Starbucks finds imperial palace a forbidding market
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A controversial Starbucks coffee shop in the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace at the heart of Beijing, has closed its doors, Beijing newspapers reported on Saturday.
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McDonaldâs assault on Starbucksâs coffee hegemony is not a bet-the-franchise move, but it is a wrongheaded strategy that is bound to lose.
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British chemicals and paints group Imperial Chemical Industries said on Monday that it had rejected a takeover bid worth 7.2 billion pounds (10.7 billion euros, 14.3 billion dollars) from its larger Dutch rival Akzo Nobel.
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Starbucks is playing an unwitting role in Indonesia&#39;s presidential election, one that reminds voters and investors alike that Southeast Asia&#39;s biggest economy desperately needs change.
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With health authorities on alert against an outbreak of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic, Shenzhen, a city in south China&#39;s Guangdong Province, has banned sales of civet cats and other wild animals, a delicacy at local restaurants.
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Business & money: Permira accused of failing to protect shop staff.
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Verizon Center, home to the Washington Wizards and Capitals, will no longer allow fans to bring food or beverages into the arena as it had since 1997.
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With Starbucks and other public venues increasingly serving as impromptu offices, the jockeying for electrical outlets can be brutal.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - Britain's biggest chemicals firm, Imperial Chemical Industries Plc , has rejected a 7.2 billion-pound ($14.2 billion) takeover approach from Akzo Nobel NV , saying it undervalued the company.
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Beijing, Dec. 23 (PTI): With health authorities on alert against an outbreak of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic, Shenzhen, a city in south China&#39;s Guangdong Province, has banned sales
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Starbucks Corp is testing $1 coffee and free refills in its Seattle outlets as the global gourmet coffee chain grapples with slower consumer spending and rising competition from fast-food rivals.
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Starbucks Corp. said on Tuesday it is   withdrawing an offer of free iced coffee to a limited number of   employees and their friends and families in the southeast   United States.
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Starbucks Corp  said on  Wednesday it is closing 100 underperforming U.S. stores and  slowing domestic openings in the face of a likely consumer  recession and 'cannibalization' from overbuilding.
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A state-run cafe has opened in Beijing&#39;s Forbidden City on the premises where Starbucks closed down earlier this year amid charges the US chain sullied the site, state media said.
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Starbucks  opened its  first coffee shop in Russia on Thursday, two years after it won  a legal battle to protect the right to its brand in the  fast-growing Russian market.
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Starbucks Corp  is testing  $1 coffee and free refills in its Seattle outlets as the global  gourmet coffee chain grapples with slower consumer spending and  rising competition from fast-food rivals.
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SEATTLE _ Ever get one of those e-mails purporting that Starbucks doesn't support U.S.