| Internet Marketing Firm TruePresence Welcomes Milestone 20th Franchise
Company has doubled in size in one year; new offices open in North Carolina, South Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey and North Detroit. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) September 19, 2007 -- TruePresence, a national Internet marketing firm that helps businesses find, get and keep customers online, today announced that it has expanded to 20 markets nationwide with the addition of five new franchise owners. The new additions include Chuck Beardsley (Scotch Plains, New Jersey), Bruce Breeden (Ashville, North Carolina), Caterina McIntyre (Charleston, South Carolina), David Royal (Omaha, Nebraska), and Mike Vendal (North Detroit). .
Fasfik Eyes 30 Pct Auto Services Sector Mart Share
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 -- Fasfik (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, which operates a chain of tyres, brakes and lubrication services centres, expects to capture 30 percent of the local industry's market share worth RM1.6 billion annually, said its chairman, Datuk Pahamin A. Rajab, Tuesday. "The target will be achieved with the company's plans to open 1,200 outlets and have a workforce of 12,000," he said at the launch of Fasfik's 40th outlet and the signing of the memorandum of understanding to offer the Fasfik franchise training programme with Empire Putra College and strategic partners. Minister of Entrepreneurial & Co-operative Development, Datuk Mohamad Khaled Nordin officiated at the launch. Pahamin said to achieve the target, Fasfik would invest RM3 million to train 1,000 apprentices annually. "The amount will cover the cost of training for the three-and-a-half year programme which includes allowances, training facilities, uniforms, gear and apparels and systems applications," he said.
Judge strikes down state law permitting cable franchise fees
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Polk County judge has struck down a portion of a state law permitting city governments to assess fees of up to five percent on cable television connections. Judge Michael Huppert says the Legislature violated state and federal constitutional rights of a woman who sued the city of Des Moines claiming its cable franchise fees are illegal. In his ruling, Huppert says a law passed earlier this year that permits city governments to assess the fee and makes the law retroactive violates a person's constitutional right of due process. He says only two types of retroactive laws in Iowa can pass constitutional muster - emergency legislation and laws passed to cure errors in earlier laws. He says the retroactive cable franchise law is neither.
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