Founded in 1878, Everton Football Club pre-dates neighboring clubLiverpool FC but now must follow in its world-famous rival's successful footsteps. Playing in the Premier League, the English football club has had its share of ups and downs but still commands a loyal legion of fanz. Payments from Premiership broadcasting rights, along with money generated during game days by ticket and match program sales, account for most of the club's revenues. Chairman Bill Kenwright has a 25% stake in the team; Planet Hollywood founder and CEO Robert Earl owns about 20%.

Auntie Anne's is a leading franchisor of snack outlets, with about 1,000 pretzel stores located in some 45 states and 20 other countries. The stores offer a variety of pretzel flavors, including original, cinnamon sugar, garlic, almond, and sesame, as well as the popular pretzel-wrapped hot dog. They are primarily found in high-traffic areas, such as malls, airports, train stations, and stadiums. Anne Beiler started the company in 1988 to help fund a faith-based family assistance foundation. Sam Beiler, a cousin, bought the company in 2005.

The company was co-founded in 1995 by Sandy Orr, Executive Chairman, Donald MacDonald, Vice Chairman, and David Orr, Chief Executive, with Bill Crerar and was set up as a joint venture with the Bank of Scotland.

Stella, too. Stanleybet International in a UK-based sports betting company that operates primarily through subsidiary Stanley International Betting (SIB). Licensed in the UK, Croatia, Romania, Poland, and Malta with intermediaries in Cyprus, Germany, and Italy, it has about 1,400 outlets. Patrons can place wagers on soccer (football in Europe) and horse, dog, and car racing as well as a numbers-based lottery draw. Stanleybet is part of Genting Stanley (formerly Stanley Leisure), a subsidiary of global gambling powerhouse Genting Berhad.

In the past, the world knew us as IHOP, an American icon to our guests and a franchising company that was focused on providing strategic leadership and vision for our franchisees and on enhancing value for our shareholders. With this dedicated focus, we cultivated a core expertise in brand revitalization and franchising know-how which became the basis for the winning formula that has defined the financial success of our business in recent years. With the addition of Applebee’s to the IHOP family of restaurants in November 2007, we made a bold new commitment to our brand revitalization abilities and to the power of franchising. DineEquity promises to make our two businesses more powerful and more successful than either brand could have been apart. Along with our new name comes a new opportunity to focus even more clearly on how we win: energizing our brands, improving the operational performance of our franchise systems, and maximizing franchise development. These goals, along with our intention to transform Applebee’s to a nearly 99% franchised system, will inform how DineEquity provides leadership for our Applebee’s and IHOP brands, today and into the future.

The board of Northern Racing has given approval for the development of a new £7.5m Grandstand in the Premier Enclosure at Fontwell Park Racecourse in West Sussex. Architects have been appointed to produce a three-story building complete with twelve private hospitality boxes on the top floor, a glass fronted hospitality/banqueting lounge for 250 people on the middle floor and a multi-purpose hall on the ground floor with new catering and betting facilities. The project managers for the scheme are Arcadis AYH and the architects are Manchester based AFL. It promises to be one of the best Grandstands in the country. As well as being used for more than twenty race meetings a year, the stand will be hired seven days a week for events including weddings, conferences and exhibitions.

Pappas Restaurants has several ways to please the palate. The company owns and operates more than 80 restaurants encompassing more than half a dozen different casual dining concepts, including Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, the Tex-Mex flavored Pappasito's Cantina, and Pappas Bar-B-Q. Its casual-dining spots are located primarily in Texas, with additional units operating in a half-dozen other states. Pappas Restaurants also has a couple of high-end Pappas Bros. Steakhouses, as well as Pappas Burger gourmet hamburger joints. The family-owned company was started by Chris and Harris Pappas in 1976. The brothers also own 10% of Luby's and head the executive team of the Houston-based cafeteria chain.

In October 2005 Gala Group merged with Coral Eurobet in a deal that created Europe’s pre-eminent integrated betting and gaming group with strong market positions in licensed betting shops, bingo clubs and casinos and a high quality multimedia offering. The Group focuses on high volume and low stake gambling. It operates almost 1600 licensed betting offices, 147 bingo clubs, 27 casinos, 2 Greyhound stadia, a UK telephone betting business and a thriving online gambling business. In addition, the Group is active in exploring opportunities in the international market.

Shangri-La Asia Limited was founded in 1971. Shangri-La Asia Limited, an investment holding company, owns, operates, and manages hotels and associated properties primarily in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand. It also provides hotel management, marketing, consultancy, reservation, and related services to third party owners. The company also engages in the ownership and leasing of office, commercial, residential, and serviced apartments; and ownership and operation of a golf club. In addition, Shangri-La Asia involves in the real estate development activities. It operates its hotels primarily under the Shangri-La, Traders, Rasa, Summer Palace, and Shang Palace. As of December 31, 2009, the company had equity interests in 49 operating hotels comprising 24,432 guest rooms. It had 16 management agreements in respect of operating hotels owned by third parties and had agreements for development of 14 new hotels in Doha, Toronto, Seychelles, Bangalore, Mumbai, Macau, Moscow, Chongqing, and Iskandar.

Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc. operates a chain of full-service restaurants and package liquor stores in south Florida. Flanigan's Enterprises Inc. operates package liquor stores under the ‘Big Daddy's Liquors’ name, which provides a range of brand name and private label liquors, beer, and wines; and restaurants under the ‘Flanigan's Seafood Bar and Grill’ name that offers alcoholic beverages and food service. As of October 3, 2009, it operated 23 units consisting of restaurants, package liquor stores, and combination restaurants/package liquor stores; owned 1 adult entertainment club; and franchised 6 units comprising 2 restaurants and 4 combination restaurants/package liquor stores.

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