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Starbucks CEO: 'I Am A Supporter Of The Minimum Wage Going Up'

Posted 03.21.2013 | Business

The CEO of Starbucks says he’s in favor of raising the minimum wage, albeit ever so carefully. Howard Schultz, the head of the global coffee gia...

Starbucks To Ban Political Contributions?

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2013 | Business

* Shareholder proposal would ban contributions, company PAC * Starbucks made no contributions, but reserves right to do so ...

Starbucks' CEO: Washington Is 'Sapping The Lifeblood' Out Of America

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.14.2013 | Business

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz isn’t happy with Washington. The chief executive, known getting involved in politics, ripped into lawmakers over th...

Presenting: The Best CEOs Of 2012

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 12.30.2012 | Business

From 24/7 Wall St.: Best CEO lists can be based on dozens of factors. For public companies, the best metric is usually share price. It is hard for chi...

Starbucks' Urgent Message To Washington

Reuters | Posted 02.25.2013 | Business

By Lisa Baertlein Dec 26 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp will use its ubiquitous coffee cups to tell U.S. lawmakers to come up with a d...

'We Don't Pay Income Tax Because We Are Not Making Money There'

Reuters | Posted 12.19.2012 | Business

By Nandita Bose MUMBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp chief Howard Schultz defended his company's UK tax payments and said he wou...

WATCH: Arianna, Howard Schultz Talk Job Creation

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.05.2012 | Business

Arianna appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to discuss job creation. Citing the statistic that 65 percent of jobs are c...

Founders To The Rescue!

The Fiscal Times | Yuval Rosenberg | Posted 08.15.2012 | Business

From the Fiscal Times: Can Richard Schulze make a good buy out of Best Buy? The billionaire founder and former chairman of the electronics retailer...

The 12 Most Valuable Startups

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 08.08.2012 | Small Business

Despite concerns that Facebook’s disappointing IPO would hurt startup funding, investors continue to pump large sums of money into technology firms....

The Missing Business Voice -- Can Sandy Weill Lead the Parade?

Judith Samuelson | Posted 09.29.2012 | Business
Judith Samuelson

The cynicism that is engendered when someone like Weill, or Welch, changes his stripes is understandable. Who wants to hear from the guys who already cleaned up in Act 1? But, frankly, I find it refreshing. Where are today's leaders on these same subjects?

Entrepreneurs Who Can See Around the Corner

Marty Zwilling | Posted 09.19.2012 | Business
Marty Zwilling

The ultimate compliment that any entrepreneur can get is that they can "see around corners." This is a statement that they are willing and able to (and successful at) projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations.

Alice Hines

Frappuccino Factory Jolts The South

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 08.21.2012 | Business

A century ago, factories on Georgia's Savannah River spun cotton and channeled hydroelectric power for a new industrial South. Soon, a new plant will ...

WATCH: Starbucks CEO Talks Balancing Profit With A Social Conscience

Aspen Ideas Festival | Posted 06.30.2012 | Business

Balancing profit with a social conscience....

Peter S. Goodman

'Something Is Wrong': Starbucks CEO Says Calls For National Job Creation Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 06.29.2012 | Business

Not often does a billionaire chief executive of a prominent American brand assert that our system is effectively broken. Yet this is what Howard Schul...

Starbucks As Job Creator

Reuters | Posted 08.12.2012 | Business

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, June 12 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp on Tuesday will debut the first products in a line of U.S.-made mug...

Why CEOs Love This Stock Market Rally

Reuters | Posted 06.02.2012 | Business

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

Starbucks CEO: 'We Cannot Wait For Washington'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.22.2012 | Business

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...

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

Posted 03.07.2012 | Denver

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...

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

Jeff Reeves | Posted 03.31.2012 | Business
Jeff Reeves

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.

Starbucks CEO Took Home Big Pay Check Last Year

AP | By SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 01.28.2012 | Business

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

The Top Influencers Alive: 10 Breakout Influencers of 2011

Connie Dieken | Posted 02.25.2012 | Business
Connie Dieken

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

Starbucks Steams Ahead Into The Juice Business

Posted 01.10.2012 | Business

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

Small Businesses To Lawmakers: Give Us Some Credit!

John Arensmeyer | Posted 01.01.2012 | Small Business
John Arensmeyer

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.

Why Does Anyone Listen to Donald Trump?

Peter Sims | Posted 12.31.2011 | Media
Peter Sims

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.

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

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 12.20.2011 | Business
Kay Koplovitz

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.