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	<title>Carlyle to buy restaurant chain in $232 mln MBO</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100196394-1-carlyle-buy-restaurant-chain-%2524232.html</link>
	<pubDate>6 Nov 2009 07:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>TOKYO, Nov 6 - The Carlyle Group said on Friday it would buy a Japanese restaurant chain operator in a 21 billion yen ($230 million) management buyout, its second deal in Japan in two weeks....	</description>
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	<title>HK Q3 restaurant receipts down 0.5 pct in value yr/yr</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/food/100193468-1-hk-q3-restaurant-receipts-down.html</link>
	<pubDate>2 Nov 2009 09:04:04 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>HONG KONG, Nov 2 - Hong Kong's restaurant receipts fell 0.5 percent to HK$19.94 billion ($2.56 billion) in the third quarter of 2009 from the same period last year, data from the Census and Statistics...	</description>
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	<title>Buffet-Only Restaurant - Food Business Idea</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/food/100118022-1-buffet-only-restaurant---food-business.html</link>
	<pubDate>12 Jun 2009 10:57:07 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>One price, all-you-can-eat buffet-style restaurants have become extremely popular with the budget-minded dinning crowd. Unlike a typical restaurant, a buffet restaurant has one major benefit ...	</description>
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	<title>Going to a Restaurant - Chinese learning</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100076237-1-going-restaurant---chinese-learning.html</link>
	<pubDate>27 Mar 2009 05:51:36 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Going to a Restaurant - Chinese learning	</description>
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	<title>Yes, You Can Start a Restaurant in a Down Economy</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/entrepreneur/100073890-1-yes%252C-you-can-start-restaurant.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>So you're thinking about opening a restaurant. The allure of fame and fortune seduces you, your love of food drives you, and you want to heat up your life in an exciting industry. That's all fine and well--just as long as you make sure the flame isn't turned up too high. Even in a healthy economy, the restaurant failure rate tells a grim tale, but in a recession, the industry is even more unforgiving.	</description>
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	<title>Hormel: some restaurant traffic trends improving</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/food/100069208-1-hormel%253A-some-restaurant-traffic-trends.html</link>
	<pubDate>17 Mar 2009 02:14:05 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>CHICAGO, March 16 - Hormel Foods Corp &lt;HRL.N&gt; is seeing some signs that customer traffic trends at restaurants are improving, its chief executive said on Monday. Improvement in the restaurant industry could be an early...	</description>
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	<title>First Ethiopian Restaurant in Beijing</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/business-in-china/100004030-1-first-ethiopian-restaurant-beijing.html</link>
	<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 09:06:41 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>First Ethiopian Restaurant in Beijing<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/04/03/1227258401220_us_backyard1_334.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Top 10 Full-Service Restaurant Franchises</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/entrepreneur/100004119-1-top-10-full-service-restaurant-franchises.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Nov 2008 06:04:52 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>If you're a foodie looking to franchise, these selections may be right for you.<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/04/11/1227506692058_us_backyard1_650.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Top 10 Quick Service Restaurants</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/food/100014586-1-top-10-quick-service-restaurants.html</link>
	<pubDate>29 Apr 2009 04:52:28 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>fast food restaurants<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/14/58/1236754493323_us_backyard1_924.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Top 10 Full-Service Restaurants</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/food/100014590-1-top-10-full-service-restaurants.html</link>
	<pubDate>29 Apr 2009 04:43:08 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>full-service restaurant<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/14/59/1236756360201_us_backyard1_954.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>First Ethiopian Restaurant in Beijing</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100024471-1-first-ethiopian-restaurant-beijing.html</link>
	<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 08:59:51 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>&quot;Beijing's First Ethiopian Restaurant&quot;, like its name, brings a unique African-flavored dining choice to those living in the capital city of China.	</description>
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	<title>How Chinese restaurants decorate their food?</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/regional-forum/100003252-1-how-chinese-restaurants-decorate-food%253F.html</link>
	<pubDate>14 Nov 2008 02:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
	<description><img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/03/25/1226631077050_us_backyard1_1079.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>How Chinese restaurant decorate the food</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/trade-forum/100002743-1-how-chinese-restaurant-decorate-food.html</link>
	<pubDate>7 Nov 2008 02:58:48 GMT</pubDate>
	<description><img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/02/74/1226026728879_us_backyard1_881.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>A New York restaurant is buttering up its patrons</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/industry-forum/100002314-1-new-york-restaurant-buttering-up.html</link>
	<pubDate>29 Oct 2008 06:17:15 GMT</pubDate>
	<description><img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/02/31/1225261035826_us_backyard1_297.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Tackling Entrepreneurship</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/entrepreneur/100004117-1-tackling-entrepreneurship.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Nov 2008 05:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>This weekend's Super Bowl contenders have wrestled with some of the country's strongest men, learned from the toughest coaches and maybe even overcome difficult injuries to get where they are today. But for some players, the football field alone can't satiate their love for strategy and competition...<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/04/11/1227505968551_us_backyard1_635.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Are These Businesses Still a Good Idea?</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/entrepreneur/100014211-1-businesses-still-good-idea%253F.html</link>
	<pubDate>16 Feb 2009 07:11:17 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>When upscale restaurants in Los Angeles and New York City start offering discounted tasting menus, you know times have gotten tough for the food industry. Meal assembly is one segment being hit particularly hard.<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/14/21/1234768277105_us_backyard1_219.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>12 Spots Where Wi-Fi Is Free</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/popular-guide/100002841-1-12-spots-where-wi-fi-free.html</link>
	<pubDate>10 Nov 2008 06:58:21 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Who doesn't like free wi-fi? Fortunately, there are plenty of places to indulge. Most public libraries now offer free wi-fi services during library hours. But if you want to nibble over a donut or sip your coffee, you're better off trying a commercial zone. Coffee shops, fast food restaurants and even auto body shops are increasingly offering free or modestly priced wi-fi deals, especially to loyal customers.<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/02/84/1226300301951_us_backyard1_1364.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Buffet-Only Restaurant</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-ideas/100003577-1-buffet-only-restaurant.html</link>
	<pubDate>10 Sep 2008 01:59:34 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Let customers customize their dinners at a buffet restaurant. 	</description>
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	<title>How Women Are Heating Up The Restaurant World</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/entrepreneur/100111272-1-how-women-heating-up-restaurant.html</link>
	<pubDate>1 Jun 2009 05:10:29 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Chefs like Traci Des Jardins are blazing their own trails in the largely male domain of high-end restaurants--and coping with the weak economy along the way.	</description>
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	<title>Priciest U.S. Restaurants</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/food/100074186-1-priciest-u.s.-restaurants.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Mar 2009 10:37:28 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>At these cross-country spots, the tab is as extraordinary as the meal.
