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...Alphaville was recently flipping through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) data dump from the US Treasury and came across loans for two entities called Delight Holdco I LLC and Delight Holdco II LLC....
...But the question we raised is does franchising success ultimately rely on two of America’s most acute pathologies: excessive leverage and exploiting cheap labour?...
...This has supported fast-food sales, which have been resilient even as a cut-throat battle has broken out in the $800bn US restaurant industry....
...The market for anything more advanced remains to be proved, and many in the mobile gaming industry are sceptical that it exists....
...Mr Bazin had for years sat on Accor’s board representing the interests of Colony Capital, which was known to be frustrated by the relative lack of change at Accor against a backdrop of a fast-changing industry...
...The company acknowledges that if its new investments are not getting results within a year to 18 months, it will look to joint ventures, re-franchising of bottlers or even disposals....
...After his death, Cobain’s estate passed to his wife, the singer Courtney Love, who in 1997, with Cobain’s bandmates, formed Nirvana LLC, a limited liability company to oversee their interests....
...This is the hedge fund industry which has grown at a dizzying pace, with global assets under management worth $1,200bn at the end of 2005....
...London & Boston Investments climbed 46 per cent to 7.12p, as it announced plans to float its private property search subsidiary PSG (Franchising) at £15 to £18m....
...The group has been selling hotels for several months as it moves to a business model based on hotel management and franchising rather than asset ownership....
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