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    <description>Franchising.com provideds the latest in automotive franchise industry news from over 1,000 franchise companies and business opportunities worldwide. Covering: general announcements, mergers, acquisitions, personnel changes, business expansion, media coverage, conference calls,earnings claims, product announcements, and strategic alliances.</description>
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	<managingEditor>benjaminf@franchiseupdatemedia.com (Franchising.com News Wire)</managingEditor>
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  <title>Glass Doctor(R) Of The Bay Area Ready To "Fix Your Panes" </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/glassdoctor/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/glassdoctor/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>The Glass Doctor of the Bay Area franchise owned by David Co is now open and ready to "fix your panes!"]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Insurer Names Glass Doctor(R) Of St. George To Distinguished List </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/glassdoctor/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/glassdoctor/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>Glass Doctor of St. George is listed as a Tier 1 auto glass shop by for the Allstate Insurance Company's new nationwide Distinguished Performers Program. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:35:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Meineke Franchisee Becomes The 1,500th Veteran To Buy A Business Under The VetFran Program </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Veterans Day for U.S. Army veteran Brian Gadson will be even more special this year. He's just signed up for a different tour of duty, becoming the 1,500th veteran to buy a franchise small business using discounts offered by the International Franchise...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Announces Exercise Of Option To Purchase Additional Shares </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) announced today that the underwriters have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 862,500 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $19.25 per share.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Fiesta Auto Insurance Navigates The Streets Of Franchising And Finds Success</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Fiesta Auto Insurance has the policy entrepreneurs need to insure their financial future: a dynamic franchise investment with multiple revenue streams that serve the needs of millions of consumers in America.
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Snap-on Incorporated Declares Quarterly Dividend </title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA) board of directors declared today a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.30 per share payable December 7, 2009 to shareholders of record on November 16, 2009. Snap-on has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Snap-on Incorporated Declares Quarterly Dividend</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA) board of directors declared today a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.30 per share payable December 7, 2009 to shareholders of record on November 16, 2009. Snap-on has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Glass Services Business Celebrates Grand Opening Wednesday </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/glassdoctor/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/glassdoctor/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>The Glass Doctor(R) of Southern New Mexico franchise owned by Glenda Vincell and her son, Tim Vincell, will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon cutting sponsored by the Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce at noon on Wednesday.
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  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:50:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Completes Public Offering Of Common Stock </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) announced today that it has completed its previously announced public offering of 5,750,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $19.25 per share. In connection with the offering, the...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Snap-on To Present At Baird Industrial Conference </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA) will present at the Robert W. Baird &amp; Co. 2009 Industrial Conference on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. The presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:15 p.m. Eastern time (11:15 a.m. Central time).
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  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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