Taking the stand: US author Stephen King signs autographs after giving testimony at a US district court hearing in a publishing merger antitrust case in Washington DC. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFPIt’s not every competition case that attracts autograph-hunters, but then it’s not every competition case that has Stephen King as a witness.
Total number of Starbucks cafes worldwide, including a 318 net new additions in the second quarter, as its empire continues to expand, one espresso frappuccino at a time.Batgirl, aka Barbara Gordon, might be a DC Comics superheroine, but she has proven no match for the increasingly cut-throat streaming business.