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Why CEOs Love This Stock Market Rally

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2012

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* Gains in stock options, restricted shares offset modest bonuses * Stock grants made during 2009 market lows now look good ...

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Starbucks CEO: 'We Cannot Wait For Washington'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.22.2012

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One captain of industry says it's time to put the nation's economy ahead of corporate profits and partisan squabbling. Starbucks CEO Howard Schult...

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PHOTOS: The Six Richest People In Colo., According To Forbes

Posted 03.07.2012

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Forbes has been making lists of the world's richest people for more than 25 years. On this latest list, "The World's Billionaries," Forbes has ran...

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Yes, America, Some CEOs Deserve a $50 Million Paycheck

Jeff Reeves | Posted 03.31.2012

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Starbucks' growth doesn't come from "insanely great" gadgets with huge profit margins. The coffee chain shows how a good CEO can do right by his company, and how that can structure a CEO's pay to ensure he gets paid what he deserves.

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Starbucks CEO Took Home Big Pay Check Last Year

AP | By SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 01.28.2012

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was given a pay package worth roughly $16 million in the company's 2011 fiscal year. Starbucks perform...

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The Top Influencers Alive: 10 Breakout Influencers of 2011

Connie Dieken | Posted 02.25.2012

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Despite conventional wisdom, influence and persuasion are not the same animal.

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Starbucks Steams Ahead Into The Juice Business

Posted 01.10.2012

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Coffee giant Starbucks Corp announced Thursday that it acquired juice company Evolution Fresh for $30 million. The java chain will take another ste...

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Small Businesses To Lawmakers: Give Us Some Credit!

John Arensmeyer | Posted 01.01.2012

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Small employers are struggling; lack of demand and weak sales are part of it, but one of the key barriers to their success -- hindering their ability to help remedy the economy's malaise -- is the inaccessibility of credit.

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Why Does Anyone Listen to Donald Trump?

Peter Sims | Posted 12.31.2011

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To have a historically credible media outlet like CNN help perpetuate the notion that Donald Trump is a serious ideas person or policy mind ultimately reflects very poorly not just on CNN, but on the country.

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JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: Everyone Is Talking About Them but Who Is Doing Something to Create Them?

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Jobs, Howard Schultz, Kay-Koplovitz, Crowdfunding, Unemployment, Job Creation, Business News

Save up your spare change, folks, and go down to the nearest Starbucks store. We're about to engage in crowdfunding to get America moving again.

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Open Letter To Starbucks From Then-Homeless Person: You Changed My Life

Revolution MacInnes | Posted 12.13.2011

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I was homeless last winter and my gold Starbucks card kept me warm, safe and dry. It also helped me utilize social media to, in very small ways, help the lives of other homeless people.

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Americans Are Mad As Hell...

Al Checchi | Posted 12.10.2011

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Americans should be out in the streets. We should be resisting the unresponsive and irresponsible leadership that has risen in government and industry. We should throw the bums out.

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Occupy Wall Street: What Are They So Angry About?

Monika Mitchell | Posted 12.09.2011

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It took a small group of down-on-their-luck college kids with nothing to lose to wake America up. As the crowds in Zuccotti Park, DC, LA and across the country grow larger and make their voices heard, maybe this time we will be listening.

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Starbucks, General Electric Seek Cover In Arms Of Small Business

Reuters | Posted 12.04.2011

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(Reuters) - Facing talk of "class warfare" in Washington and protest marches on Wall Street, some of the biggest players in corporate America are link...

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Starbucks To Collect Donations To Spur U.S. Job Creation

AP | By SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 12.03.2011

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe. Starting Nov. 1, ...

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A Winning Game Plan

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 11.27.2011

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Mr. Schultz and his cohorts are to be commended for stepping forward as concerned citizen-leaders at this time of great urgency.

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PHOTOS: Coloradans Who Made The 400 Billionaires List

Posted 11.26.2011

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For the first time in the list's nearly 30 year history, all 400 people listed on the Forbes 400 list are billionaires making a cumulative sum about e...

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Howard Schultz and the Heartbreak of the Self-Hating Corporation

Murray Hill Inc. | Posted 11.13.2011

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As the first corporation to run for Congress, we have a special responsibility to defend the values the Supreme Court enshrined in its Citizens United ruling -- corporate greed, self-interest, hegemony and privilege -- against men like Howard Schultz.

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No Place To Go But Up: Howard Schultz' Upward Spiral 2011

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 11.04.2011

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Like many of us, Schultz is frustrated and fed up. He is done with partisan politics and useless leaders. He loves our country, still believes in the American Dream, and knows that we are better than this. And he is right.

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Starbucks CEO To Host National Forum To Address America's 'Crisis Of Confidence'

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 11.02.2011

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz changed how America drinks coffee. Now, he wants to change the political system. The leader of th...

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Reinventing America -- From the Bottom Up

Peter Sims | Posted 10.29.2011

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Buckle up, America. This revolution will be improvised. And, it's all coming to the forefront of our national consciousness soon, thanks at least in part to That Used to Be Us, a very important and timely book.

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The Good Soul Howard Schultz: Exploiting an Addict Rather Than Ending an Addiction

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 10.25.2011

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What decent citizens and reformers like Howard Schultz need to do is to use their power to get Congress to end its addiction, by pushing for reforms that would make it possible for government to act sanely and independently of special interest funders.

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Starbucks Howard Schultz CEO Pledge: Will It Work?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 10.19.2011

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To be successful in a bid to starve Washington of dollars, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will likely have to expand his campaign to boycott campaign co...

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WATCH: Starbucks CEO Discusses His Boycott On Campaign Contributions

Posted 10.16.2011

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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz spoke to CNN Money on Tuesday about what he hopes to accomplish with his recently announced boycott on political contribu...

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I'm Mad As Hell And I'm Not Gonna Write Any More Checks

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.15.2011

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The CEO of Starbucks wants Washington to wake up and smell the coffee. Infuriated by what he described as irresponsible behavior, Howard Schultz is...

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