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The amount that Joe Lacob paid in 2023 to land the WNBA’s first expansion franchise in more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Even after Gilead reported its “strongest year-over-year base business growth in more than a decade,” analysts questioned how long it would take until the growth in its HIV franchise plateaus due to competition.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

By treating his Starfleet commander as if he were a Shakespearean protagonist, Stewart transformed a franchise at a crossroads into a fresh, thoughtful look at human possibility.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Hugh Jackman, who starred alongside him in the franchise, called him a "tremendous friend and man", saying: "We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

There was a Subway franchise, various ticket counters, an information kiosk.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The upheaval underscores how L.A. franchises have become billion-dollar assets in a high-stakes arms race, in which owners chase media money, luxury arenas and global clout as fiercely as championships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart rose from humble beginnings in his native Yorkshire to become a global superstar whose work became immortalised portraying characters on some of the most popular sci-fi franchises in history.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Patrick Stewart, the British Shakespearean actor who became a Hollywood megastar through roles in the "Star Trek" and "X-Men" franchises, has died at the age of 86, an official statement said Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Full-cast audio is still a small enough category that a voice actor may appear in competing franchises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

She’s not a HipsterHouse fan, but those hipsters are more clickbait-y than the Jersey Shore crew, and someone has to write the pieces because the editors are busy covering the respected franchises.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

The deal covers Boots' retail operations in the UK and Ireland, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company and its Thailand and franchised businesses.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mixue squeezed this blueprint into franchised stalls as small as 45 square feet, the size of a walk-in closet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Jersey Mike’s has high profit margins compared with other restaurant chains, but its debt levels are high when compared with other franchised peers, according to the Wall Street research firm Gordon Haskett.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

He has also cited Greater Manchester's bus operating model, in which private bus firms bid to run services franchised by the local transport authority, as a possible model for regulating the water and energy sectors.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Speaking at the SNP conference in Aberdeen on Saturday, the first minister said buses would be brought under public control by 2031 through franchising and regulation, with a Bill tabled in Holyrood next year.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Jersey Mike’s founder, Peter Cancro, began working there at age 14, bought the business in 1975 and started franchising the chain in 1987.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

In the final minutes of the finale, Ebraheim calls Albert with the news that the franchising has begun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

He is also franchising his intellectual property, creating other products such as a card game inspired by "Exquisite Corpses" while holding talks with video game developers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

He is looking to open more international locations through franchising and aims to sell more Cheddar Bay Biscuit mixes and other branded goods in retail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026