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Hot Chocolate, Cold Cash: Members Of Congress Raise Money In The Holiday Spirit

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: John-Olver, Tom-Latham, Bill Posey, Starbucks, Tom Latham, Mike Simpson, Mazie Hirono, Lobbyblog, Fundraising, Carolyn B. Maloney, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

Despite recent recession trend stories suggesting that lobbyists are in less of a mood to party, the Sunlight Foundation has heard of three times more...

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Los Angyork City

Steven Nereo | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: New York, Los Angeles, Consumer Culture, Chain Stores, Whole Foods, Corporations, Starbucks, Gap, Los Angeles News
Steven Nereo

As for New York becoming LA, or LA becoming Berlin or Berlin becoming Dubai ... the truth is it's all becoming the same. Sameness is our present and more-of-the-sameness is our future.

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From the Street to Starbucks and Back Again

Norman Lear | Posted 12.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Starbucks, All You Need Is Love, Playing for Change Stand by Me, Playing for Change, Playing for Change DVD, (RED), Impact News
Norman Lear

Today, Starbucks is conducting a live, world-wide sing-along that will span across multiple countries, languages and time zones, featuring artists from around the world singing "All You Need Is Love."

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Never Been Gone: A Conversation With Carly Simon

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jay Landers, Sesame Street, The Village Voice, Van Morrison, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Winnie the Pooh, Sony Records, Piglet's Big Adventure, Harry Belafonte, Jim Hart, Ben Taylor, The Hi-Lo's, Carly Simon, Elton John, Hear Music, Sally Taylor, Robert Christgau, Columbia Records, Carole King, David Saw, Teese Gohl, Walkman, Richard Perry, Entertainment News, Starbucks, Benjamin Thomas, Arista Records, Joni Mitchell, Clive Davis, Lucy Simon, James Taylor, L.A. Reid, Heffalump, Piglet, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

In this interview, Carly talks candidly about her new "unplugged" album Never Been Gone, recent projects, her family, an Elton John non-adventure and much more.

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Starbucks Love Project Promotes Global Sing Along

Posted 12.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Starbucks, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks Love Project, (RED), Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Global Fund, Impact News

The Huffington Post has learned of a new promotion between Starbucks and (RED) to be announced tomorrow, December 4. In support of the Global Fund to ...

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Business America Lights a Candle for Copenhagen

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Symantec, Pepsi Co, Copenhagen 2009, Johnson & Johnson, President Obama, Honeywell, BP America, Shell Oil, United States Climate Action Partnership, We-Can-Lead, General Motors, Applied Materials, Starbucks, Duke Energy, Caterpillar, Nrg-Energy, Dupont, Alcoa, Levi Strauss, Business News
Jonathan A. Schein

There are many in the corporate realm who "get it" -- that's why they're finding new and innovative ways to combat climate change.

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Happy Thanksgiving! This Year It Is No Longer Humiliating To Be Explaining Your Unemployment Around the Thanksgiving Table!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Umeployment, Friends, Family, Playgirl, Christmas, Sarah Palin, Tlc, Relatives, Bulletproof Your Job, Kwanzaa, Levi Johnston, Disney, Harpercollins, Stephen Viscusi, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Abc, Fired, Headhunter From Hell, Holidays, Thanksgiving, The View, Aa, Divorce, Death, Spouse, Hanukkah, Going Rouge, Jon Gosselin, Health Issues, Barbara Walters, Job, Starbucks, Oprah, Chemistry, Good Morning America, Unemployed, Search Engines, Americas Workplace Guru, The Ladder, Monster.com, Media News
Stephen Viscusi

Losing your job is dreadful, no matter what the reason. In this journalist's mind, it is still better than health issues, divorce, or death -- but t...

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Bikini Baristas Brewing In Denver Area (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Jason Bernal, Video, Perky Coffee, Perky Cups Colorado, Bikini Barista, Starbucks, Perky Cups Denver, Denver-Colorado, Bikini Coffeeshop, Coffee, Aurora, Perky Cups, Peaberry, Denver News

A new coffee shop in Aurora has raised more than a few eyebrows: at Perky Cups at Iliff and Peoria, bikini clad baristas pour your cup of joe. Owne...

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Help Rebuild John McDonogh High School in New Orleans

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: New Orleans, City Year, Community Service, Msnbc, Morning Joe in New Orleans, Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski Morning Joe, Handson Network, Katrina Relief, Public Service, Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe New Orleans 2009, Starbucks, Morning Joe New Orleans, Digger Phelps Joe Scarborough, Hurricane Katrina, Mika Brzezinski, Brewing Together, Impact News

Coming here from joe.msnbc.com? Scroll down to the widget below and click the "Contribute" button to give to City Year. Don't know what we're talking ...

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Starbucks CEO: McDonald's Coffee Made Us Better

nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, McDonald's, Howard Schultz, Ernst and Young, Business News

Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz said McDonald's Corp's McCafe launch earlier this year made the cafe chain better....

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Brand Management in China: Three Golden Rules

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Simplicity in Advertising, Chinese Consumer, Status, Colgate, Face, Haagen-Daaz, Debeers, Price Premium, Haier, China, Chinese Brands, Confucianism, Sony, Bmw, Nike, Chinese Culture, Pizza Hut, Brand Management, Nestle, Starbucks, Brands in China, Rules of Marketing, P&G, Handycam, Tcl, Changhong, World News
Tom Doctoroff

The Chinese worldview, not to mention its brandscape, is profoundly different from Western markets. Here are a few "golden rules" marketers must know before landing in the mainland.

