Cafes & Wineries

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Gourmet coffee giant Starbucks and automated coin-counting company Coinstar Inc. have teamed up to test an automated coffee machine under the Starbucks Seattle’s Best Coffee label.

A Coinstar spokeswoman, confirmed the partnership late yesterday but would give few details about the test, such as when it started or where the machines are. She said financial details have not been disclosed.

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Starbucks plans to open coffee houses in Bulgaria and Portugal next year. The first Bulgarian store will open in the capital city of Sofia, and the first store in Portugal is expected to open in Lisbon, the Seattle-based coffee chain said on Wednesday.

The company did not specify when the stores will open in 2008. Starbucks will work with joint-venture partners in Greece and Spain that help run

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Al-Qaeda affiliated group takes responsibility for setting internet coffee shop ablaze in Gaza Strip as punishment for what they deem unethical behavior. Group threatens others who don’t comply with ethical standards.

After the Palestinian branch of al-Qaeda took responsibility for killing a senior Palestinian intelligence officer and four of his escorts three weeks ago, the group again took

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What goes better with a hot cup of latte? It’s skin at Coffee Nation, a small time coffee shop located in Salem, OR, where the baristas serve hot lattee in bikinis. According to Adam Marshall, founder of Coffee Nation, plans are on the table to expand into other areas through franchising.

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The executive vice president of partner resources of coffee retailer Starbucks Corp. exercised options for 40,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Monday, David Pace reported he exercised the options on Thursday and Friday for $15.23 apiece, then sold all 40,000 shares on the same days for $22.84 to $23.66 apiece.

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The amount of federal aid provided to Mississippi and Louisiana is not proportional to the amount of damage each state suffered…

So states the independent GulfGov project - confirming what everyone has known and said since Federal funds began flowing to the Gulf Coast States in the wake of 2005′s Katrina - Rita - Wilma - disasters -

The damage - …Louisiana had 85 percent of all the destroyed units and Mississippi had just 12 percent….

The unequal funding - Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran expanded CDBG financing for all states in
December 2005, but he capped Louisiana’s share at 54 percent, without
explanation…

091907 - La. Given Less Than Its Fair Share, Report Says - David Hammer - Times Picayune -

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Mandina’s - great restaurant - great come back - Brett Anderson’s great Times-Picayune article on its rebirth -

We were there two plus years ago - studied The Sazarac with Randy -

WIsh them the best -

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Mandina’s - great restaurant - great come back - Brett Anderson’s great Times-Picayune article on its rebirth -

We were there two plus years ago - studied The Sazarac with Randy -

Wish them the best - and - its a great read -

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