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Starbucks Corp is finalising an equity joint venture with Tata Coffee Ltd for opening coffee shops in Asia's third-largest economy, the Times of India reported on Monday.

Starbucks Corp is finalizing an equity joint venture with India's Tata Coffee Ltd for opening coffee shops in Asia's third-largest economy, the Times of India reported on Monday.

Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will share profits from two of its U.S. coffee shops with non-profit groups in New York City and Los Angeles to help offset expected government funding cuts to programs for children and education.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has taken the U.S.’s lack of jobs growth in to his own hands, of sorts. Starbucks and the Opportunity Finance Network have started a new fund to make loans to small businesses and other organizations to spur jobs growth. Every $5 donated will result in $35 in loan money made available.

Starbucks Corp CEO Howard Schultz, decrying a lack of leadership in Washington, said his chain of coffee shops is helping to launch a nationwide fund designed to stimulate U.S. job creation.

Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz has teamed up with Operation Finance Network to establish the Create Jobs for USA, a fund for job growth.

Reportedly, 6,000 foreigners cross the border into Maastricht daily.

Coffee enthusiasts have reasons to be happy not only on the National Coffee Day -- Sept. 29 -- but for the entire week following the day. While most coffee chains are sticking to giving away free coffees only on Thursday, some have extended the free deals upto Oct. 5.

Get free or discounted coffee to celebrate National Coffee Day 2011 at 7-Eleven, Krispy Kreme, Caribou Coffee, and Dunkin’ Donuts.

Thursday's National Free Coffee Day. To celebrate, consumers can get free coffee at several places throughout the country.

Coffee drinkers may have Folgers to thank for their joyful days as women who drink two or more cups of coffee each day are less at risk of depression, according to a team of researchers at the Harvard Medical School.

Women who regularly consume coffee are less likely to suffer from depression according to a new study.

A new study by Harvard University researchers found that coffee acts as an antidepressant among the people who consume caffeinated products on a regular basis.

Regular consumption of two or more cups of the caffeinated beverage helps women lower the risks of developing depression, researchers of Harvard University found.

Coffee does a lot more for older women than merely giving them energy. Female lovers of fully caffeinated coffee are at a 20 per cent lower risk of getting depressed, a new study has found.

So how comfortable are we going to be using public rest rooms after getting to know about something like this? Starbucks might soon be paying a heavy price once again for another hidden camera affair. William Yockey, from Virginia is suing Starbucks after his 5-year-old daughter found a spy cam in one of its bathrooms in Washington, D.C. This is at least the third such incident reported this year for the coffee chain, ABC news reported.

Starbucks Corp plans to triple the number of coffee outlets it runs in China over the next four years, the Associated Press reported.

Coffee lovers believe a cup of hot coffee kick-starts their day but how far is that true? A recent study done in the UK shows that the hit you get from your cup of coffee is all in your mind and the same lift can be given by a decaf.

Starbucks Corp said coffee packets under its brand for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc's single-serve Keurig coffee machines will be sold in U.S. grocery and specialty retail stores from November, in time for the key holiday season.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Partner Communications, Micron Technology, Lululemon Athletica, Clearwire, Universal Display, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, OmniVision Technologies, and Aruba Networks. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: IncrediMail, and Logitech International.

As you sip on your morning coffee, do you ever wonder why a ring forms when you spill it? Scientists have debunked the coffee-ring effect, attributing the cause to spherical particles, which can revolutionize printing and paint chemicals or even makeup.