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By PETER HERMANN | April 9, 2009
Back in 1996, the manager of a downtown Burger King handed out discount coupons for ammunition and guns along with the Whoppers with cheese. A week ago, police told us you could buy cocaine from a Shell gas station in Severna Park. And now, the feds tell us your potato chips could come with a Beretta at the Utz kiosk in Lexington Market. I went to lunch Wednesday at the historic shopping stalls in an area the city is trying to revitalize, but all I got was a scowl from the clerk when I ordered a 9 mm. I watched customer after customer, but none left with weaponry.
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By FREDERICK N. RASMUSSEN | December 2, 2008
Peter John Tasch Sr., a former Burger King district supervisor who later owned and operated an Eldersburg cafe, died of heart failure Nov. 25 at University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 56. Mr. Tasch was born in Philadelphia and was raised there and in Hatboro, Pa. He attended schools in Philadelphia and Neshaminy, Pa. Mr. Tasch worked for many years for Burger King, becoming district supervisor of stores in Atlantic and Cape May counties in New Jersey and Bucks County in Pennsylvania.
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By This column was compiled from dispatches by Sun reporters. | July 9, 2008
Maryland Acquisitions Laureate expands in Latin America Laureate Education has expanded its presence in Latin America by acquiring a school in Mexico and two more in Costa Rica, the Baltimore company announced yesterday. Universidad Tecnologica de Mexico has eight campuses throughout the country and serves 36,000 students. Universidad Latina and Universidad Americana, both in Costa Rica, serve 16,000 and 4,000 students, respectively. Laureate already has campuses in the two countries.
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By KEVIN COWHERD | July 7, 2008
Gas crisis or no, millions of Americans are hitting the road this summer, and many will travel that magical stretch of road known as the New Jersey Turnpike, where they'll stop at its various service areas which are, well, not so magical. These are named after great Americans, for some reason, and include the Vince Lombardi Service Area, the Thomas Edison Service Area, the Grover Cleveland Service Area, the Molly Pitcher Service Area and so on. You wonder what someone like Thomas Edison would think about having a rest stop named after him. This was maybe the greatest inventor in history, the man who gave us the electric lightbulb, the phonograph and 1,000 other inventions.
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By New York Times News Service | May 23, 2008
In the fast-food business, imitation isn't just a form of flattery - it's a proven way to increase sales. The Taco Bell value menu, for instance, gave rise to the Wendy's Super Value Menu, the McDonald's Dollar Menu and the Burger King Value Menu. The Angus beef burger from Back Yard Burgers begat similar burgers at McDonald's, Burger King and Hardee's. In the latest appropriation of a popular product, McDonald's has just introduced a Southern Style Chicken Sandwich - one that looked suspiciously like the signature sandwich of the Chick-fil-A chain.
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February 1, 2008
Nation : Earnings Burger King net increases 39% Burger King Holdings Inc. said yesterday that its fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 29 percent. Burger King said net income for the quarter rose to $49 million, or 36 cents per share, from $38 million, or 28 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 10 percent to $613 million from $559 million in 2007. Mattel profit rises 15% Mattel Inc. reported yesterday a 15 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit. The company said its net income grew to $328.
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By Andrea K. Walker | November 1, 2007
When Baltimore businessman Edwin Avent purchased Heart & Soul magazine in bankruptcy court three years ago, he seemed to be the only one who had faith in the fitness publication aimed at African-American women. Earl Graves, the publisher of Black Enterprise magazine, was the winning bidder but then decided to pass on the deal, believing there wasn't a large enough audience for the publication to succeed. Investors that Avent approached declined to finance the first issue. And advertisers wanted to see that he could publish before they would commit.
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By Andrew Leckey | July 29, 2007
I would like to know if my shares of Wendy's International Inc. will continue to grow in my IRA. - C.M., via the Internet The nation's third-largest hamburger chain - behind McDonald's and Burger King - isn't just trying to sell more food. It could be trying to sell itself. Introduction of a breakfast menu in 650 of its more than 6,600 Wendy's restaurants, additional Frosty Float flavors, new sandwiches, the "Do What Tastes Right" ad campaign and job cuts are all moves to try to turn itself around.
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By Doreen Hemlock | June 30, 2007
In Turkey, there's home delivery and in Mexico, valet parking. In China, Whoppers come with spicy "mala" sauce and in South Korea, with sweet and sour "bulgogi" topping. Burger King is finally getting serious about building a worldwide empire. After decades of ownership changes and management shake-ups, the Miami-based restaurant chain is stabilizing as a stand-alone company with its stock traded on Wall Street. Now, its executive team feels steady enough to focus on lagging growth overseas, aiming to narrow the gap with McDonald's Corp.
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By Elizabeth Large | March 4, 2007
Food *** (3 stars) Service *** (3 stars) Atmosphere *** (3 stars) The restaurant that's currently the buzz in Annapolis is Osteria 177, a new place on Main Street that bills itself as "the evolution of Italian-Mediterranean cuisine." It has all the right ingredients, starting with the high-style dining room. Check out the huge crystal chandeliers juxtaposed with industrial-look exposed pipes, the futuristic chairs that seem to be metal but are actually vinyl, the deep red walls decorated with contemporary art. All this in a space that was previously a steak house, a Burger King, a drugstore, and I don't know what else.