University of New Hampshire issued the following news release:
Choice Hotels was the big winner in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index for the second quarter of 2006, after reporting record financial and operating results, while Ruby Tuesday was in the unenviable top loser spot following a 25 percent loss in market value this quarter.
The University of New Hampshire Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index dropped 1.5 percent this quarter amid a broad stock market decline with the S&P 500 Index shedding 1.9 percent of its value and the Nasdaq Composite Index plummeting 7.2 percent. Thirty-six of the 50 companies comprising the Franchise 50 Index lost market value this quarter.
The index ...