Starbucks, the coffee beans and the copyright row that cost Ethiopia £47m (The Guardian, 26 Oct 2006, Page 1)

Starbucks, the coffee beans and the copyright row that cost Ethiopia 47m

Ashley Seager

The Guardian

26 Oct 2006



Starbucks, the giant US coffee chain, has used its muscle to block an attempt by Ethiopia’s farmers to copyright their most famous coffee bean types, denying them potential earnings of up to 47m a year, said Oxfam. The development agency said the... read more...

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Starbucks is raising stake in its Beijing, Tianjin stores

Starbucks is raising stake in its Beijing, Tianjin stores

By Loretta Chao

The Wall Street Journal Europe

25 Oct 2006



BEIJING— Starbucks Corp., in a bid to consolidate its Chinese business, said it acquired the Hong Kong-based company that operates more than 60 of its locations in Beijing and Tianjin. The Seattle-based coffee company bought High Grown Investment... read more...

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Starbucks finally gets into the spirits

Starbucks finally gets into the spirits
SIRI AGRELL Launched
National Post
21 Oct 2006

Iwas sitting in a Starbucks recently, when the equivalent of a barista-room brawl broke out. A young man, apparently still drunk from the night before, had followed a woman inside — presumably to convince her to go home with him instead ofhopping the... read more...

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Typhoon skirts VN coffee hub

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Typhoon skirts VN coffee hub

Bangkok Post
03 Oct 2006

Hanoi — Heavy rains fell in Vietnam’s Central Highlands coffee-growing area after a typhoon hit the central coast but did not hurt robusta trees, officials said yesterday. Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer after Brazil and the... read more...

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