CNET (blog) I have not been able to find anything on Web blogs or elsewhere, however, about any difference in data consumption for AT&T's HSPA+ (faux 4G) relative to Verizon's 3G. This could be very important factor in determining which version of the iPad to ... See all stories on this topic »

Keynote WebEffective – Now Supports User Experience Testing on the iPad Tablet ... EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) (EON: Enhanced Online News)--Keynote ® Systems (NASDAQ:KEYN), the global leader in Internet and mobile cloud testing & monitoring, today announced that WebEffective®, Keynote's SaaS-based customer experience management platform for conducting large ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Your Company Needs An iPhone / iPad At Work Policy Cult of Mac Mobile technology is playing an ever bigger role in the workplace. According to a recent study by IT training and certification giant CompTIA, 84% of knowledge workers use an iPhone or other smartphone for at least some work tasks on a daily basis ... See all stories on this topic »

'Draw Something': Hottest game since 'Angry Birds' USA TODAY ... iPod Touch and iPad (and Android) is a mobile game that challenges gamers to draw a particular object on the touch-screen device -- such as overalls, a picnic, coffin, penguin or even Lady Gaga -- and another player, somewhere on the Internet, ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Keep iPad In Business Costs Down By Thinking Outside Of The Box Cult of Mac This shared iPad model can be a way to implement the iPad while reducing overall expense. One challenge, however, is that a business typically needs to provide mobile Internet access for individuals or small teams – something that can be a pricey ... See all stories on this topic »

Magid: A few thoughts on tech pioneer Jack Tramiel and startup Instagram San Jose Mercury News Tramiel's passing didn't get nearly as much press coverage as Facebook's decision to spend $1 billion to buy a startup whose only accomplishment was a single mobile application called Instagram. The company has no revenue and doesn't even let you view ... See all stories on this topic »

When trends collide: Pricey LTE mobile broadband vs. video streaming Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) But after buying a new iPad with a 4G LTE connection, I thought I'd experiment with using video on its high-resolution display to keep my mind occupied while I sweat. I did it once, and I probably won't do it again, thanks to the high cost of the ... See all stories on this topic » Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Stores go online to find a perfect fit San Jose Mercury News Nordstrom.com has introduced same-day shipping in certain markets and it has applications for Apple's (AAPL) iPad and iPhone devices. Last year, Nordstrom put more than 6000 mobile hand-held devices in its stores for easy checkout and inventory lookup. See all stories on this topic »

WinInfo Short Takes: April 13, 2012 Windows IT Pro I am expecting Windows 8 (or what Microsoft called Windows On ARM, or WOA) to perform well in the so-called "media tablet" market, that market for devices that sit functionally somewhere between "real" PCs and smart phones, like the iPad. See all stories on this topic » Windows IT Pro

Making sense of 4G and other myths USA TODAY Mobile Internet speeds can vary greatly from one location to another. Cell towers are scattered, and when many users are connected to a tower at the same time, speed bogs down. Still, LTE speeds can put some home broadband connections to shame. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Pew survey shows 1 in 5 US adults don't use Internet The Hill (blog) Mobile technology, however, is becoming increasingly important in allowing all Americans access to the Internet — 88 percent of Americans own a mobilephone and 57 percent a laptop. E-book readers like Amazon's Kindle and tablets like Apple's iPad ... See all stories on this topic »

Binary Options Pioneer TradoLogic Releases High-Quality iPhone Native Mobile App PR Web (press release) The fully customized mobile application features a full player cycle, allowing traders to open accounts and deposit via their mobile devices, without the need to go to the Internet. In its constant strive to offer operators outstanding business value, ... See all stories on this topic »

Smartenit Delivers First Android, iOS, Web Browser and Desktop Application for ... Houston Chronicle The Smartenit® App offers easy monitoring and control of ZigBee® and INSTEON® automation networks, and will run on mobile/tablet platforms (Android and iOS), web browsers, and on Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops. The application uses a local gateway ... See all stories on this topic »

MLB.com At Bat Sustains Frenzied Pace Missouri Sports Magazine (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today announced that its MLB.com At Bat 12 application surpassed the three million download mark yesterday ... See all stories on this topic »

More Than 27 Percent Of Emails Are Opened On Mobile Devices (Report) Marketing Land Mobile internet growth isn't just limited to the web. Consumers are also using mobile devices more frequently to read emails. According to a new report from marketing agency Knotice, more than 27 percent of emails were opened on a mobile device during... See all stories on this topic » Marketing Land