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	<title>WRAPUP 1-3 U.S. restaurant chains beat views, but bottom elusive</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/food/100050594-1-wrapup-1-3-u.s.-restaurant-chains.html</link>
	<pubDate>12 Feb 2009 08:51:10 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Chipotle Q4 EPS 52 cts; Wall St view 48 cts * Buffalo Wild Wings Q4 EPS 43 cts; Wall St view 39 cts * P.F. Chang's Q4 ADJ EPS 31 cts,; Wall St view...
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	<title>Famous Peking Duck restaurant serves up molecular cuisine</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100194252-1-famous-peking-duck-restaurant-serves.html</link>
	<pubDate>3 Nov 2009 17:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Traditional Chinese cuisine seems a far cry from the high-tech equipment used in so-called molecular cuisine.
But Dong Zhenxiang, owner of the Da Dong restaurant in Beijing which is a leader of the trendy culinary movement here, says fresh techniques can only improve traditional Chinese cooking.
...	</description>
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	<title>Dubai to get original Copper Chimney restaurant</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/food/100154392-1-dubai-get-original-copper-chimney.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Aug 2009 05:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>ETA-Star Retail and the Copper Chimney Group have signed an agreement to open Copper Chimney, the popular Indian restaurant at the Meadow鈥檚 Town Centre in Dubai later this year.	</description>
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	<title>America's Best Big Companies - Hotels Restaurants Leisure</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/list/100139067-1-america%2527s-best-big-companies--.html</link>
	<pubDate>20 Jul 2009 07:40:08 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>America's Best Big Companies - Hotels Restaurants Leisure	</description>
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	<title>China Quanjude to set up 1st restaurant in Taiwan</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100028374-1-china-quanjude-set-up-1st.html</link>
	<pubDate>9 Dec 2008 10:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Dec. 9, 2008 (China Knowledge) - China Quanjude (Group) Co Ltd&lt;002186&gt;, a popular Peking Duck restaurant chain, announced that it will open its first Taiwan outlet in the island's southern city of Kaohsiung.Quanjude has reached...	</description>
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	<title>Little sheep sells entire stake in Japan restaurant chain</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100021756-1-little-sheep-sells-entire-stake.html</link>
	<pubDate>11 Nov 2008 10:50:52 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Nov. 11, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Little Sheep Group Ltd&lt;968&gt;, a homegrown lamb hotpot chain in China, has sold all the 62.5% stake it holds in its restaurant chain in Japan to its local partner...
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	<title>HK Q3 restaurant receipts rise 14 pct y/y in value</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100019286-1-hk-q3-restaurant-receipts-rise.html</link>
	<pubDate>4 Nov 2008 10:21:49 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>HONG KONG, Nov 4 - Hong Kong's restaurant receipts rose 14 percent to HK$20.13 billion ($2.6 billion) in the third quarter of 2008 from the same period last year, data from the Census and Statistics...	</description>
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	<title>INTERVIEW-US restaurant business toughest in 17 years -NRA</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100013269-1-interview-us-restaurant-business-toughest-17.html</link>
	<pubDate>16 Oct 2008 01:56:08 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* U.S. restaurant growth flat in first nine months. * Tight credit, falling home prices hurt business. * Economy top concern for restaurant operators. CHICAGO, Oct 15 - U.S. restaurants are enduring their toughest time...	</description>
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	<title>How to Start a Restaurant</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/entrepreneur/100174716-1-how-start-restaurant.html</link>
	<pubDate>21 Sep 2009 02:56:07 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Whether you want to serve fast food, steak, pizza or coffee, start your journey here with this comprehensive guide to launching your own food establishment. 
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	<title>Signs of the Times: OUT: Famous restaurants IN: new prayers</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/lifestyle/100037889-1-signs-times%253A-out%253A-famous-restaurants.html</link>
	<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 09:39:16 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Jan 7 - The global recession manifests itself in big ways and small: most gloomy, some quirky and many reflecting the inventive human spirit. Here is a look at some signs of the times. *...	</description>
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