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...Several members of the family, including the twins, became formidable forces in American tech....
...Americans have been guzzling fewer fizzy drinks for more than a decade — sales hit a 31-year low in 2017 — as a younger generation of consumers rejects the 39 grams of sugar in a can of cola....
...Lyft, Uber’s main American rival, received a $100m investment from Didi in January....
...“The city-based structure with a franchising model struck our attention. It's a great partnership with Blizzard that we want to continue for multiple years.”...
...It embedded fast food into American diets as the US industrial farm system developed to make $1 cheeseburgers feasible....
...It makes sense that the Indiewood movement be gaining traction at the highest level now, at a time when Hollywood is in the grip of the most expansive franchising boom in its history....
...The number of US estate agencies using the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices brand will swell to almost 1,400 by next spring, said Earl Lee, chief executive of HSF Affiliates, a franchising joint venture between...
...The exception, it said, was Anglo American ....
...UK government unveils new rail franchising timetable The number of rail franchises to be let before 2016 shrank this week from 12 to three as the government unveiled a new franchising timetable that seeks...
...Married to Annette, an American who used to work for US vice-president Joe Biden, he has two teenage sons with whom he attends Arsenal football games. He takes pride in being well turned out....
...In the long run, though, franchising means less sensitivity to sales growth (and declines)....
...A weak franchising tradition and lack of reliable logistics and standards have kept competitors out, though insiders say KFC and other big companies are about to make a move....
...There are 60 stores for every million Americans now....
...In the meantime, Vietnam will remain free of McDonald’s, making life difficult for homesick American expats and Vietnam’s embattled central bankers, who are unable to use The Economist’s redoubtable Big...
...“It’s a big opportunity …Chinese consumers love American brands,” Mr Murphy said at Gap’s annual investors’ meeting....
...The big telecoms companies are involved in a series of contentious issues including the debates over so-called “net neutrality” and video franchising and reform of the current telecommunications legislation...
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