BRIEFCASE IHOP SIGNS DEALS FOR 28 NEW OUTLETS.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services GLENDALE - IHOP IHOP International House Of Pancakes (restaurant chain) iHOP Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins IHOP International House of Prayer IHOP International H2O Project IHOP International House of Pain Corp. announced Thursday that it has signed deals with four existing franchisees to develop a total of 28 new IHOP restaurants over the next two to 10 years, in Indiana, Georgia, Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. and Massachusetts. ``Since announcing the decision to shift to franchisee-financed development in early 2003, we have signed agreements for the development of a total of 233 new IHOP restaurants,'' said Rick Celio, IHOP's vice president of franchise and development. ``I look forward to more announcements in the coming months.'' As of March 31, there were 1,164 IHOP restaurants in 48 states and Canada. Univision files suit in Nielsen change Critics of the changes that Nielsen Media Research is making in the way it measures television ratings Television ratings may refer to:
Univision Communications filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court on Wednesday, seeking to stop Nielsen from making the changes in Los Angeles, where they are scheduled to begin July 8. Nielsen made the changes in Boston in 2002, in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of last week and plans to add Chicago in August, after Los Angeles. Univision, the country's largest Spanish-language television broadcaster, contends in its lawsuit that Nielsen is engaging in unfair, unlawful and deceptive business practices because the changes - centered on the use of electronic devices known as local people meters to gather ratings data - would significantly undercount un·der·count tr.v. un·der·count·ed, un·der·count·ing, un·der·counts To record fewer than the actual number of (persons in a census, for example). the core Univision viewers in Los Angeles: Hispanics who are younger, in large families and speak mostly Spanish rather than mostly English. Martha asks judge to grant new trial NEW YORK - Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude> Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model. asked a judge on Thursday to grant her a new trial, citing charges that a government witness at her first trial lied repeatedly on the stand. The request, considered a long shot by legal experts, came four weeks before Stewart and former stockbroker Peter Bacanovic are to be sentenced for lying about a well-timed stock sale by the celebrity homemaker in 2001. Quattrone's bid draws objection NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors urged a judge on Thursday to reject a bid for a new trial filed by Frank Quattrone, the former influential investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. convicted last month of obstructing a federal probe. Lawyers for Quattrone had argued that U.S. District Judge Richard Owen, who oversaw the trial, gave misleading instructions to the jury that made the panel more likely to convict the ex-banker. But prosecutors called the instructions ``entirely proper.'' |
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