Starbucks adds hundreds of outlets each year, yet quality and service rarely suffer.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Nor, for that matter, either Hewlett-Packard, which has a high-quality business video conferencing service called Halo, nor Cisco, which last year bought Tandberg to extend its telepresence business.

FORBES: Worldwide Video Calling Gets Easier

MySpace.com, a social-networking and blogging service that last year was bought by News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, reflects this quality in its name.

ECONOMIST: Blogging is just another word for having conversations

In a statement, the NKRF said the government's National Service Framework for renal services, announced last year, offered a "real opportunity" to raise the quality of medical care and reduce inequalities in the service.

BBC: Kidney dialysis