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 <title>Is NOW The Time To Look For An Opportunity?</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;You may find this hard to believe, but there is still business being done everyday, in the &lt;strong&gt;US&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluemaumau.org/is_now_the_time_to_look_for_an_opportunity&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:52:27 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>Quiznos New CEO Dave Deno Speaks</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Dave Deno, the newly promoted CEO of Quiznos speaks about why growth has slowed, store profitability and franchise relations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluemaumau.org/quiznos_new_ceo_dave_deno_speaks&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:50:18 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Happy-go-lucky CEO Mr. Martin Sprock is giving his top management team the boot. What a difference a year makes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluemaumau.org/top_execs_exit_raving_brands&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:46:48 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>Using Bad Numbers and Logic to Sell a Franchise</title>
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 <description>&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;There are good reasons to buy a franchise. But peddling myth and faux numbers do not help the industry. It turns off a lot of thoughtful business people from looking further.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluemaumau.org/using_bad_numbers_and_logic_sell_a_franchise&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:42:28 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>Does Starbucks Really Help the Competition</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;In a recent article at Slate,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slate.com/id/2180301/pagenum/all/#page_start&quot;&gt; Taylor Clark argued that Starbucks is different from Walmart&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&amp;quot;Starbucks has bee&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluemaumau.org/does_starbucks_really_help_competition&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:42:45 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Who&#039;s carrying who?</title>
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 <description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Oct 8 2007 issue (page 24) of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrn.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nation&amp;#39;s Restaurant News&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  has an article by Sid Feltenstein (Captain D&amp;#39;s, Del Taco) decrying the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluemaumau.org/whos_carrying_who&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:12:59 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>McDonald&#039;s Strip Tease Chapter Closes</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I realize the title is a bit misleading, and for those that clicked with lascivious intent or curiousity...gotcha.  It&amp;#39;s good to know I am in good company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluemaumau.org/mcdonalds_strip_tease_chapter_closes&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:56:22 -0700</pubDate>
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