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Drip by drip, Starbucks lost what made it shine
Starbucks once defined the coffee market but has lost control of its brand. Its ubiquity has killed the joy of discovering a new hangout.
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The buck doesn\'t stop here; it just keeps falling
Brother, can you spare a euro? Signs saying \"We accept euros\" are cropping up in the windows of some Manhattan retailers.
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America\'s Top 20 Growing And Disappearing Jobs
Most of the growing job opportunities are at the non-specialist, or unskilled, end of the field, though they run the full gamut of wage levels. The disappearing jobs are concentrated in the lower third of the pay range, though the field work was done before the onset of the credit crisis, so it precedes recent job losses in the housing and ...
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Contest of the Titans: China and the US in Africa [chart]
Graph showing the skyrocketing and increasingly fierce competition between the PRC and USA for African trade. Something that has largely gone unnoticed by the world at large, but will exert a profound effect on the economics and geopolitics of the 21st century.
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Utah adopts 4-day workweek to save energy
Starting next month, thousands of government employees will only work 4 days per week, in an effort aimed at reducing energy costs and commuters\' gasoline expenses.
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