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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Liquor makers in China are demanding that a city regulation barring public servants and Communist Party officials from the Chinese version of a three martini lunch be revoked, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Shares of coffee shop owner Starbucks  Corp. SBUX.O fell more than 7 percent on Thursday after the  company's January same-store sales came below some analysts'  expectations.
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A dispute between Groupe Danone, the French multinational company, and a brash Chinese executive has escalated into a battle for control of the countryâs largest beverage maker.
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The chain's plans to open stores there in 2007 have met with resistance from the far left.
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The world's top retailer can't get the swing of cyberspace.
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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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SEATTLE -- Starbucks has lost its soul and does not know where to find it.
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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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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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The Hyatt Regency Crystal City was forced to shut its doors to incoming guests yesterday after two groups of patrons who had already checked out became sickened by what health officials believe could be the highly contagious norovirus.
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Normandy Real Estate Partners doesn't think Boston should have a monopoly on the area's chic hotels and hotel restaurants
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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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Consumers' associations in Italy ask people to abstain from pasta for the day to protest against price rises.
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At the corner of Eighth Street SE near Pennsylvania Avenue, just steps from the busy Eastern Market Metro station and not far from a pet store called Pawticulars, there is a Starbucks, naturally. Lots of foot traffic. People walking their dogs. Going to work. Coming home. Stopping for tall lattes.
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Starbucks Corp.  is opposing Indian entrepreneur Shahnaz Husain's plans to start a chain of coffee shops called Starstrucks, the Mint business paper reported.
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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.