Starbucks urged to sign pact with Ethiopia over coffee names

Starbucks urged to sign pact with Ethiopia over coffee names

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oxfam America, a deep-pocketed charity, has turned up the heat on Starbucks by taking out full-page newspaper ads Thursday that urge the Seattle-based coffee giant to sign a licensing agreement with Ethiopia. The controversy centers upon the ...



WWF: Coffee grown illegally in wildlife park

CNN - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Coffee grown illegally in an Indonesian park that protects tigers, elephants and rhinos is being mixed with legally grown beans and sold in the United States and elsewhere, the World Wildlife Fund reported Tuesday. The ...



Bawlmore? Maybe to a sportswriters tin ear

Baltimore Sun - However, there are plenty of words used by New Yawkers that can get the crowd roaring with laughter, too -- how about "Tirty-Toid" for 33rd; "kawfee" for coffee; "earl" for oil; or "Joisey" as in that aforementioned land of smokestacks, railroad ...



Chinas growing blogosphere turns on US coffee icon

ABC News - BEIJING Starbucks boss baristas must have known trouble was brewing when they first hung their forest-green logo outside a crimson pavilion in the Forbidden City. And sure enough, when the arch-symbol of globalization set up shop in the heart of ...



Starbucks delays new coffee house opening

Dayton Daily News - DAYTON ? The opening of the Starbucks at Spring Valley and Ohio 741 has been postponed until Feb. 28 at 5:30 a.m. Company officials had planned to open the new coffee house on Monday, but said Friday the opening would be pushed back due to ...



Caribou Coffee started at Neutral

Boston Globe - NEW YORK -- Caribou Coffee Inc. shares fell Wednesday as a SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst initiated coverage of the coffeehouse chain operator with a "Neutral" rating. Analyst Christopher OCull said the rating reflects the companys lack of ...