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4. February 2010 | 17:09Burger King Sees Beefy Profits With $1 Deals
Dollar-deals are luring cost-conscious eaters into fast-food restaurants, boosting second-quarter profits for Miami-based Burger King Corp. The king’s company saw a 13-percent rise in profit. (News Source: CBS4 Miami - 15:41:54)
Misael Diaz crowed Homecoming king
Friday was a night to remember for Misael Diaz as was crowned the 2010 Homecoming king of Santa Ynez Valley Union High School during halftime of the boys varsity basketball game. (News Source: The Santa Ynez Valley News - 15:29:38)
Will we ever see a female-led film franchise?
It’s all well and good for the ladies to don the lycra and strut their stuff in a superhero flick. But can they pull off the serious stuff once the series is over? We live in an era of film franchises. Major studios seem interested only in films that cost the price of a small nation, boast an array of dazzling futuristic gadgets, and can spawn not just other, bigger films, but a video game, a … (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 13:57:04)
Pesky kookaburra drops one on the debate over copyright law
In case you’d forgotten the words, I’ll reproduce in its entirety this charming ditty so that we sing along together, preferably in rounds: (News Source: Sydney Morning Herald - 13:41:35)
Burger King franchisees say dollar deal cuts profits
The story of how well Burger King’s dollar double cheeseburger is performing depends on whose numbers are accurate. (News Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 01:29:07)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 arriving in the UK in April
In case you’re not interested in seeing what an old Sony Ericsson Xperia phone can do, that Xperia 10 smartphone has already started to appear - starting with Vodaphone UK. by Rachel King (News Source: ZDNet - 13:53:31)
Burger King 2Q profit up 13 percent, revenue rises
NEW YORK - Burger King Corp.’s second-quarter profit rose 13 percent as its value menu, including items like a $1 double cheeseburger, lured cost-conscious eaters into its restaurants. (News Source: Asbury Park Press - 15:58:17)
Tortorella fiddles as Rangers burn
We get it. John Tortorella is the chess master playing with one king, one rook, a knight, a bishop and about a dozen pawns. But at some point the head coach of the Rangers must declare and implement a strategy against more heavily fortified opponents that does not change every… (News Source: New York Post - 08:12:17)
Swansboro Rotary Club changing date of king tourney
RICH LEVEY SWANSBORO - The second weekend of October has long been known as the weekend of the mullet in Swansboro. (News Source: Tideland News - 15:12:59)
The fruitless search for fact | Mark Vernon
AN Wilson’s ‘Jesus’ shows how anyone combing the gospels for history is likely to be disappointed The belief book club: Jesus, by AN Wilson The Jesus seminar is a group of scholars who have adopted a systematic approach to the search for the historical Jesus. Listing all the sayings and acts attributed to him, they colour code the likely veracity of each according to the standards of biblical … (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 14:13:47)
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