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Starbucks is a chain of coffee shops found all over the world. Begun in 1978 as a coffee bean retailer, it was acquired by Howard Schultz in 1987, and now its insignia, a two-tailed siren, is internationally recognized. The name Starbucks was inspired by a character in Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick, named Starbuck.
