The Houstonian Lite has its work cut out for it. The health club has studied other clubs nationwide and seeks to provide services that other health clubs miss out on, including the convenient location of gyms with available on-site parking, a fanatical emphasis on cleanliness, and multiple, personalized fitness options for individual clients. The company caters to adults and (according to its literature) "well mannered teenagers." Houstonian Lite has two facilities in downtown Houston. It is owned and operated by The Redstone Companies.

Thomas & King is #1 in Applebee's neighborhood. The company is one the largest franchisees of Applebee's, operating about 90 of its signature restaurants. The casual dining establishments offer a variety of menu items, such as burgers, steaks, and seafood, but are most popular for their selection of appetizers. Thomas & King also operates a half dozen Johnny Carino's Italian-themed restaurants franchised from Austin, Texas-based Fired Up. Co-founded in 1988 by CEO Mike Scanlon, the company operates restaurants in Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Athletics Investment Group makes sure Oakland baseball fans get all A's. The company owns and operates the Oakland Athletics professional ballclub, a charter franchise of the American League that formed in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics. Better known as the A's, the team moved to Kansas City in 1955 before settling in the Bay Area in 1968. The franchise plays host at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, which it shares with the Oakland Raiders football team; Oakland boasts nine World Series championships and 15 AL pennants. Los Angeles real estate developer Lewis Wolff (co-founder of Maritz, Wolff & Co.) has controlled the A's since 2005.The Athletics Investment Group owns the Oakland Athletics franchise, one of the most storied and controversial teams in major league baseball history. Located for 54 years in Philadelphia, and for 12 in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Oakland, California, the Athletics (A's) have won 14 divisional titles, 15 American League pennants, and nine World Series Championships. The team makes its home in Network Associates Coliseum (formerly the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum) although their future in Oakland remained uncertain. Sharing the relatively small Bay Area sports market with the National League's San Francisco Giants, the A's financial situation has long been unstable. For at least five years, The Athletics Investment Group has been searching for a buyer for the team. Still, the company realized an estimated $96 million in revenues in 2002.

Macdonald Hotels Limited operates hotels and resorts in the United Kingdom. Macdonald Hotels & Resorts company operates a chain of hotels in Scotland, England, and Wales that feature accommodation rooms, leisure and spa facilities, ice rooms, swimming pools, gyms, and restaurants. It also operates a network of holiday resorts in the United Kingdom and Spain. Macdonald Hotels & Resorts company was founded in 1990 and is based in Bathgate, the United Kingdom. Macdonald Hotels Limited operates as a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc.

MAMA Group was founded in 2002, and is now owned by HMV Group Plc following the completion, in 2010, of a successful takeover bid. MAMA Group Limited is the parent company of a number of UK-based music and media businesses. Live Music, which includes the following London venues: HMV Hammersmith Apollo, HMV Forum, Jazz Cafe, Relentless Garage, The Borderline, Heaven, G-A-Y and Barfly Camden; the HMV Picture House in Edinburgh, Warehouse in Aberdeen, the HMV Institute in Birmingham and Barfly Cardiff. It also operates live music events including the Lovebox festival, The Great Escape festival, Global Gathering, Escape Into The Park and High Voltage festival. Consumer, which includes The Fly, the UK's highest circulating music magazine; Campus Group, a collection of specialist media and marketing agencies working for clients interested in the student and wider youth audiences; a sponsorship business; Music and Media Solutions which is responsible for all brand partnership activity and is uniquely positioned to integrate and deliver a variety of brand objectives across MAMA Group's stable of assets; and PAPA Projects, a production strategy, event design, project management business dedicated to delivering engaging, inspiring creative-led experiences.

The Dundee Football Club currently plays football (soccer) in the Scottish Division One. The club was relegated from the Scottish Premier League in 2005. In addition to competing with local rivals Dundee United, the team known as the Dees or the Dark Blues competes with top Scottish squads Celtic and Rangers on the pitch. Off the pitch, the teams also battle for top player talent. Dundee FC home games are played at the 12,000 capacity Dens Park Stadium. The club's poor performance on the pitch has mirrored the Dees financial problems, in 2003 the club was forced into administration (it emerged in 2007). Under new ownership and management Dundee Football has begun to rebuild its finances and team.

You can get your fill of tomato sauce, and more, at these restaurants. Pasta Pomodoro operates a chain of about 30 restaurants under the Pomodoro banner offering a menu of traditional Italian cuisine. The casual eateries feature such favorites as chicken marsala, salmon cannellini, and several varieties of pasta. Pasta Pomodoro operates primarily in California but it also has a small number of restaurants in Arizona. Adriano Paganini, who previously worked as an executive chief at the Hyde Park Hotel in London, started the business in San Francisco in the early 1990s. Matthew Janopaul and Girish Satya acquired control of Pasta Pomodoro in late 2009.

This company adds a touch of Southern hospitality to the family dining scene. Shoney's North America operates and franchises about 250 family-style restaurants in about 20 states, mostly in Tennessee and states to the southeast. Popular for breakfast, the chain offers such morning fare as bacon and eggs, biscuits and gravy, and pancakes, while it lunch and dinner menu includes burgers, chicken, seafood, and steak. Many Shoney's locations also offer an all-you-can-eat buffet. Most of the eateries are operated by franchisees. The Shoney's chain was founded by Alex Schoenbaum in the 1940s. It is part of Royal Hospitality Corp., an Atlanta-based foodservice operator controlled by David Davoudpour.

Bally Technologies, Inc. is a diversified, worldwide gaming company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and operates gaming devices and computerized monitoring, accounting and player-tracking systems for gaming devices. In addition to selling gaming devices, the Company also offers customers a wide range of purchase and lease options. It derives revenue from Gaming Equipment (sale of gaming devices and related equipment, parts and conversion kits) and Gaming Operations (operation of linked progressive systems, video lottery and centrally determined systems and the rental of gaming devices and content). The Company’s primary technologies include gaming devices for land-based, riverboat and Native American casinos, video lottery and central determination markets, and specialized system-based hardware and software products. Its specialized system-based hardware and software products provide casinos with a wide range of marketing, data management, accounting, security, and other software applications and tools to more effectively manage their operations.

Milan may have Da Vinci's Last Supper, but local soccer fans cheer for these artists on the pitch. Milan A.C. (known to English speakers as AC Milan) is one of the more popular and successful soccer teams in Italy's Lega Nazionale Professionisti (National Professional League), claiming 17 Serie A championships (its last in 2004) and 18 other international trophies. The club, known to supporters as the Rossoneri for their red and black jerseys, was formed in 1899 by British expatriate Alfred Edwards and is controlled today by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Milan A.C. plays host at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, more commonly known as San Siro.

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