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Chief Executive Marissa Mayer once invested in a now-closed cake shop.
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With the new logo, his coffee bags caught the eye of one of the owners of the cake shop Miette, who decided to serve his coffee at her stand (and, ultimately, married Mr. Freeman).
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On November 24th, a few days after the Japanese-owned Yaohan department store chain in Hong Kong went bust, word hit the streets that the St Honore Cake Shop chain was about to follow suit.
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Mike had a job at a cake shop.
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Smartly attired executives from start-ups such as SolFocus, Solaicx and Ice Energy sipped wine and munched on gourmet appetizers, including mini crab tacos and Guinness ginger cake, while they talked shop.
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Inside the shop, all manner of dainty cups, saucers and cake stands sell for a fraction of what they would cost in other parts of London.
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To avoid dying in a famine, the brain is wired to pick up on signs that calorie-rich foods are nearby, which helps explain why that piece of cake on the plate in front of you is so irresistible, or why seeing a sign for a doughnut shop draws you in even when you know you need to watch your diet.
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