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Although retailers are licking their wounds after reporting their worst holiday shopping seasons in years and President Obama began working on an economic stimulus package long before his inauguration, not everyone is bemoaning the current economy. There are a number of resourceful entrepreneurs who decided to make lemonade from the lemons of 2008 by purchasing their own businesses with the help of franchise companies.