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The Motley Fool March 2, 2006 Brian Gorman	McDonald's and Starbucks' Java Joust Resisting McDonald's coffee challenge may cost Starbucks a few customers. However, Starbucks investors shouldn't panic about the challenge from McDonald's.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2005 Brian Gorman	Egg on Starbucks' Face? Starbucks' recent tests of a hot breakfast item, similar to the McDonald's Egg McMuffin, would seem like a reasonable idea. But this downscale shift is potentially dangerous. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Starbucks Goes for Glitter It's not Christmas in July, but Starbucks has its eye on the holiday season. Shareholders should watch carefully -- of course, hoping that Starbucks always remembers its core focus is coffee.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The McStarbucks Menace? McDonald's, the world's leading fast-food chain, starts rolling out coffee bars within its namesake burger joints, complete with their own McBaristas.
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The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Starbucks Heats Up Breakfast The coffee king wants to feed your king-sized appetite. With so many places begging for your early morning dollar, it's a sound strategy for Starbucks to broaden its offerings. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool May 8, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Mickey McLeaving? Disney is apparently cutting ties with McDonald's over obesity ties.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Dueling Fools: Starbucks Bull Starbucks has numerous strategies that should help it continue to provide the double-digit increases in earnings and sales investors have come to expect. Wall Street bears have underestimated Starbucks before, and it seems likely that they're doing so once again.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Weighing Starbucks' Values Starbucks is following in the footsteps of the likes of McDonald's into "value meal" territory during the breakfast hours. Are value meals at Starbucks brilliant, or will they kill the brand?
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CRM December 2011 Eric Barkin	The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Sit, Sip, and Surf for Stuff at Starbucks Starbucks' new digital media network might seem like a leap into alien territory -- but this idea may be just crazy enough to work.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Farewell, Happy Meal Shares of McDonald's hit a seven-year high this week in part because folks are going upscale, despite the buck temptations. March comps soared an astronomical 8.2% at Mickey D's.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Alyce Lomax	McDonald's Head of Steam McDonald's is planning to have specialty coffee drinks, such as lattes and cappuccinos, available in all of its domestic stores by the end of 2008.
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The Motley Fool August 8, 2006 Alyce Lomax	The Starbucks Book Club The coffee giant adds books to its small selection of media offerings. These initiatives seem like a perfect fit.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Do You Want Fries With That? Consumer Reports says McDonald's has the best coffee. What does that mean for Starbucks? Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool November 7, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Chicken Feed for Disney Disney's latest animated feature opens with mixed results. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Starbucks' Siren Song Starbucks' second-quarter results poured a cup of reassuring news for investors as American traffic increases.
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The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Starbucks' Lucky Clover? Starbucks' new coffee contraption, competition with McDonald's, and lessons from Chipotle. Starbucks future is discussed in this video.
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The Motley Fool August 24, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Starbucks Hikes Prices, Customers Take a Hike? Will the coffee giant's price tinkering drive patrons away?
The Motley Fool March 22, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Brand on the Run Starbucks wants to bottle a Beatle. As conventional CD shops like Tower are shuttered, lifestyle concepts that bring something new to the listening table, as Hear Music does, are rising from the ashes of perpetually falling compact-disc sales.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Worst Stock for 2009: Starbucks Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at how one of the great growth stocks of our generation wiped out six years of gains.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Steven Mallas	McDonald's Polishing Its Arches McDonald's wants to alter the makeup of its marketing DNA.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Alyce Lomax	No Stopping Starbucks The appetite for Starbucks shows no sign of abating. Their earnings increased to $98 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, beating analysts' estimates.
The Motley Fool August 6, 2008 Alyce Lomax	The Terrible Twos in Menus Starbucks and McDonald's are both experimenting with some pricing strategies that fall within a $1-or-greater-but-not-more-than-$2 range.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Silly Moments for Starbucks in 2006 Starbucks has always had the rep for being a smart company, and many investors are hoping it always stays that way.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Jason Ramage	Calling All McBaristas With McDonald's new coffee bars is management chasing the dollar signs of a burgeoning coffee industry or trying to kick Starbucks when it's down, more than focusing on what customers want.
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 James E. Ellis	Hollywood's Big Bets on Summer Movies Tinseltown is hoping for a blockbuster summer season.
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The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Steven Mallas	Disney and The Rock: A Great Tag Team The new Disney family film The Game Plan offers further proof that Disney's branding strategy works. Disney wants to focus on family fare and keep its movie slate to a minimum number of releases that yield a maximum return.
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The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Holy Cow, McDonald's! June's comps suggest the fast-food giant is playing to win, though investors may be wondering how long the fast-food standard can keep it up.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 Steven Mallas	"The Wild" Wows No One Disney's latest flick is on its way to extinction. The Wild ranked just No. 4 for the past weekend. Meanwhile, News Corp.'s own CGI-animated asset, Ice Age: The Meltdown, has proved itself to be an unmitigated springtime blockbuster. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2010 Nathan Alderman	Why Buzz and Woody Aren't Shrek The diminishing returns of DreamWorks' ogre may not extend to Disney's toybox.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Is Starbucks Kid Stuff? Coffee giant Starbucks has acknowledged that children are a part of its target market, and recognizes it must be very careful in how, and what products, it promotes to them.
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