Are Your Presentations iPad Friendly? Why REALTORS Are Embracing Tablet Technology RisMedia.com (press release) According to Lim, 25 percent of web users in the US access the webexclusively through mobile devices, which include tablets. This percentage is low compared to other developed nations, so mobile usage in the US is expected to skyrocket further in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Internet Broadcasting and CoreMedia CEOs Plot How to Break Out of Technology ... Broadcast Newsroom Internet Broadcasting, the leading provider of digital publishing technology and services for local TV newsrooms, and CoreMedia, a leading Web content management (WCM) company, today announced that Elmer Baldwin, CEO,Internet Broadcasting (IB) will ... See all stories on this topic »

Former RIM boss sought strategy shift Reuters The plan would have let the carriers use the RIM network to offer inexpensive data plans, limited to social media and instant messaging, to entice low-tier customers to upgrade from no-frills phones to smartphones. But the talks with carriers led to ... See all stories on this topic »

Leaked: roadmaps for Office 15, IE10 and more ITWorld Canada Zoho launches Android, iPad apps for CRMBy: Chris Kanaracus (30 Mar 2012)BOSTON - Zoho is expanding its push into mobile applications on Monday, rolling out native Android and iPad clients for its CRM and project management . See all stories on this topic »

Retailers team up to find a perfect fit Bend Bulletin One month later, Wal-Mart Stores paid about $300 million for Kosmix, a social-media startup that now serves as the retailer's lab for building and testing newWeb and mobile applications. The world's largest retailer also owns a controlling stake in ... See all stories on this topic »

The Morning Download: Google's Stock Split a Boon to CIOs Wall Street Journal (blog) Intel, which designed the specifications, is making a big marketing push, selling the devices as just as sleek and light as MacBook Airs — only cheaper — and more business-friendly than the iPad. But CIOs don't seem to be biting. See all stories on this topic »

15 Current Technologies My Newborn Son Won't Use Gizmodo Even today, 4G LTE provides comparable download speeds and better upload speeds than cable Internet, but the cost of using mobile broadband all the time is prohibitive. At some point in the next few years, broadband providers are going to realize that ... See all stories on this topic »

'Angry Birds' Creator Makes Push Into China Jakarta Globe Rovio has recorded more than 100 million downloads for the “Angry Birds” game in China, helped by demand from users ofphones running Google's Android operating system, and Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. China's biggest Internet companies such as ... See all stories on this topic » Jakarta Globe

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's HMH Fuse: Algebra 1 Common Core App Named an ... MarketWatch (press release) Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and often described as the Academy Awards of the Internet, the Webby Awards honor excellence across a range of categories including Website, Interactive Advertising & Media, ... See all stories on this topic »

Former RIM boss Balsillie sought radical strategy shift before he quit Toronto Star Alastair Sharp Reuters Related RIM's new CEO already under fireOnline reaction: New PlayBook update RIM releases new PlayBook OS RIM flunks PR test despite YouTube apology More RIM coverage TORONTO—Former Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim ... See all stories on this topic » Toronto Star

Wal-Mart Previews 'Disc to Digital' Movie Service Sci-Tech Today The new service allows movie fans to walk into any Walmart, where they can present their old DVDs and get permanent access to an online version of each movie that can be streamed from a home computer or a mobile device. The DVDs are stamped with a... See all stories on this topic » Sci-Tech Today

The State of the Gate Wall Street Journal Packed within and around them, however, is a plethora of state-of-the-art technology—facial-recognition devices, Internet-connected digital cameras, remote iPad control and other features—that can drive up the cost of an entry up to $1 million or more. See all stories on this topic »

Hands-on with Walmart's disc-to-digital program ConsumerReports.org If cloud-based services, which store digital content such as music and movies on Web-based servers to allow consumers nearly ubiquitous access, are all the rage, Walmart's new disc-to-digital program adds an interesting wrinkle. See all stories on this topic »

Boingo Wireless to Manage and Operate Wi-Fi at U.S. Cellular Field EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) Premium access is available for Boingo Unlimited and Boingo Mobile monthly subscribers. White Sox fans can also use Boingo Wi-Fi Credits to purchase premium access for $1.99 per hour with their iPhone, iPad or other iOS mobiledevices. See all stories on this topic »

