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    <title>Weight Loss Franchise News</title>
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    <description>Franchising.com provideds the latest in weight loss 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>Illuminate Gym Offers To Invest In Future Franchisees </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>illuminate gym is on the cutting edge of the fitness industry offering its proprietary 'High Oxygen Training' in a private and personal setting. Today illuminate gym announces that they are making it easier to begin your own illuminate gym.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:25:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Snap Fitness Recognized As One Of Twin Cities' Fastest Growing Companies By Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Snap Fitness, the fast growing franchise system featuring compact, state-of-the-art fitness centers has 'muscled' its way to the top of the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal's "Fast 50".]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Illuminate Gym To Open Up In Greenwood Village, Colorado </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announcing publicly that Rony Leon, illuminate gym's newest franchisee, will be opening an illuminate gym in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Weight Watchers Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) will release its results for the third quarter 2009 after the NYSE close on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Medifast Weight Control Centers Open New Location In Austin, TX</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED) today announced the grand opening of its fourth Medifast Weight Control Center in Austin, TX. The new Medifast Weight Control Center is located at Gateway Shopping Center...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Illuminate Gym Has Plans To Open 2 More Locations In Denver By 2010</title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that there are plans as of this week to open 2 more illuminate gyms in the Denver area.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Illuminate Gyms Looks For Real Estate In The DTC</title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>Illuminate gym is proud to announce that today we are beginning the search with a franchisee for a second location in the greater Denver area. The newest illuminate gym will be located somewhere in the Denver Tech Center.
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    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13166/</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Alison McElroy Named General Counsel Of Snap Fitness </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Snap Fitness, the world's largest and fastest growing franchise featuring compact, state-of-the-art fitness centers, announces the appointment of Alison (Ali) McElroy as general counsel of the company, effective June 2009.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13151/</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Gold's Gym Announces A Pair Of Promotions In Franchise Development Department </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Gold's Gym announced today the promotion of Chris Finch to Senior Director of International Franchising and Paul Summers to Senior Director of U.S. Franchising for Gold's Gym. The promotions are reflective of their high performance and business...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13148/</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Illuminate Gym Offers A Different Kind Of Franchise Financing</title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/illuminategym/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announcing publicly that it is offering creative ways to help franchisees get their business off the ground in a tough credit market.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13112/</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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