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...bistros in 39 U.S. states, along with 164 outlets of its more casual line of restaurants, Pei Wei Asian Diner, which launched in 2000. But as with many restaurant chains, the recession slowed the pace of expansion after consumers started ordering cheaper dishes and cooking for themselves at home. The stock fell to an eight-year low of $15 in November 2008 (it has since rebounded to roughly $30), and in the first three quarters of this year, revenue has dropped nearly 2% year over year. New overseas markets like Mexico are a gamble that will determine whether the chain...
...because it's closer [to the U.S.]," says DeAngelis. Greg Ruedy, a restaurant analyst at the Stephens financial-services firm in Little Rock, Ark., says it's logical for the company to start in Mexico given the number of American tourists there, the flow of Mexican migrant workers returning home from the U.S. who are already familiar with the brand and limited expansion prospects Stateside. "Most large, casual diners see that international growth is a much larger opportunity than the domestic opportunity," says Ruedy...
...April 2005, sheriff's deputies reached a suburban Seattle home in time to prevent a firebomb from detonating. But there was nothing the sheriff's department could do to defuse another volatile situation at the site: a feud between the explosives teams that showed up including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...
...wrote that 90% of the solar energy stored in wood is transformed into heat and power by AWC technology, compared with 20% to 40% by simply firing wood. Furthermore, AWC burns so efficiently that it is considered to be virtually carbon neutral. (See an interactive graphic of a green home...
...Loggerhead sea turtle was still alive, but barely. As it lay on its back on the pavement, occasionally flapping its fins, the fisherman who had caught it when it got stuck in his net a few miles off the coast of the Gaza Strip said he would take it home and eat it. The fisherman, who gave his name only as "Abu Mohamed," admitted that his catch was illegal. Loggerheads are classified internationally as an endangered species. But these days, environmental protection is rarely enforced in Gaza's waters. That's because, according to fishermen and local maritime officials, life...