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Aug 2023
30m 26s

Starbucks Targets 12 Cups of Coffee

The Motley Fool
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China was the star of Starbucks’ earnings report. Can the company convince consumers to drink more than a dozen cups of coffee annually to keep fueling growth?

(00:21) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss:

- Starbucks’ slowing growth in the U.S. and torrid growth in China. - Why investors need to be patient with Pinterest. - How AI and lagging PC sales trends are affecting AMD. 

(15:14) Deidre Woollard caught up with Yasser El-Shimy for a look at Saab – a company that you think does one thing, but really should be on your radar for something else.. 

Companies discussed: SBUX, PINS, AMD, SAABY

Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Asit Sharma, Deidre Woollard, Yasser El-Shimy Engineers: Dan Boyd 

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