Shades of 1984 Emerge in Broadcast TV Copyright Flap Wired News The upstart, Aereo, opened for business last month and suppliesinternet streams and a DVR service for over-the-air broadcasts to its New York customers. In other words, Aereo lets those in New York who want to watch on their iPad what they can pull ... See all stories on this topic » Wired News

Beyond the looks... BusinessDay Users of Samsung products, on the other hand, are conscious of the fact that they get a huge number and variety of ringtones on their phones. Equally, iPhone users are on the high end as owners are lovers of mobile internet, GPS functions, ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessDay

Make Your Communications Mobile-Friendly OfficialWire (press release) And that percentage is swelling as smartphone display screens increase in size and clarity and as mobile Internet connection speeds improve. In fact, amobile email study by Return Path released May 17, 2011, revealed an 81 percent growth in mobile ... See all stories on this topic »

Widescreen monitors become the most used on the internet The Verge It's worth mentioning that StatCounter separates mobile and desktop browsers for other stats, so for example the 1024 x 768 iPad might not be included here. The dramatic increase in the use of the 1366 x 768 resolution is likely down to its commonness ... See all stories on this topic »

Cisco Systems, Inc. - Special Call Seeking Alpha And let me kick it off out here with our latest love affair, which is our new iPad. I don't know if many of you have realized it or not, but with just upgrading your tablet from the iPad 2 to the new iPad with retina display, it's any video stream that ... See all stories on this topic »

Go Further pops up near Union Square San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Downstairs, a Pandora listening station offers a chance to play with the Internet radio company's latest features. You can also scope out new Moshi accessories for the iPhone, iPad and other devices. Upstairs, a mini-shop by cult art toymaker KidRobot ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Seamless Is "Ready for Its Close Up" With Los Angeles Market Expansion Technology Digital (press release) NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 12, 2012) - Seamless (www.seamless.com), the leading mobile and online service for ordering delivery and takeout food from more than 9500 top restaurants in the US and UK, today announced its expansion in the second ... See all stories on this topic »

Business news: Google stock wrinkle, Goldman Sachs settles charges, Best Buy ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Companies will probably commit 23 percent of their search-based ad spending to mobile devices by the end of this year, according to Marin Software, which helps manage about $3.5 billion annually in online ads. That's up from 8.7 percent at the end of ... See all stories on this topic »

Friday Grab Bag: Who gets Hard Knocks and Tablet Sales Soaring Mobile Sports Report Well Cnet's Jessica Dolcourt has taken the time to break down the issues and lay them out in a piece entitled 7 Myths about quad-core phones. She looks into issues such as app development, impact on battery life and top down development of the cores, ... See all stories on this topic » Mobile Sports Report

Finalists Selected for the Charlotte Venture Challenge Examiner.com InstructHealthcare is developing online tutoring for physician assistants (PAs) preparing to take the Physician Assistant National Recertifying Exam to gain their certification. Proximitas is developing a mobile platform that will allow meeting ... See all stories on this topic »

RIM's Jim Balsillie sought strategy shift before he quit Montreal Gazette The devices will have to do just that, analysts say, to arrest the precipitous decline in market share suffered by RIM, the company that virtually inventedmobile email more than a decade ago. Balsillie's plan may have heralded a broader strategic move ... See all stories on this topic »

Avantair, Inc. Enhancing Its Fleet with Wi-Fi Avionics Intelligence The system provides fast mobile broadband connection speeds via a seamless nationwide network of ground stations. Its superior connection makes it easy for users to download files with attachments, access VPNs, surf the Internet and talk on the phone ... See all stories on this topic »

Will time travelers know where they are? China Daily Would it be the Chinese digital mobile network, or the iPad? Or would it be the position that China now occupies in the world? I think that what would astonish our recent ancestors most would be the variety of food on display in Chinese supermarkets ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

How enterprises can tackle the bring-your-own-tablet challenge VentureBeat In fact, many newly released tablet devices and software updates (eg Android's Ice Cream Sandwich update, BlackBerry Playbook 2.0 update, and the new iPad) include enterprise-friendly features, making it relatively easy for employees to leverage ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

Late News: Nokia Lumia 900 Coming to UK on April 27?, New iPad ... Late News: Nokia Lumia 900 Coming to UK on April 27?, New iPad OnlineTraffic Stats, Amazon Seeks Higher Publisher Discounts ... The mobile is a larger version of last year's Lumia 800 and comes with the promise of 4G connectivity. ITProPortal.com: Mobile & Telco

Internet Retailer : Mobile Commerce - iPad users love to shop at ... Bill Siwicki , Managing Editor, Mobile Commerce ... A new report shows thatiPad traffic to retail web sites indeed spikes smack in the middle of prime time. www.internetretailer.com/.../ipad-users-love-shop-night-couch...

