Wikinews Shorts: March 2, 2007
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===Popeyes Chicken sues Church's over franchisee buy-out===

United States fast-food chain [[w:Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits|Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits]] has filed a $20 million dollar lawsuit against competitor [[w:Church's Chicken|Church's Chicken]].

Popeyes Chicken says fast-food chain Church's Chicken was trying to steal customers.

AFC owned both companies for 12 years, till it sold Church's in 2004. AFC claims that Church bought all 10 Popeyes restaurants owned by franchisee CVI. Popeyes Chicken says the sale of the 10 restaurants violated its franchise agreement with CVI.

The sudden buy-out in December 2006 led the restaurants to close in early January 2007. 

"What Church's chose to do, I do believe, was not honest competition," said Ken Keymer, CEO of [[w:AFC Enterprises Inc.|AFC Enterprises Inc.]], the parent company of Popeyes.

Church's spokesperson chose not to comment on the issue.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.themonitor.com/onset?id=412&template=article.html
|title=Popeyes file suit over Churchs' buyout
|author=Kyle Arnold
|pub=The Monitor
|date=March 1, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8NIUV901.htm
|title=Popeyes Chicken sues Church's Chicken
|author=Associated Press
|pub=BusinessWeek
|date=February 28, 2007}}

===Australian plant species reclassified===
The national body for scientific research in Australia, the [[w:Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation|CSIRO]] has announced that 93 species of shrubs and small trees of the [[w:genus]] ''[[w:Dryandra|Dryandra]]'' have been been merged into the genus ''[[w:Banksia|Banksia]]'' in the series ''Dryandra''. This increased the number of Banksia species from 80 to 173. 

The plants are endemic to the southwestern corner of [[w:Western Australia|Western Australia]] and the former genus was named in honour of the Swedish botanist [[w:Jonas C. Dryander|Jonas C. Dryander]].

''' Sources '''
*{{source|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/150/paper/SB06016.htm
|title= The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)
|author=A.Mast and K.Thiele
|pub=CSIRO
|date=February 26, 2007}}

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United States fast-food chain Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits has filed a $20 million dollar lawsuit against competitor Church's Chicken.

Popeyes Chicken says fast-food chain Church's Chicken was trying to steal customers.

AFC owned both companies for 12 years, till it sold Church's in 2004. AFC claims that Church bought all 10 Popeyes restaurants owned by franchisee CVI. Popeyes Chicken says the sale of the 10 restaurants violated its franchise agreement with CVI.

The sudden buy-out in December 2006 led the restaurants to close in early January 2007. 

"What Church's chose to do, I do believe, was not honest competition," said Ken Keymer, CEO of AFC Enterprises Inc., the parent company of Popeyes.

Church's spokesperson chose not to comment on the issue.

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The plants are endemic to the southwestern corner of Western Australia and the former genus was named in honour of the Swedish botanist Jonas C. Dryander.

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