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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?...
...Our best guess is fast-food chain Sonic Corp, who Inspire Brands took private early last week (two days before Marks' memo) at a cost of $2.3bn, an Ebitda multiple of 15x....
...Wendy’s and Burger King churned out deals such as four items for $4, helping each preserve a market share of about 11 per cent of the US fast food market, while growth in smaller chains such as Sonic Burger...
...At night the Ferguson police fired canisters of tear gas and used a sonic weapon to disperse the crowds, which were protesting the shooting and killing of teenager Michael Brown by a still-unnamed police...
...Indeed, many of the early games being produced for Fire TV or these mobile controllers are retro “ports” (games converted from one platform to another) from the 1990s or early 2000s – think Sonic the Hedgehog...
...private equity firm and Accor shareholder, had been pressing the group to go faster in its embrace of an asset-lite model, in which hoteliers sell off properties and concentrate on their management and franchising...
...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....
...December 2 - Sonic Satisfaction, with Olive is a lossless leader in digital audio, Sony stays in touch with new Walkman and Sonos enters cheaper zone with music system....
...Sonic , the restaurant group, lowered its fiscal fourth-quarter outlook due to higher prices for dairy and soybean oil and rising labour costs. Its shares fell 11.6 per cent to $21.48....
...This was followed months later by Bank of New York buying Sonic Trading, then the purchase of Lava Trading by Citigroup. Last but not least, in September 2005, JPMorgan scooped up Neovest....
...But he also cautioned that the “defeat” in Texas did not mean the end of state-wide franchising....
...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....
...Loeb said: "I was a little taken aback by the sonic wave toothbrush which was displayed by an out of work doctor who couldn't tell me if the product was endorsed by any medical or dental associations and...
...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....
...Loeb said: "I was a little taken aback by the sonic wave toothbrush which was displayed by an out-of-work doctor who couldn't tell me if the product was endorsed by any medical or dental associations and...
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