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    <title>Auto Brakes Franchise News</title>
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    <description>Franchising.com provideds the latest in auto brakes 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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  <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>Midas Will Present At Gabelli Conference </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Midas, Inc. (NYSE: MDS) will present at the Gabelli &amp; Company Automotive Aftermarket Symposium this week in Las Vegas.
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:35:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Midas Reports Third Quarter Earnings</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Midas, Inc. (NYSE: MDS) reported net earnings of $1.4 million--or $0.10 per diluted share--for the third quarter ended Oct. 3, 2009. The 2009 results compare to net earnings of $1.7 million--or $0.12 per diluted share--in 2008.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Midas To Present At CL King Conference</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The presentation by Midas, Inc. (NYSE: MDS), at the CL King "Best Ideas" Conference at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York will be available via webcast on Thursday, Sept. 17, beginning at 10:45 a.m. EDT.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>11 Midas Shops In San Diego Area Add SpeeDee Oil Change Services </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Midas, Inc. (NYSE: MDS) has brought the well-known Northern California SpeeDee Oil Change name to San Diego by adding SpeeDee quick-lube services to 11 company-owned Midas shops in the San Diego market.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:20:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Midas Reports Second Quarter Earnings Of $0.03 Per Diluted Share After $0.09 Of Non-Cash Special Items</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Midas, Inc. (NYSE: MDS) reported net earnings of $0.4 million--or $0.03 per diluted share for the second quarter ended July 4, 2009, compared to $2.2 million--or $0.16 per diluted share--in the second quarter of 2008. The second quarter 2009 results...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>HometownTimes.com Joins International Franchise Association</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Online Publisher of 500-Plus Local News Web Sites Provides Up to 10,000 Jobs and additional incentive to veterans
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  <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Saving The Dying Newspaper: Serial Entrepreneur Has Solution</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Long-Time News Buff Remains Ahead of Curve, Creates 540 Online Newspapers; Franchise Opportunity]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/11704/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:56:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>HometownTimes.com Recognized By Atlanta Business Chronicle As One Of Atlanta's Top 25 Franchises</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Company Launches 513 Online Newspapers Creating National Network Of News, Information and Events Sites
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    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/11703/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:52:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Midas Delays Filing Annual Report On Form 10-K; Additional Pension Expenses Will Affect 2006 - 2008 Results; 2008 Earnings Per Diluted Share Revised T</title>
    <description><![CDATA[In its filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Midas, Inc. (NYSE: MDS) reported that the company had discovered and corrected an error in its third party actuary's calculation of the annual projected pension benefit obligation.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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