Starbucks and Ethiopian government officials announced Thursday that they had reached an agreement "in principle" to resolve their longstanding dispute over Ethiopia's attempts to trademark and ...

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the chief executive of Starbucks , the U.S. coffee shop chain, failed to settle a trademark dispute during talks in Addis ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Starbucks and the Ethiopian government say they will work together to promote three of the African nation's prized specialty coffees.Starbucks and Ethiopian officials say the licensing ...

SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. and the Ethiopian government said Wednesday they will work together to promote three of the African nation's prized specialty coffees under a deal that supports the country's ...

Oxfam says Starbucks is hurting Ethiopia's coffee farmers. The country hopes to make more money for its coffee farmers by trademarking the area's legendary coffee beans. Many in the U.S. coffee ...

Africa’s biggest coffee producer has revised rules to allow foreign companies to buy the commodity directly from farmers and processors, the latest in reforms to liberalize East Africa’s biggest ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British charity Oxfam has accused Starbucks of stopping Ethiopia trademarking two of its coffee bean types, denying farmers potential income of nearly 50 million pounds ($94 million ...