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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GREENSBORO, N.C. - When Charles Ruppert has a yen for a white-chocolate latte, he doesn't head to Starbucks . He goes to a McCafe in a McDonald's restaurant - and pays 26 percent less.
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Imperial Chemical Industries PLC rejected an informal 7.2 billion pound ($14.2 billion) takeover bid by Akzo Nobel NV, the company said Monday.
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Starbucks Corp. , facing  stepped-up competition from rivals and slower sales growth at  established stores, is making an aggressive push this fall to  remind consumers who is king when it comes to coffee.
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Chinese drink maker Wahaha says it will not accept French firm Danone's choice as the new boss of their joint venture.
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The Boston Landmarks Commission staff has recommended against giving the 118-year-old Dainty Dot building on the edge of Chinatown protection with official landmark status.
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A member of China's parliament has demanded the immediate closure of a Starbucks coffee shop set up inside Beijing's Forbidden City, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries Plc  has rejected a 7.2 billion-pound ($14.2 billion) bid approach from Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel NV , saying it undervalued the company.
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Cease, and desist Today we bring you the surprising news that space elevators are not yet a viable business concern, as the Department of Financial Institutions Securities Division (DFISD) in the state of Washington issued a cease and desist order against LiftPort.â¦
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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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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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A member of China's parliament has  demanded the immediate closure of a Starbucks coffee shop set  up inside Beijing's Forbidden City, the Xinhua news agency  reported on Sunday.
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McDonald's has begun serving up lattes and chai at its new McCaf&#201;, while Starbucks is now selling sausage, egg and cheese breakfasts. Is this a turf war?
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LOS ANGELES -- Starbucks Corp. was one of the companies that turned down interview requests from Nick and Mark Francis when the brothers were shooting their documentary about rampant poverty among Ethiopian coffee growers.
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SEATTLE _ Ever get one of those e-mails purporting that Starbucks doesn't support U.S.
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Business & money: Troubled coffee chain Starbucks going back to basics by testing a cut-price brew costing only $1
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Just when you thought Starbucks could go anywhere -- think again.