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Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz pleaded with Americans Tuesday night to take to the Internet, the mail or the telephone to urge lawmakers to quit their bickering and find solutions to the nation's mounting problems.

An empire built on airs, the company has begun shunning its own image for hipper garb. But its big new style is decidedly down-market.

While Starbucks has staged a nice recovery, the real action has been in shares of smaller outfits such as Green Mountain, Caribou and Diedrich. Credit the K-Cup.

The retailer thinks Japanese production techniques can help it become more efficient and profitable. But some baristas fear being turned into coffee-brewing automatons.

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The Golden Arches make their latest move on Starbucks with this weekly giveaway through Aug. 3.

Unable to compete with local rivals, the coffee chain's outlet in Missoula, Mont., has closed. That's bad news for the mom-and-pop shops left behind.

And for the town.

The company is changing the way it brews coffee as it seeks to restore 'romance and theater' to the coffee-shop experience.

With budget-conscious Americans eating out less often, companies like Burger King and Starbucks are packaging their foods to be sold from grocers' shelves.

Starbucks is trying to cut costs, negotiating with some landlords to reduce rent for its stores by as much as 25 percent.

Amy Scott reports.