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- Starbucks to close 600 stores in the U.S.
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday that it has drastically increased the number of stores it plans to close and could eliminate as many as 12,000 full- and part-time positions as a result. The company said it now plans to close 600 company-operated stores in the United States, up from its previous plans to close 100 stores.
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- Life In Gaza: Contemplating Coffee
  Posted by robynoratocom
  Gazan blogger Heba Z took a break from writing because she was starting to lose faith that it would change anything, and in her words, no one was listening anyway. It was a simple cup of coffee restored her faith in humanity. Read her story - and let her know you're listening.
  
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- Starbucks has high hopes for its new espresso machine
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  But she's not sure it can. In her opinion, the once-small Seattle coffee company's product is over-roasted and suffers from being mass-produced -- problems no machine can fix. David Schomer, espresso guru and the founder of Espresso Vivace, agrees there's more to good coffee than good technology. "For perfection it is necessary to bring together a perfect blend, perfect equipment, and a very skilled barista," he said. "If any of these broad factors are missing or sub-par, the espresso will suffer accordingly."
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- Fair Trade in Bloom
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  The NYT has a big feature on Fair Trade Coffee on the front page of the business section today!
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- Starbucks to source coffee from China
  Posted by Jeff from Reuters
  Starbucks has been working with coffee farmers in China's southwestern Yunnan province to help them meet sourcing standards and has sent coffee shipments to the United States for testing, Starbucks China President Wang Jinlong said at the Reuters China Century Summit on Tuesday.
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- FLO International: Global Fairtrade sales increase by 40% benefiting 1.4 million farmers worldwide
  Posted by TomHanlonWilde
  Consumers worldwide spent 1,6 billion Euros on Fairtrade Certified Products in 2006, according to Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO). This is a 41% increase on the previous year, directly benefiting over 1,4 million producers and workers worldwide.
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- Deal brewing in the Starbucks coffee fight
  Posted by SoxFirst
  With its carefully designed ethical image badly tarnished, Starbucks is about to announce a deal with Ethiopia over its claims in premium coffee brands. And for Ethiopian farmers, it could be worth millions of dollars a year.
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