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  <title>California Twilight Fans View Worldwide Phenomenon For Free As Jamba Juice Hosts 'New Moon Premiere Night' On Friday, November 20 </title>
    <description><![CDATA[As a part of its fall 'Feel Good Campaign,' Jamba Juice announced today it will make Twilight fanatics feel over the moon with surprise free tickets for the Twilight saga &quot;New Moon&quot; on Friday, November 20. Starting today at 2PM and continuing through...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Mr. Goodcents Subs And Pastas Awards Corporate Resource Group With 2009 Partner Of The Year Award </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/mrgoodcents/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/mrgoodcents/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>Mr. Goodcents, one of America's fastest-growing subs and pasta quick serve franchise concepts for more than 20 years, recently presented one of their vendors, Corporate Resource Group, with its 2009 Vendor of the Year Award.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Starwood Announces Early Tender Results Of Its Cash Tender Offer For Up To $300,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount Of Certain Of Its Outstanding Notes</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels &amp;amp; Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today announced that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 19, 2009 (the &quot;Early Tender Date&quot;), $193,652,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7&acirc;...ž% Senior Notes due...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Ben &amp;amp; Jerry's Hits The Halfpipe With Hannah Teter's Maple Blondie </title>
    <description><![CDATA[This winter, Ben &amp;amp; Jerry's takes to the mountain to honor fellow Vermont native and gold-medalist snowboarder, Hannah Teter with its newest flavor, Maple Blondie. The first flavor created for an athlete, Maple Blondie is a rich and creamy maple ice...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Knowing Your Niche Could Mean The Answer To Success.... Free Webinar Teaches Business Owners The Fundamentals Of A Successful Business Plan</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The ActionCOACH California Team has announced its third free webinar in the &quot;Six Steps to a Better Business&quot; series aimed at helping small businesses plan for their success. And unlike some organizations who give you one webinar for free then encourage...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Burger King Holdings Declares Quarterly Dividend </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BKC) announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on December 29, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>T.G.I. Friday's(R) Restaurants In Texas To Donate Portion Of Thanksgiving Day Sales To Assist Fort Hood Community</title>
    <description><![CDATA[T.G.I. Friday's today announced that all 50 restaurants in its home state of Texas will donate 5% of net sales from Thanksgiving Day to the United Service Organizations to assist the Fort Hood community which lost 13 of its loved ones during the...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:35:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Burger King Holdings, Inc. To Present At The Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Credit Conference </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Burger King Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BKC) announced today that the company will participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Credit Conference on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at The Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York, NY beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Vapiano To Open In Bethesda Row</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Vapiano signed a lease with Federal Realty to open a corporate-owned Vapiano restaurant in Bethesda Row. This will make the 5th corporately-owned Vapiano in the Washington, DC metro and Vapiano's 1st location in Maryland. Vapiano will open in a new...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>California Pizza Kitchen Satisfies Cravings With New Customized Catering Service </title>
    <description><![CDATA[California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (CPK) (NASDAQ:CPKI), home of the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches and desserts, announced today that all...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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