Colorado has one of the strictest brand laws, and is proud to be the only state to allow only one owner per brand statewide.

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We may have had only one owner for several generations, but the Journal has undergone enormous change: from a one-section newspaper narrowly focused on markets for subscribers in New York to today's global business franchise across print, online and other digital media platforms.

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For one disgruntled property owner, who asked to only be identified as Mr Chan due to the stigma associated with owning a cursed home, the solution to the problem is simple.

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The computer, along with a letter from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to its original owner, is believed to be one of only six working Apple 1s and one of only three on the open market.

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"I fear we are conditioning the customer to shop only on this one weekend, " said John Abt, co-owner of Abt Electronics, a large independent electronics retailer based in Glenview, Ill.

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Not only does he have the cash, but it would make it more economical in the future for him to get a new arena that he could share with his NHL franchise and, as the only owner of three teams in the four major leagues in one market, start a regional sports network (or use the threat of one to extract higher television fees).

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But another result was to save Salvatore Cacciola, owner of one of the two banks, from personal bankruptcy (it was only his investors who lost their shirts).

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