Can Starbucks be turned around?

Investors cheered when Brian Niccol was named chief executive of Starbucks last August. Mr Niccol, then the boss of Chipotle Mexican Grill, a restaurant group, had earned an almost messianic reputation for turning around struggling hospitality businesses. The world’s biggest coffee chain, increasingly derided for its tired stores, slow service and pricey brews, desperately needed…

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Gailard Sartain, ‘Hee Haw’ Star, Dies At 81

Los Angeles, CA – 1991: Gailard Sartain promotional photo for the ABC tv series ‘Davis Rules’, … More episode ‘The Principle’, the original unaired pilot. (Photo by Sharon M Beard /American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images) ABC Gailard Sartain, the Southern character actor and comedian who appeared on the long-running country western-themed variety hour Hee…

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Which universities will be hit hardest by Trump’s war on foreign students?

If college presidents were hoping Donald Trump would tire of lambasting America’s universities, the latest tirades against international students have left them freshly agog. On June 4th Mr Trump escalated his attacks against Harvard, issuing an order suspending the university from a student-visa programme, which would stop foreigners from attending. Of wider impact is the…

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