Starbucks auctions items surrendered by worker

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Starbucks has auctioned off 31 automobiles, two houses and a 47-foot Bayliner boat to recover part of the $3.7 million stolen by Rosemary Heinen, during the nine months that she was the company's applications manager. Starbucks has sued Heinen, who allegedly submitted invoices by forging the signature of a supervisor for a firm called RAD Consulting. Other items seized from Heinen include Craftsman tools, several Steinway pianos and leather loveseats. Heinen's attorney said her client is suffering from obsessive-compulsive shopping disorder.

Other Eating Places, Limited-Service Eating Places, Restaurants, Starbucks Corp.

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Secret Service breaks up CD piracy venture

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The Secret Service has busted up one of the biggest syndicates of pirated CDs in the US after conducting a successful raid on a Manhattan warehouse and recovering more than 17,000 counterfeit CDs ready for sale. Some of the bootlegged copies include recordings of Jennifer Lopez, Santana and the Beatles. The Secret Service said the illicit operation has the capacity to produce 3 million high-quality pirated CDs each year, complete with counterfeit labels and jewel box CD cases.

Consumer Audio Recordings, Integrated Record Production/Distribution, Sound recordings

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Advertising on Internet zooms

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Internet ad spending totalled $1.9 billion in 1998, $655 million of which came in the fourth quarter, up from $900 million in 1997, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau. Online ad spending is projected to leap further to $4 billion in 1999. However, the figure is just a small slice of the total $200 billion ad spending in all mediums in 1998.

On-Line Information Services, Sales & consumption, Videotex & Teletext, Internet services

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