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The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Chang's Cash Is the Thing The fast-growing restaurant chain rewards new store managers with minority interests in their units, but accounting issues associated with the practice caused it to restate earnings.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2004 Brian Gorman	Cheesecake's Rich Results The Cheesecake Factory's restaurant chain, which is known for its generous portions and decadent dessert menu, reported the largest quarterly increase in comparable-restaurant sales since 1998.
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