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A witness said a Florida man pleasured himself inside a Miami Beach Starbucks for 10 minutes until police arrived.

The invasion of Ukraine could pitch Moscow, and the world, back into financial crises that had seemed part of history The big western brands showed Vladimir Putin how to do it. While the Kremlin’s army was getting bogged down in Ukraine, Coca-Cola and Starbucks lost no time in closing their doors to Russian customers. But the most emblematic move of all came from McDonald’s, which has shut all 850 of its outlets in Russia. The availability of Big Macs in the Soviet Union was seen in 1990 as evidence that the west’s old cold war foe was turning its back on communism, but the past fortnight has rekindled memories of the bad old days. There were queues outside McDonald’s when it first opened in Moscow. Last week, Russians queued for one last burger before the pull-out began. Continue reading…

Eating (or drinking) out has become more expensive in most parts of the country. The Consumer Price Index rose 7.9% in February compared to the same month a year ago. This is the highest rate of inflation in four decades. The price increases are unlikely to slow. Many of the items with the largest jump […]

Last summer, Ralph Lauren launched its inaugural collection of digital apparels on Zepeto, where customers can select from 50 items to dress their avatars in the brand’s signature prep-school look.There were colourblock hoodies, Polo T-shirts, teddy bear sweatshirts and even two unique skateboards that exist only in the digital realm. Within weeks, more than 100,000 pieces sold for between US$0.57 and US$2.86 each to customers who were eager to embrace and explore the frontiers of virtual…

Shares of several companies in the restaurants and leisure sector, including Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX ), Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK ) and Dutch Bros Inc (NYSE: BROS ), are trading lower amid continued uncertainty from the Russia-Ukraine conflict which has weighed on stocks and economic sentiment. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict persists, the … Full story available on Benzinga.com

The Czech cybersecurity firm, Avast, has halted the accessibility to their products in Russia and Belarus just like McDonald’s and Starbucks. The group’s marketing and sales operations have also been terminated with boiling geopolitical tensions. In 2021, Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus generated around 1.5% of Avast’s total revenue. Avast is continuing and expanding their offerings in […] The post Avast suspends business in Russia and Belarus appeared first on UK Investor Magazine .

Europe and US have called for Russia to lose its ''most favoured nation'' status.

Nestlé USA has announced it will invest $675 million to construct a new beverage facility in Glendale, Arizona, in a move to strengthen its market position and manufacturing network. The 630,000-square-foot site will produce Nestlé’s creamers, including the Coffee-Mate, Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss and Starbucks brands, with the ability to expand to additional beverages in the […]

Victoria''s Secret is among the major brands to be closing stores in Russia. Earlier this week, McDonald''s, KFC, and Starbucks also shuttered doors.

"Leaving Is Not An Option" - Deutsche Bank CFO Defends Decision To Remain In Russia At this point, dozens, if not hundreds, of western multinationals have abandoned their business in Russia, some of them have walked away from assets worth billions of dollars . Just the other day, McDonald''s and Coca-Cola "temporarily" abandoned their own businesses in Russia (for the duration of the war). Starbucks and Pepsi have made similar moves. But amid reports about their heavy IT reliance on St. Petersburg (not to mention the German economy''s massive dependence on Germany natural gas and oil), German banking giant Deutsche Bank has decided to defend its decision to continue operating in Russia during the war. Speaking during a Thursday interview, DB CFO James von Moltke defended the bank''s decision to stay, saying it hinged on its duty of care to clients that still operates in the country. The decision comes as other major banks make moves to pull out of Russia, notably Goldman Sachs said Thursday that it was winding down its business in the country, while HSBC on Monday told employees to cease their dealings with Russian banks.

Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech said on Friday the Russia-Ukraine conflict had not impacted the company''s supply chains so far. Unlike several Western companies including McDonald''s, Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Starbucks that have stopped sales or operations in Russia, no Indian company has publicly withdrawn from the region.

Polish Ambassador Says Sanctions On Russia Should "Last For A Decade, Maybe 15 Years" Poland’s Ambassador to the United States, Marek Magierowski, wants the new US and EU-led sanctions on Russia which came in the aftermath of its Feb.24 invasion of Ukraine to last for ten or up to 15 years. He described in a live interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that the sanctions should "last for a decade, maybe 15 years." Also amid allegations that Russian forces are targeting hospitals, which are similar to claims made in Aleppo during Russia''s prior years'' military action there, Magierowski cited "acts of barbarism in Ukraine" that he called "war crimes, atrocities." Poland’s Ambassador to the US, Marek Magierowski On this point, he said, "I do believe and I am confident that Mr. Putin and his cronies and all his closest aides will end up in the dock, in the Hague, in the International Criminal Court, because this is what he has already fully deserved," according to CNN. Here''s what he told Amanpour in the interview on how long-lasting Russia''s total economic isolation should be: “I think that if we wanted to retaliate for that invasion against Ukraine with punitive measures and by crippling the Russian economy, we have to be determined and ready to uphold the sanctions in a longer term .

As Thursday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: No breakthrough came from the highest-level Ukraine-Russia meeting since fighting began . Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov reached no significant agreement in Antalya, Turkey, in the countries'' first cabinet-level meeting since the start of the invasion on Feb. 24. The toll of Russia''s attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol becomes clearer . Ukrainian officials say three people died, including one child , and at least 17 people were wounded in Wednesday''s attack. Russian authorities claim the hospital was used as a paramilitary base. Russia''s Embassy in the U.K. claimed in a tweet that a pregnant beauty blogger "played" an injured victim for photos with "realistic makeup." Mariupol, meanwhile, remains under siege. These satellite images show the devastation . The U.S. still believes a no-fly zone over Ukraine could result in a larger war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said either a full or limited no-fly zone would "almost certainly" lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and the U.S. and NATO.

McDonald''s made the first call in fast food, and says it could lose out on $50 million a month. Starbucks, Yum, and Papa John''s have all followed.

More employees at three New York Starbucks locations have voted to unionize, bringing the total number of unionized Starbucks shops to six in two dozen states, The Associated Press reported.Starbucks employees at Cheektowaga, Amherst, and Depew…