Word: booting
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Some franchisees agree that slackers should get the boot. "They're dragging the brand through the mud," says Edward Bailey, who owns 44 stores in Dallas and has helped keep his business booming by decorating some of them with Ralph Lauren wallpaper and marble bathrooms. Others disagree, claiming that McDonald's is simply making scapegoats out of franchisees and that discounting helps the corporation at the franchisees' expense, since McDonald's takes in royalties on total sales, even as individual owners are stuck with shrinking profit margins. Though stressing that McDonald's will no longer shy away from forcing...
...Some franchisees agree that slackers should get the boot. "They're dragging the brand through the mud," says Edward Bailey, who owns 44 stores in Dallas and has helped keep his business booming by decorating some of them with Ralph Lauren wallpaper and marble bathrooms. Others disagree, claiming that McDonald's is simply making scapegoats out of franchisees and that discounting helps the corporation at the franchisees' expense, since McDonald's takes in royalties on total sales, even as individual owners are stuck with shrinking profit margins. Though stressing that McDonald's will no longer shy away from forcing...
...this for Florida's dim-witted election system: it makes the hot-button issue in the race for Governor--education--more urgent. During the state's primary balloting last week, especially in the populous southern counties of Miami-Dade and Broward, poll workers couldn't even boot up many of the new touch-screen voting machines, part of a $30 million upgrade undertaken after Florida's 2000 presidential recount debacle. Because of the voting fiasco, it took all of last week for state officials to confirm that Tampa attorney Bill McBride had narrowly, and stunningly, upset former U.S. Attorney General...
Like MacGregor, Greg Schmergel is a serial entrepreneur. If his company, Nantero, in Woburn, Mass., is successful, it will eventually add about five minutes to everyone's day. The company wants to build an "instant-on" computer that doesn't need to boot...
...Trend Alert Boot Up, Urban Cowboy By KATE DRAKE/Hong Kong The deer and antelope are still less than abundant, but when it comes to fashion, Hong Kong is now at home on the range. Cowboy boots and fringe-covered suede boots are suddenly hotter than Death Valley in August. Local magazine Fashion & Beauty recently ran a full page story flogging the new style, and retailers are finding it difficult to keep their shelves stocked. Local store i.t, which started carrying Western-style boots in July, sold out its first shipment of over 1,000 pairs in just two weeks. Zarina...