Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes Reuters Sun Jul 6, 2008 6:40am ET | | By Ellen Wulfhorst | NEW YORK (Reuters) - One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems. | Financial woes at Starbucks Corp., which is planning to close 600 underperforming U.S. stores, is evoking glee and little sympathy from aficionados...
Travel industry looks to boost US international tourism The Times Of India | | LAS VEGAS: Despite the weak US dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. | Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfa...
Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes Reuters Sun Jul 6, 2008 6:40am ET | | By Ellen Wulfhorst | NEW YORK (Reuters) - One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems. | Financial woes at Starbucks Corp., which is planning to close 600 underperforming U.S. stores, is...
Sampling the news 10 years from now The Providence Journal | If you were able to peek at the news 10 years from now, I'm guessing these are some of the stories you'd find: | . There were new rumors yesterday of sightings of Osama bin Laden in the nation of Anbar, one of three countries, along with Kurdistan ...
Flight cuts means plans denied? The Charlotte Observer Jefferson George | Along with reducing flights from Charlotte, service cuts planned by many airlines could mess up area residents' carefully laid travel plans. | Betty Gomes learned Wednesday that her late September trip to Sacramento, Calif. –...
Sisters turn wedding and floral businesses into a love match Star Bulletin For sisters Gladys Agsalud and Rowena Furukawa, going into business together was a perfect union | STORY SUMMARY » | In the past 16 years of business, Gladys Agsalud has seen her family-run business Casablanca Bridals and Formals change location...
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U.S. share of foreign tourists slips, travel experts say Seattle Times | LAS VEGAS - Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. | Explanat...
Lower dollar not enough to lure more foreign visitors The News & Observer LAS VEGAS - Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. | Explanatio...
Global tourism up, but US percentage of foreign visitors dips The Boston Globe | LAS VEGAS - Despite the weak US dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists in the United States. | Explanatio...
Producer of dating show `Love Connection' The Miami Herald LOS ANGELES -- Eric Lieber, a veteran television producer who created and was the executive producer of TV's long-running dating show Love Connection, has died. He was 71. | Lieber died of leukemia Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his w...
PIMCO CEO says market's different, but his tactics stay the same Seattle Times | CHICAGO - Mohamed El-Erian's message at the recent Morningstar Investor Conference here could be boiled down to one simple, dangerous statement: "This time it's different." | But if the global market conditions are as different as the co-chief exec...
Students can find aid, even at last minute Seattle Times | CHICAGO - Crunching the numbers on college costs has been a particularly grim task for parents of incoming freshmen this year. | The weak economy has strained their cash resources and the nationwide mortgage crisis has made many unwilling or unable...
Asian stocks fall on fears over oil, US The State | HONG KONG -- | Asian stock markets tumbled Friday after Wall Street plunged overnight and crude oil spiked above $140 a barrel for the first time, reigniting fears of a global economic slowdown. | Key stock indices in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea all shed more than 2 percent. Shanghai's benchmark plunged nearly 4.5 percent and India's was down 4...
Obama’s policy change dismays liberal support The Post IE Barack Obama disappointed his most liberal supporters last week by following a well-worn path in American politics. | It is standard operating procedure for presidential candidates to emphasise the issues most important to their grassroots supporters when they are competing to win their party’s nomination. Then, with a primary victory in the bag, t...