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FRANCHISE News, Apr 13, 2012

Franchise Men In Kilts Window Cleaning Franchise Announces Website Launch San Francisco Chronicle (press release) "We've brought on top talent in operations, franchising, communications and training from some of the best companies in the game. We have invested heavily in our infrastructure, to put a model together that will ensure that ourFranchisees can dominate ... See all stories on this topic »

The Best Franchisors Look Long-Term Blue MauMau This is one of the dirty little secrets of many business ventures not justfranchising. Poor franchisors focus on short-term franchise fees rather than ongoing royalties, and on rapid growth rather than long-term commitment tofranchisees' success. See all stories on this topic »

Men In Kilts on the 'Challenging' Startup Journey Entrepreneur (blog) The business has ambitious plans to be in every major metro market in the US and Canada by 2017 – although so far it's got just six franchises underway. The company, though, recently joined forces with one of Canada's largest window-washers, ... See all stories on this topic » Entrepreneur (blog)

Franchise of 20 e-jeepneys OK'd in Makati Inquirer.net By Matikas Santos MANILA, Philippines—The long-time king of the road, the jeepney, is set for a reinvention as the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved the franchise of 20 e-jeepneys in Makati City. See all stories on this topic » Inquirer.net

7-Eleven promotes franchising Manila Standard Today 7-Eleven, the world's highly successful convenience store chain, saidfranchising remains the best option for today's OFWs. Even with the seeming success of franchise businesses, entering the trade still pose risks, which is why apart from readiness ... See all stories on this topic »

Caring Transitions® Appoints New President to Carry on Next Phase of Franchise ... Your-Story.org (press release) As part of a naturally designed company progression, Seman is taking over the reins from John F. Buckles, who helped grow Caring Transitions to more than 140 franchises throughout the country since first being established in 2006. See all stories on this topic »

Dickey's Barbecue signs agreement with Sysco Refrigerated Transporter Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc has signed an exclusive agreement with foodservice distributor Sysco Corporation to provide its franchises with a range of foodservice products. “We've experienced a phenomenal growth rate over the last two years and ... See all stories on this topic »

For Sky Zone Trampoline Parks, The Sky's The Limit Huffington Post From four corporate and 15 franchise locations in 2011, Sky Zone posted $15.7 million in revenue this year and have plans to add another 34 franchises. Their staff consists of 50 full-time and 500 part-time employees. It seems like this trampoline ... See all stories on this topic »

Camp Bow Wow Launches Facebook Game MarketWatch (press release) BROOMFIELD, CO, Apr 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Camp Bow Wow(R), North America's largest and fastest growing pet care franchise, an INC 5000 company with franchise opportunities available across the country, reaches a brand milestone this week ... See all stories on this topic »

Dickey's Barbecue Fires Up Expansion In Virginia Sacramento Bee The world's largest barbecue franchise is opening its fourth location in Glen Allen later this Summer. This will be the second location for franchise owners Terry and Lisa Henshaw. "Virginia is a growing market for our unique concept," said Roland ... See all stories on this topic »

Scoring big Central Penn Business Journal By Jason Scott What began as supplemental income to a minor-league soccer salary through offseason coaching and camp instruction has in recent years evolved into one of the premier child health and fitness franchises in the country. See all stories on this topic »

FRO 2012, 48th National Franchise, Retail & SME Show, Kolkata Your-Story.org (press release) FRO Expo 2012, India's national Franchise & Retail show embarks in Kolkata on April 21 – 22, 2012 at Swabhumi – The Heritage Plaza, Kolkata. The show lays a platform for companies to present and expand their franchisedconcepts by networking with ... See all stories on this topic »

48th FRO to be held in Kolkata Franchiseindia.com In addition, the show will also offer an insight in all aspects of franchising both nationally and internationally for entrepreneurs seeking business opportunities and franchise options.” The show encompasses a comprehensive exhibition and a ... See all stories on this topic »