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Five Creative Relationship Management Tips to Make Someone Say, "Wow, I Want To Be Your Client"

Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Starbucks, Microtel, Zappos, Business Strategies, Living News
Keith Ferrazzi

You don't have to have a multimillion dollar company to go above and beyond with creative gifts or acts of kindness that tell clients -- or even employees, colleagues or friends -- that you're paying attention.

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New London Starbucks: Inside The Retailer's Posh Makeover (VIDEO)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Coffee, London-United Kingdom, Business News

Starbucks has opened a new outlet in London, which departs from the ubiquitous interior familiar to customers around the world (hat tip to BrandRepubl...

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McDonald's on Ice

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Innovation, McDonald's, International Marketing, Iceland, Starbucks, Marketing in a Recession, Burma, Business News
Jenny Darroch

McDonald's has pulled out of Iceland.The decision is a combination of rising costs and the inability to hike prices a further 20% to recoup losses.

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Starbuck's Pick Up & Why You Shouldn't

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Dating, Starbucks, Pickup, Boyfriend, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

It would be nice if, prior to approaching a woman, you had at least some sort of exchange indicating that there was a connection beyond that physical reaction you just had to her rear view.

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All Hyped Up With Nowhere To Go

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Energy Drinks, Depression, Twitter, Antidepressants, Social Networking, Bloggers, Starbucks, Media, Media News, Facebook, Texting, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

We all run out of time, and there is not really a way to save it. But one of the major ways we seem to be trying to save time is in how we communicate with each other.

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Conscious Companies: 7 Business Initiatives For Good

Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: The Gap, Slidepoll, Oprah Winfrey, Ronald Mcdonald's House Charities, David Arquette, The Global Fund, McDonald's, Starbucks, Feeding America, Target, Bono, Impact News

John D. Rockefeller Jr. said to "think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege." Several major international corporations are trying to follow that...

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Healing the Spirit/Matter Split

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Negotiation, John Gray, Awakening, Balance of Life, Buddha, State of Consciousness, Contribution, Iphone, Success Built to Last, Jack Canfield, The Secret, Est, Werner Erhart, Giving, Starbucks, Stewart Emery, Greatness, Poonjaji, Living News
Arjuna Ardagh

The greatest area of split and misunderstanding, which I discover among my friends and other writers and teachers, is the split between the longing of the spirit and material desire.

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Carly Simon's Starbucks Lawsuit: Singer SUES Coffee Chain Label

AP | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Carly Simon Suing Starbucks, Starbucks, Carly Simon, Music, Entertainment News

SEATTLE — Singer Carly Simon is suing Starbucks Corp., saying the coffee company's now-defunct music venture didn't adequately promote her 2008 ...

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Irving Penn, Twitter, and the Everydayness of Life

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Irving Penn, Charles Dickens, New York Times, Twitter, Metropolitan Museum, Andy Grundberg, Mark Twain, Starbucks, Raymond Carver, Style News
Adam Hanft

Twitphobes complain, "Do I really care if so-and-so picked up the kids or had to wait too long for a latte at Starbucks?" Maybe we do. Maybe we should. Maybe we can.

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It's the Sustainability, Stupid

David Becker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Starbucks, Sustainability, Walmart, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, Green News
David Becker

Consumer trust in business has dropped dramatically in the last two years. A transitory marketing campaign and TV media buy is not going to win back consumers. What can work is a long-term focus on sustainability.

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Starschmucks Folly: VIA, the Instant New Coke

Warren Holstein | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Crystal Meth, Coffee, True Blood, Via, Instant Coffee, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Glenn Beck, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks Instant Coffee, The Inner Life, Starbucks via Review, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

We don't care if this isn't our grandfather's instant coffee, it reminds us of our grandfather (who was last spotted hollering about health care at a town hall meeting due to a combination of dementia and Glenn Beck).

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Why Press 5 for Customer Service When You Can Twitter?

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Social Media Marketing, Customer Assistance, Customer Service, Starbucks, Comcast, Zappos, Media News
Karthika Muthukumaraswamy

Social media portals are changing the ways in which companies are doing business, thanks to one-on-one interactions between consumers and employees.

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New Study Shows that Children Who Play Educational Video Games Wrongly Believe 'Education Leads to Success'

Ben Berkon | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Violence, Comedy, Video Games, Comedy News, Teachers, Third-Party Candidate, Starbucks, Ben Berkon, Education, Comedy News
Ben Berkon

"There was an astonishingly high percentage of misinformed children who are in for a real surprise," said STAThead executive Bill Myers.

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Team Earth Campaign Brings Together Harrison Ford, the President of Guyana, CEOs, and a Life-Size Origami Forest

ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: President Jagdeo, Walmart, Slideshow, Johnson & Johnson, Green News, Harrison Ford, Conservation, Green Living, Origami, Greenwashing, Starbucks, Sustainability, Guyana, Un, Deforestation, Copenhagen, Harrahs, Team Earth, Conservation International, Green News
ThienVinh Nguyen

As a "global sustainability movement" that'll include just about everyone - from educators to scientists to businesses to non-profits and little kids - Team Earth's first campaign centers on tackling deforestation.

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