Today Google announced the release of a new voice recognition application for its search software on the iPhone. There are four questions I'd like to ask.
AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Fewer U.S. customers and venti-sized costs for closing poorly performing stores led to lower sales and profit in the fourth quarter a...
Howard Schultz | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business
In tough times like these, many believe that investments in people and training can wait; that corporate social responsibility can be put on the back burner. I believe passionately that this is precisely what American business leaders should not be doing today.
CNBC | Posted 12.05.2008 | Business
Starbucks promised to give every voter a free cup of coffee today. You didn't have to bring in any proof you actually voted. Apparently, some party p...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2008 | Business
Starbucks is doing its part to stimulate civic participation. On November 4th the popular chain will give you a free cup of coffee if you've voted. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
In early October, as the presidential campaign was hitting its emotional peak, the Republican National Committee mailed off a check for $6,000 to an a...
BBC News | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green
Starbucks has defended itself against claims of a serious waste of water by leaving taps running in its stores all day. A spokeswoman said the purpos...
Jason Notte | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business
Vive la resistance! No, I'm sorry, "Fuck yeah, resistance!"
George Spyros | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green
If you're at the local Starbucks and find some knowledge dropped on you about atmospheric CO2, look no further than the good folks at the GOOD integ...
Heather Buchanan | Posted 10.24.2008 | Style
So Ben, I've been looking for a sugar daddy for years and never really thought of you in that way. I didn't think of you as emergency support if my personal and professional stock started to plummet.
Crain's Chicago Business | Eddie Baeb | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago
Dunkin' Donuts may open drive-through locations in at least four sites where Starbucks was planning to open coffee shops, Crain's reports. Seattle-ba...
New York Times | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media
Order up a double macchiato with a side of debate. On Thursday, Starbucks will begin offering a free paper from the magazine Good in its stores. Calle...
Louise McCready | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
It's time for both customers and companies to wake up and smell the calories, and maybe Starbucks should stick with what it does best: coffee.
Reuters | Posted 09.28.2008 | Business
Top executives at Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) including Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz will not be gett...
Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
Who is the out of touch celebrity again? The L.A. Times reports that while 8-Domicile was chillin' in one of his Cindy's mansions, listening to the b...
Simon Sinek | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business
The cause that drove Starbucks to change American culture has now become something much less inspiring -- now, it's all about what they do.
AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Looking to bring more value-seeking consumers through its doors for a late afternoon caffeine fix, Starbucks Corp. said it will now o...
Financial Times | Kevin Allison | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business
Starbucks slid to its first quarterly loss as a public company on Wednesday as charges related to its decision to close more than 650 cafés wiped out...
Laura Weiss | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green
The owner of a small mom and pop sandwich shop expressed concern for the closing branch: "If someone like Starbucks isn't going to make it, who will?"
Max Keiser | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business
The Romans had a gold-backed currency that they physically needed to shrink to engineer empire-killing inflation. In America, the government, not having a gold-backed currency, just prints more worthless paper.
Max Keiser | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business
Starbucks and McDonald's are becoming like Louis Vuitton and Gucci in America, luxury brands that only those who are not poisoned with toxic dollars in their pocket can afford.
Max Keiser | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business
Starbucks is the first, but not the last example of how a falling dollar will make most items that Americans over consume too expensive for Americans to buy with their crumbling currency.
Wall Street Journal | Janet Adamy and Anna Prior | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business
Now that Starbucks Corp. has disclosed the 600 locations (see the full, searchable list) it wants to shutter, a phenomenon is taking hold: the Save Ou...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2008 | Business
Starbucks is closing 600 U.S. stores thanks to hard times and poor real estate decisions, analysts say, and just announced which stores they'll be. H...
AP, Starbucks, Clusterstock | Posted 07.26.2008 | Business
**UPDATE** The full Starbucks closure list is available here in a searchable web page. *** **UPDATE** Is Starbucks brilliant? Cities and employees ar...
Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media