And the cable operators aren t required to get local phone franchise agreements themselves.
Franchise agreements requiring arbitration of disputes are being challenged by legislation working its way through Congress.
Both airports are working with the government as it draws up the new rail franchise agreements.
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The current chaos and the need to redefine Railtrack's role make it almost impossible to reach long-term franchise agreements.
This year 123 of the company's 199 new franchise agreements came from converting other hotels--a Holiday Inn, say--to one of Choice's chains.
That's one reason the Obama administration seems to be guiding GM toward bankruptcy court, where a judge could break those franchise agreements.
State laws and franchise agreements currently prevent the proliferation of off-site showrooms.
Nothing spectacular recently in FiOS TV expansion news, but we're sure East Syracuse, North Syracuse and Cicero New York residents are happy to be included in the communities that have reached franchise agreements to allow for upcoming service rollouts.
But just look at the sweet modifications made by the previous owner: He installed a more competitive labor agreement, got rid of unnecessary parts (Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Hummer) and discarded hundreds of excess dealer franchise agreements in bankruptcy court.
If Cablevision officials could speak candidly, they might express some sympathy for their soon-to-be competitors--the cable industry went through the same process 20 and 30 years ago, when it first secured franchise agreements, offering towns incentives like community access channels in return for the right to pipe TV into their homes.
The man who got his start as a McDonald's franchisee now has the Starbucks (nasdaq: SBUX - news - people ) franchise in Malaysia and is finalizing similar agreements with U.S.' Krispy Kreme (nyse: KKD - news - people ) and Papa John's Pizza, which he hopes to develop not just in Malaysia but throughout Asia.
Americans never learn of the fraud because franchisees are forced to sign exit strategy agreements which prevent them from discussing their franchise experience when the franchisor steps in to help them exit the way they want them to.
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