Coffee as a health drink? Studies find some benefits

Coffee as a health drink? Studies find some benefits
BY NICHOLAS BAKALAR New York TImes Service
Miami Herald Sunday
20 Aug 2006

Coffee is not usually thought of as health food, but a number of recent studies suggest that it can be a highly beneficial drink. Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments, including diabetes, heart... read more...

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Coffee as a health drink? Studies find some benefits

Coffee as a health drink? Studies find some benefits
BY NICHOLAS BAKALAR New York TImes Service
Miami Herald Sunday
20 Aug 2006

Coffee is not usually thought of as health food, but a number of recent studies suggest that it can be a highly beneficial drink. Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments, including diabetes, heart... read more...

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
16 Aug 2006

Starbucks Corp. lost a request to dismiss a jury’s award to a lawyer who suffered second-degree burns and permanent nerve damage from a cup of spilled coffee. Manhattan State Supreme Court Judge Emily Jane Goodman denied Starbucks’ request to dismiss a... read more...

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Starbucks posts loss of €769,438

Starbucks posts loss of €769,438
Emmet Oliver
The Irish Times
16 Aug 2006

The first accounts for global coffee chain Starbucks in Ireland show a pretax loss of €769,438, although the company said sales in the Republic had exceeded all expectations. Starbucks’s Irish subsidiary was incorporated in February 2005 and the... read more...

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Starbucks to mix lattes, literacy with book venture

Starbucks to mix lattes, literacy with book venture
By Melissa Allison
Austin American-Statesman
12 Aug 2006

SEATTLE — Determined to show that it has taste beyond the espresso bar, Starbucks will market a new book to customers beginning in October. Called ‘‘For OneMore Day,’’ it is the latest novel from author Mitch Albom, who wrote the best-selling memoir... read more...

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Caffeine wars heating up: Coffee catches up to sodas

Caffeine wars heating up: Coffee catches up to sodas
BY JANET RAUSA FULLER Staff Reporter
Chicago Sun-Times
02 Aug 2006

Americans apparently love coffee as much as they do soft drinks, a new report shows. For the first time in 16 years, the number of people who drink coffee every day — 56 percent — has caught up with those who consume soft drinks daily, according... read more...

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