Fans of hot wings can give a hoot about this company. Texas Wings is a leading operator of Hooters restaurants, with more than 40 locations around Texas. The eateries, franchised from Hooters of America, feature the popular chain's signature chicken wings, as well as other appetizers, sandwiches, salads, and seafood dishes. Texas Wings opened its first Hooters location in the West End entertainment district of Dallas in 1989; the location is often touted as "the world's largest Hooters." Controlled by president Kelly Hall, the company has agreed to be acquired by Chanticleer Holdings.

You needn't answer any riddles to eat at these restaurants. Sfinks Polska is a leading operator of casual dining chains in Poland and Eastern Europe with more than 100 locations. Its flagship chain SPHINX offers a Mediterranean-inspired menu of grilled meats, pizza, and pasta. In addition to domestic units, the chain has locations in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania. Sfinks Polska also operates Chlopskie Jadlo (Countryside Cuisine), which offers traditional Polish dishes in a rustic setting, as well as a Chinese concept called WOOK. Chairman and founder Tomasz Morawski controls 45% of the company.

This restaurant chain has been feeding boys big and small for more than 70 years. Big Boy Restaurants International operates and franchises more than 150 of its signature family-dining spots in Michigan and more than half a dozen other states. Known for their hamburgers (and the iconic Big Boy figure holding a plate-sized sandwich), the restaurants also offer a full menu of breakfast options along with such home style dinner favorites as meat loaf, pork chops, and chicken fried steak. More than 20 locations are company-owned, while the rest are franchised. The company also has some 300 licensed Big Boy units operating in Japan. Founded by Bob Wian in 1936, the Big Boy chain is owned by chairman Robert Liggett.

The Oakland Raiders professional football team is one of the more storied franchises in the National Football League. Founded in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League, the team played in the second Super Bowl between the rival leagues (losing to the Green Bay Packers) before joining the NFL in 1970. The franchise has since won three championship titles (its last in 1984). Over the years, Oakland has been home to such Hall of Fame players as Marcus Allen, Howie Long, and Jim Otto, as well as legendary head coach John Madden. Al Davis has run the team since 1972.

DreamNex knows how to combine business and pleasure. The French company operates SexyAvenue.com, a leading European adult-content Internet site offering erotic photos and videos, lingerie and sex toys, and an online dating service. Its Belgian subsidiary, Enjoy, hosts Europe's largest network of erotic Webcams. DreamNex offers its Web site in five languages and claims nearly 50 million visits per month and 3,000 transactions per day. Photo and video distribution accounts for the more than three-quarters of the company's revenue. About half that revenue comes from French customers. Founder, chairman, and CEO Patrice Macar and other members of management hold about 54% of DreamNex.

The organization oversees America's most popular spectator sport, acting as a trade association for 32 franchise owners. Among the league's functions, the NFL governs and promotes the game of football, sets and enforces rules, and regulates team ownership. It generates revenue mostly through marketing sponsorships, licensing merchandise, and by selling national broadcasting rights to the games. The teams operate as separate businesses but share a percentage of the league's overall revenue. Founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, the league has been known as the NFL since 1922.

7 Days Group Holdings offers accommodations for the cost-conscious traveler every day of the week. The company operates roughly the third largest economy hotel chain in China under the 7 Days Inn brand. It has more than 280 hotels in operation across major metropolitan areas, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. The group typically leases and converts existing real estate properties, rather than undertaking the costlier method of building new ones. It also licenses its 7 Days Inn brand to third parties and manages some of its hotels. The group filed to go public in November 2009 to take advantage of China's rapidly growing but fragmented economy lodging industry.

The Mirage Casino-Hotel imagines itself an oasis in the desert of Las Vegas. Part of the MGM Resorts International (formerly MGM MIRAGE) family of about a half dozen Vegas resorts, The Mirage offers guests more than 3,000 rooms and 100,000 square feet of gambling space along with a spa, over a dozen restaurants, shops, and a handful of attractions including the famed Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden and the Kim V Salon. The $630 million Mirage Casino-Hotel had its grand opening in 1989. Parent MGM Resorts is controlled by founder Kirk Kerkorian.

Aberdeen Football Club owns and operates the Scottish Premier League soccer team known to fans as The Dons. Formed in 1903, Aberdeen FC has won seven Scottish Cups (its last in 1990) and four Scottish League championships. The company, which generates revenue primarily from gate receipts and sponsorships, also owns the team's home pitch at Pittodrie Stad.

Rank has brought enjoyment to customers around the globe, initially through the production, distribution and screening of motion pictures; and more latterly through the operation of casinos, bingo clubs, restaurants, pubs, theme parks and hotels. The Rank Group Plc stays true to the pioneering spirit of its founder, J. Arthur Rank. The Rank Group Plc iconic ‘gong’ motif continues to represent Rank’s desire to excite and to entertain. The Rank Organisation, bringing together a number of motion picture businesses acquired in previous years, including Pinewood Studios and Denham Films. Over the next four years, he added to this the Odeon chain of cinemas, the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation and the noted film studios at Elstree and Lime Grove.

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