Shopping Make You Hungry? Try Dickey's Barbecue Sacramento Bee "There is a lot of excitement from the local community about us coming to this new location," said local franchise owner Godfrey Wood, who will run this location along with his son Sidney. "We're in a really great space and I'm excited to serve ... See all stories on this topic »

7-Eleven, Inc. Pioneers Innovative Idea in the Fight Against Illegal Underage ... Franchising.com (press release) The company invested one million dollars to upgrade all franchise registers, at no-cost to any of the franchisees. “7-Eleven considers this a small price to pay to combat the serious nature of illegal under-age sales,” said a 7-Eleven spokesperson. See all stories on this topic »

Manitoba's Franchises Act Comes Into Force On October 1, 2012 Mondaq News Alerts (registration) The Manitoba legislature recently announced that Manitoba's Franchises Act (the Manitoba Act), which received Royal Assent on June 17, 2010, and the recently finalized regulations thereunder (the Manitoba Regulations) will come into force on October 1, ... See all stories on this topic »

Staying relevant in retail Franchising We ask 'Is it a great deal for franchisees? Is it right for the brand, is it strategic?'. I don't need to grow numbers for ego, I'm more keen on looking at opportunities." So how will the two major brands fare in overseas development? See all stories on this topic » Franchising

Traxx Construction Products launches online store Franchising An online store has been launched by the Traxx Construction Products franchise which supplies tools and equipment for work with concrete and masonry. The three year old business services the construction trade with franchises across the country. See all stories on this topic » Franchising

Women-only fitness club Lucille Roberts opens in King of Prussia Daily Local News Though she enrolled a bit grudgingly, a franchising class opened her eyes to the possibilities out there, she recalled. “My first thought was 'I am not owning a McDonald's,' and they said you wouldn't believe how many things arefranchises. See all stories on this topic »

Dickey's Barbecue Fires Up Expansion In Virginia NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release) The world's largest barbecue franchise is opening its fourth location in Glen Allen later this Summer. This will be the second location for franchise owners Terry and Lisa Henshaw. “Virginia is a growing market for our unique concept,” said Roland ... See all stories on this topic »

Great Wall reveals UK retailing plans Motor Trader Any successful used car dealer has built up the business themselves without the help of a franchise, they bring great endeavour to the business,” he said. Hegarty said IM has deliberately kept franchising agreements simple, limiting contracts to two ... See all stories on this topic » Motor Trader

Philadelphia presses Verizon to expand FiOS footprint FierceCable While Verizon has halted new construction and franchising efforts for its FiOS TV service, the company says it will adhere to the terms of its franchiseagreement in the City of Brotherly Love, which calls for citywide coverage to be available by 2016. See all stories on this topic »

Coffee Chain CEO 'Biggby Bob' Meets With Plymouth Customers Patch.com ... also reward the franchise owners. Fish's bill Thursday was approaching $2500 by the time his visit ended at 10 am and lines at times stretched to the front entrance. Fish, who started Biggby Coffee in 1995 in East Lansing and began franchising ... See all stories on this topic »

Health Bazaar: News paper Advertising agency and franchisee at ... By education cluster Newspaper advertising agency in Madhavaram : 098415 45000 / 044 4213 5952. The Hindu newspaper Advertising franchisee (Franchise) at Madhavaram : 098415 45000 / 044 4213 5952. Times of India newspaper advertisingfranchisee ... Health Bazaar

Blaze Pizza Franchise News - Franchising.com The latest company news for Blaze Pizza . Browse our collection of press announcements regarding corporate finance, annual reports, franchiseexpansion, ... www.franchising.com/blazepizza/news.html

Latino Franchises in High Demand Latinos may be the fastest growing segment of the population in the United States, but in the franchising industry their presence is rather low. latino.foxnews.com/latino/.../latino-franchises-in-high-demand...

McDonald's in franchising deal with Russia's Rosinter McDonald's Corp. will franchise out restaurants in Russia for the first time after picking the ... McDonald's, which relies heavily on franchises in more mature markets such as the United ... Mugs in the news: Masseuse charged with prostitution ... www.chicagotribune.com/.../chi-mcdonalds-in-franchising-dea...

Franchises Get Social Franchise companies, initially reluctant to embrace Facebook, Twitter and other social ... The nature of franchising -- systems, consistency and control -- can run counter to the spontaneous spirit of social media. .... Franchise News (sample) ... www.entrepreneur.com/article/223318

92% Franchisee Approval for World-Class Franchises - Small ... There is no lack of "spin" or "hype" in the world of franchising. "TopFranchise," " Best Franchise," "Fastest-Growing Franchise"…..all of these designations can be ... www.funder.org/.../92-franchisee-approval-for-world-class-fra...

