(Franchisee Marketing) When an owner launches their new business, they’re generally enthusiastic, upbeat, hopeful, and appreciative of each customer that honors them with a buy or membership.

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Earnings roundup: E.ON, Deutsche Post
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) — Property and casualty insurer Tower Group Inc. stated Thursday fourth-quarter earnings fell 29 percent as an investment loss offset higher premium income.

Citigroup made no approach for capital - Dubai
Reuters India - DUBAI (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has not made any approach to Dubai International Capital (DIC) seeking funds, the investment bureau owned by the ruler of the Gulf Arab emirate said in a statement on Thursday. It also said it had never expressed an

European Stocks Decline; UBS, Aegon, British Airways Retreat
Bloomberg - Ireland’s third-largest bank said writedowns on its structured- investment cars exceed 75 percent of their original value and demand for loans is slowing along with the Irish, U.K. and U.S. economies.

Milestone Group Selects IONA Artix for Real-Time Financial Messaging
Forbes - IONA), a world leader in distributed service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure solutions for performance-demanding IT environments, today announced that Milestone Group, a specialist supplier of next generation fund processing and investment

S3 Investment Company Issues March 2008 Newsletter Covering New
Market Wire - DANVILLE, CA–(Marketwire - March 6, 2008) - S3 Investment Company, Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : SIVC ), a holding company with two subsidiaries doing business in the China market, today released the March 2008 issue of its investor newsletter, which provides

Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors Acquires Two Illinois Bank Buildings
Forbes - This two-building acquisition provides our investor with steady cash flow as a result of long-term leases with an outstanding tenant,” said Jeff Hanson, President and Chief Investment Officer of Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors.

UPDATE 2-U.N. sees more hunger, unrest over food inflation
Forbes - Speculative investment in commodities markets in products such as grains and cereals, which has helped fuel the price surge, isn’t a short-term phenomenon, she stated.

EICA Senior Managing Director Arash Masom to Conduct Exclusive Webcast
Forbes - BAE1) announces that EICA Senior Managing Director Arash Masom will conduct an exclusive new audio-taped webcast interview so that AXVC shareholders and the investment community can learn more about the current and future prospects of Axial Vector

AT&T plans $1 billion network investment
Infoworld - AT&T will spend $1 billion in 2008 to expand its IP (Internet Protocol) networks for huge businesses, driven by an “explosive surge” in data, voice and video traffic, the company said Wednesday. AT&T’s investment in its enterprise networks in 2008

EU trade deals harm Africa unity-S.Africa’s Mbeki
Guardian Unlimited - This angered its partners in the SACU, which links the neighbours in a customs-sharing arrangement, even though Namibia later pulled out of negotiations on services and investment issues. (Reporting by Gordon Bell;

As Houston Auctions Fail, JPMorgan Exploits Taxpayers (Update1)
Bloomberg - Municipal bonds stopped their slide the past two days, rising as the highest yields on long-term debt in more than three years attracted investors including Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross , manager of the world’s biggest bond fund.

Morningstar Announces Site Builder(SM); BlackRock Licenses Tool as Key
Forbes - CHICAGO, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced Morningstar(R) Site Builder(SM) , a new Web-based platform consisting of Morningstar’s financial

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(FranchisePick.Com) A bitter & high-priced battle with NY franchise owners forces Burger King to disclose its secret retail strategy: