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Starbucks Kills Chipotle Takeover Rumor: "We're Not Buying" The Burrito Chain
Starbucks Kills Chipotle Takeover Rumor: "We're Not Buying" The Burrito Chain
Hopes of buying a Starbucks Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso and a Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl under one roof through a possible merger of the two quick-service restaurant chains were squashed Monday morning.
"As a matter of policy, we don't comment on rumors and speculation, but we want to be clear we are not buying Chipotle," a Starbucks spokesperson told Barron's. The company said it remains focused on executing its "Back to Starbucks" turnaround strategy.
The rumor mill around the...
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The Arday Tragedy: A Story Of Institutional Failure, Not A Witch Hunt
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Authored by Lipton Matthews via The Mises Institute,
The recent death of Jason Arday has been met with widespread grief, but also with a disturbing rush to assign blame.
Much of the media narrative has positioned Nathan Cofnas as the villain, the man who exposed plagiarism and, in doing so, supposedly hounded a vulnerable academic to his death.
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