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Domino’s Pizza Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

 

Named Pizza Chain of the Year

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 27, 2011. The Company’s domestic same store sales declined 1.4% as a result of comparisons to a strong first quarter of 2010 when the Company experienced 14.3% domestic same store sales growth. However, management believes that the new customer

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Domino’s Pizza Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

 

Named Pizza Chain of the Year

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 27, 2011. The Company’s domestic same store sales declined 1.4% as a result of comparisons to a strong first quarter of 2010 when the Company experienced 14.3% domestic same store sales growth. However, management believes that the new customer

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Health Care Prices Rise by Less Than 2 Percent for Third Consecutive Month

Analysis by Altarum Institute’s Center for Studying Health Spending indicates that health care prices in March 2011 were 1.9 percent higher than in March 2010 – the third consecutive month of less than 2 percent growth.

“For the first time since 1997-98, health care price inflation has dropped below 2 percent for three consecutive months” said the director of the center, Dr. Charles Roehrig. “This bodes well for continued low growth in health spending as

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UM Study Finds News Logo Can Effect Viewer Biases

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Americans are more receptive to Al Jazeera English’s reporting when they think it is actually CNN International’s broadcast, a new University of Michigan study finds.

Researchers conducted an online experiment to gauge how Americans view and assess Al Jazeera English, a global news network, in the weeks after it received praise for its coverage of the Arab uprisings.

The study’s participants watched a news clip produced by AJE with the network’s logo, and the same

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Two U-M faculty named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan’s Sharon Glotzer and Scott Page have been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious society that recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields.

They are among 212 new fellows and 16 foreign honorary members, including scholars, scientists, writers, artists and civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders.

• Glotzer, the Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering at U-M, conducts research in the

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UBT Announces Two New Appointments to Lenawee Board

ANN ARBOR, MI — United Bank & Trust is pleased to announce two new appointments to its Lenawee community board of directors: James D. Kapnick, president of Kapnick Insurance Group, and David Martin, owner of Martin’s Home Center. Joe Williams, Lenawee community president, states: “We are excited to have these exceptionally talented individuals join our community board of directors. We are honored to have

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