‘Dr. Oz Show’ Premiers Today | Behold the Power of Oprah

The Oprah Effect strikes again
Oprah Winfrey’s influence is so great that CNBC created a special highlighting it called “The Oprah Effect.” After serving five years as on-call doctor to “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Dr. Oz is getting his own show, “The Dr. Oz Show.” This show has been planned and [...]

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Monday, September 14th, 2009 by
Elizabeth Fairchild

Franchise Owners Face Parent Company Bankruptcy

Franchisees left companyless
People say recession sparks innovation, creativity, responsibility, and all other sorts of optimistic-sounding things. It also causes failure, collapse, bankruptcy and all other sorts of apocalyptic-sounding things.
It also causes complications, such as leaving franchise owners to figure out how to deal when their parent company goes bankrupt. Sometimes [...]

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Old Country Buffet filed for Chapter 11 in January 2008, but emerged with reduced debt in April 2009.
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 by
Elizabeth Fairchild