New York: Starbucks has a new way to wake up its US customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so.
Calorie counts on menus are already required in some parts of the country, including New York City. But starting June 25, Starbucks Corp. says customers at its more than 10,000 US locations will be able to see that there are 300 calories in a small caramel Frappuccino and 230 calories in a small Iced Caffe Mocha.
Pastry cases will also show calorie information, in case customers want to save some calories and opt for a Morning Bun (350 calories) instead of a blueberry scone (460 calories). ...
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10:23 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Ardmore: Phil Mickelson knew it was going to be close, so he made sure his group could finish the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday. The rule when a round is halted because of darkness is that players have the option to complete a hole. Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Keegan Bradley were on the 17th with the sun falling fast when Lefty spoke to Dustin Johnson in the...
09:39 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Shimla: A video CD portraying a senior Congress leader from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi with a woman is in circulation in the district ahead of the Mandi Lok Sabha by-poll June 23, police officials said on Friday, adding a case will be filed. "We have received a complaint on circulation of a CD. We are going to register an FIR (first information report)," said a senior police official. Sources said the...
05:10 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Mumbai: Choreographer-turned-director Remo D'Souza has expressed his desire to do a film with actress Madhuri Dixit, which would be on the lines of noted filmmaker V Shantaram's 'Navrang' and 'Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje'. "I am working on a film that I want to do with Madhuri. It is a musical on the lines of 'Navrang', 'Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje', but revisited now," Remo told PTI here today. 'Navrang' is a...
12:00 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Mumbai: Director-choreographer Remo D'Souza feels lucky that he is part of the Hindi film industry at a time when movies with good script, made with a good mix of drama and emotion, work over those which boast of star-studded casts. "I think the audience has changed. This is the best time for the industry. Right now the script works, not the stars. If your script is strong, then it will...
04:32 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Actress Jiah Khan reportedly hanged herself at her Juhu residence on late Monday night. She was 25. A shocked Bollywood film fraternity expressed their grief on the death of the young actress on Twitter. ...
06:44 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Mumbai: Choreographer-director Remo D'Souza, who is planning a sequel to 'ABCD: Any Body Can Dance', says that he wants to cast Prabhudeva in the same role as before. Praising Prabhudheva as a fantastic human being apart from being a choreographer, actor, and director, he said: "I love spending time with him. My equation with him is fantastic. He knows what I want. In the sequel also I will try to...
11:09 AM, Jun 01, 2013
New York: They might start calling it the McDiet. McDonald Corp's CEO Don Thompson revealed at an analyst conference this week that he shed about 20 pounds (9 kilograms) in the past year by getting his "butt up" and "working out again". But he said he hasn't changed his habit of eating at McDonald's "every, single day". Thompson, who has been on the job for less than a year, was...
07:41 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: A court in New Delhi on Friday granted bail to a Delhi Police constable and a private detective, arrested for allegedly buying a SIM card on fake proofs to procure the call detail records of BJP leader Arun Jaitley and others. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sanjay Bansal enlarged constable Arvind Dabas, 35, and detective Neeraj Nayar, 36, on bail on the ground that they have already got the...
06:50 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: All four accused in the Arun Jaitley call detail records case were granted bail by a Delhi court on Thursday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal granted bail to Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas, 35, and three private detectives, Anurag Singh, 37, Neeraj Nayar, 36, and Nitish Singh, 30, on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each and two sureties each of the like amount. The court enlarged...
04:39 PM, May 30, 2013
London: India has probably surpassed Japan to become the world's third largest economy after the US and China, Paris-based think-tank OECD said on Wednesday even as it lowered the country's economic growth projection for 2013 to 5.3 per cent. "China will likely pass the United States as the world's largest economy in the next few years and India has probably recently surpassed Japan to be third largest," said the OECD...
09:04 AM, May 30, 2013
London: Australia has been ranked as the world's happiest nation among developed economies for third year in a row, with a whopping 84 per cent of the country's population saying they are satisfied with their lives. The overall strength of its economy won Australia the top position in the Better Life Index compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), BBC News reported. "Australia performs exceptionally well in...
05:40 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: Reliance Communications has raised basic rates for both GSM and CDMA pre-paid mobile-to-mobile calls by 33 per cent to 2 paise per second from 1.5 paise per second. According to details on the company's website, it will charge base rate of 2 paise per second for mobile-to-mobile calls. The base rate, or the headline tariff, applies to customers not covered under any special scheme offered by their telecom...
08:51 AM, May 27, 2013
Virginia Water: Francesco Molinari flourished while five of his European Ryder Cup team mates fell flat on their faces as the Italian grabbed the lead after the PGA Championship second round on Friday. Luke Donald, the 2011 and 2012 winner, Rory McIlroy, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Paul Lawrie all missed the halfway cut after struggling in cold, dank conditions at the European Tour's flagship event. A miserable Wentworth course...
10:06 AM, May 25, 2013
Kavarna, Bulgaria: Britain's Graeme McDowell and South African Branden Grace set up a mouth-watering showdown in the semi-finals of the World Match Play Championship by winning on Saturday. World number eight McDowell, the highest-ranked player in the field, avenged his defeat in last year's final by easing past holder Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium 2 & 1. Colsaerts was already trailing when his drive at the 10th hole found a hazard...
09:22 AM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court will on Wednesday begin hearing charges in a defamation case filed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit against BJP leader Vijender Gupta. Sheila had filed a defamation suit when Gupta allegedly called her 'villain' and 'cheat' before the MCD elections in April 2012. Sheila moved court against Gupta after he refused "publicly apologise" for putting up posters, banners and hoarding across Delhi accusing the Chief Minister...
06:54 AM, May 15, 2013
This week on the CJ show we focus on civic issues faced by citizens along with a struggle of a wife of a prisoner of war. ...
11:40 AM, May 13, 2013
Tokyo: Sharp, Japan's leading maker of liquid crystal displays, will rely on expanding supplies of small panels to Samsung Electronics while still shipping screens to rival Apple, in a bid to raise factory output levels and remain viable, three sources said. In a midterm business plan it aims to release on Tuesday when it announces its latest earnings results, Sharp will set a goal of raising annual operating profit to...
11:36 AM, May 11, 2013
Mumbai: Fast food chain McDonalds Corp plans to increase prices in India for the second time in 2013, responding to rising inflation which, along with an economic slowdown, it expects to temper demand growth for at least the next seven months. The company said on Tuesday it would raise prices by 5-6 per cent. That follows a 5 per cent hike after the government increased the service tax rate in...
07:59 PM, May 07, 2013
Los Angeles: Graeme McDowell held his nerve in fierce winds to clinch his second PGA Tour title with a playoff victory over U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Sunday. Northern Irishman McDowell sealed the win with a regulation two-putt par at the first extra hole, the 18th, where Simpson three-putted for bogey after missing the green to the right with...
12:38 PM, Apr 22, 2013