Franchise Blog - Your Guide to Franchising: Spring Means ... Here on the Franchise Direct franchise blog, we discuss all things helpful and interesting for prospective franchisees. Franchise industry news, uniquefranchise ... www.franchisedirect.com/.../spring-means-franchising-is-heati...

McDonald's in franchising deal with Russia's Rosinter | Long Island ... Home > News > Food and drinks > McDonald's in franchising deal with Russians ... McDonald's Corp. will franchise out restaurants in Russia for the first time ... libn.com/.../mcdonalds-in-franchising-deal-with-russias-rosinte...

IFA Applauds Georgia Saying Franchisees Can't Be Employees ... Massachusetts recently ruled that Coverall franchisees were really disguised employees who weren't even ... The franchise world's most read news source... www.bluemaumau.org/.../ifa_applauds_georgia_saying_franc...

McDonald's in franchising deal with Russia's Rosinter - Finance News By Natalia Ishchenko. MOSCOW (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp <MCD.N> willfranchise out restaurants in Russia for the first time after picking the sector's largest ... finance.townhall.com/.../mcdonalds_in_franchising_deal_with...

McDonald's in franchising deal with Russia's Rosinter - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: MOSCOW (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp will franchiseout restaurants in Russia for the first time after picking the sector's largest restaurant ... news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-franchising-deal-russias-rosinter-...

Home Instead Senior Care Network Announces No. 1 Franchisee ... 1 Franchisee Satisfaction Ranking; 2012 Guide Lists Senior Care Among the Most Popular Franchise Models,Read most current stock market news, Get stock, ... news.morningstar.com/.../home-instead-senior-care-network-a...

Canadian Franchise Association Announces 2012 Franchisees ... This is the second year for the annual Franchisees' Choice... ... Platform · Heartbeat Social Media Monitoring Dashboard · News Dashboard 2.0 Monitoring ... www.marketwire.com/.../canadian-franchise-association-annou...

Canadian Franchise Association Announces 2012 Franchisees ... Free Franchise Press Release News Distribution. ... The Franchisees' Choice designees are CFA member franchise systems who voluntarily took part in an ... www.franchisewire.com/article.php?id=6233

McDonald's in franchising deal with Russia's Rosinter — Oak Brook ... McDonald's is franchising our restaurants in Russia for the first time. ...McDonald's, which relies heavily on franchises in more mature markets such as the ... triblocal.com/.../mcdonalds-in-franchising-deal-with-russias-ro...

Point Zero (Canada) Eyes Franchising in Australia - 03 Apr 2012 Point Zero (Canada) Eyes Franchising in Australia. www.worldfranchiseassociates.com/franchise-news-article.php...

The British Franchise Exhibition, Manchester Central, June 8 & 9 ... Franchise World magazine | Franchise magazine, latest franchise news, and franchise ... With over half a million people currently employed infranchising, it is a ... www.franchiseworld.co.uk/archives/4144

Beware of franchising pitfalls - Local News - News - Business ... PEOPLE in small business in Macarthur who have thought about buying into afranchise should go into it with their eyes wide open and their head firmly ... www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/...of.../2511588.aspx

Hair loss expert franchising services, medical billing - Sun Sentinel As a second-generation hair replacement expert, Linda Alfieri likes to keep her clients low profile. Discretion is second nature, whether her customers have hair ... articles.sun-sentinel.com/.../fl-brf-alfieri-0404-20120404_1_h...

Smart Franchising | KALW ... from scratch? A franchise can be tempting. Alas, too often, franchises fail.... All Content. closeNews podcasts; Use iTunes · Use a different player · RSS... kalw.org/post/smart-franchising

IFA Calls for Comprehensive Tax Reform as U.S. Tax Rate Tops the ... For the franchising industry, which includes more than 825000 establishments supporting nearly 18 million workers, that contribute $2.1 trillion in economic ... www.franchise.org/Franchise-News-Detail.aspx?id=56527

FranNet Celebrates 25 Years with 25 Tips for Choosing a Great ... Despite what you might read in the news, there are a lot of funding options forfranchises. Loans are available, but make sure you do enough research or work ... blog.frannet.com/.../frannet-celebrates-25-years-with-25-tips-f...

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