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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Sees China as Next Key Market After U.S.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Starbucks SBUX will see China become the company's next major market after the United States in the near future, the firm's China chairman said on Wednesday."It's absolutely very, very important. This has really become our second home market," said Wang Jinlong, the company's head for Greater China.Wang...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More on Starbucks Barista Discontent over Pushing Via]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew that Starbucks SBUX had given its employees an intensive crash course in Via as part of its high-profile rollout of the new instant coffee product. But I didn't know how aggressive the company was training its employees to be.    BusinessWeek is running a story on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:01:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Via stirring discontent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starbucks instant coffee was always going to be a tough sell. That's why the company spent years developing it and months preparing its frontline employees aka baristas for the Sept. 29 launch of Via, three-packs of instant that go for $2.95. "We took a lot of time with it because...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:47:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Goes Bonkers for LED Lights]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greentech Media submits:  By Michael Kanellos Coffee behemoth Starbucks SBUX will replace conventional lights with light emitting diode LED bulbs in 8,000 stores by March of next year. by Greentech Media]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:27:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Caribou Coffee Takes Aim at Starbucks With First TV Ad]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Caribou Coffee will launch its first-ever TV campaign tomorrow with an approach that pokes fun at its biggest rival, Starbucks. The spot is titled "Get Real: Chocolate" and stars a pair of urban snobs in a mall, played by marionette dolls. Sitting on a bench, they look...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:57:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Starbucks Will Grow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yale Bock submits: Starbucks SBUX is going to be a larger company 3, 5, and 10 years from now. The main reason Starbucks will grow is because coffee and tea are both enormous markets, domestically and globally. Second, Starbucks has low penetration rates in terms of the number of locations...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:14:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Corp. F4Q09 (Qtr. End 09/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of John Glass with Morgan Stanley. John Glass - Morgan Stanley Troy, you highlighted the free cash in the business this year and what you expect to do next year, but you stopped short of talking about what's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:23:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: Starbucks Corp.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starbucks Corp. SBUX is expected to report Q4 earnings  after the market close on Thursday, November 5 with a conference call scheduled  for 5 pm ET.  Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 21c on revenue of $2.39B. The  consensus range is 19c-22c for EPS,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:55:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Seller Takes Via Discontent to PostSecret]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PostSecret is one of my favorite non-work-related blogs. People express their secrets in post card form and mail them anonymously to be posted on the site. Usually the secrets have nothing whatsoever to do with the food industry, but this week I was thrilled to see a secret about Starbucks...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks: On Track for Steamy Returns?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The share price of Starbucks Corporation SBUX took a particularly large hit during 2007 and 2008 as investors believed that the company had overextended itself in a premium coffee market that appeared to be under threat. CEO Howard Schultz was put back at the helm of the company in January...]]></description>
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