NEW YORK — Americans still need their Starbucks fix even in the weak economy. The Seattle-based coffee chain said Thursday its profit rose 13 percent in the latest quarter in line with Wall Street expectations. Results were boosted by a ...

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NEW YORK — Starbucks is using its coffee cups to jump into the political fray in Washington. The world’s biggest coffee chain is asking employees at cafes in the Washington, D.C. area to scribble the words “Come Together” on cups ...

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NEW YORK — Another Starbucks may soon pop up around the corner, with the world’s biggest coffee company planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over the next five years. The plan, which would boost the number ...

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Brenda McKenzie, a veteran economic development expert who recently led the Boston Redevelopment Authority and served as deputy commissioner for the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, has been named the new president of the Baltimore Development Corp.

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In Maryland, you can patronize a Starbucks in towns from Aberdeen to Westminster.

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NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. is turning up the heat on the single-serve coffee market, and someone might get burned. The Seattle-based company says it will start selling its new single-serve brewer online this week for $199. The machine will ...

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I drove more than 400 miles for a coffee mug last weekend, and came away with a cup of coffee I've sipped a hundred times before.

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Thursday night at the Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards, keynote speaker and hall of fame inductee Chris Bradenburg from the mobile ad company Millennial Media talked about how he and co-founder Paul Palmieri met at a Starbucks to ...

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8 stores opening at Waugh Chapel Eight stores — including Dick’s Sporting Goods and PETCO pet supplies store — have opened or plan to open this month at Waugh Chapel Towne Centre, the new 1.2 million-square-foot, open-air development in Gambrills ...

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