HOWARD SCHULTZ

Starbucks adds lighter Blonde roast to lineup

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Starbucks Corp is going Blonde, expanding its coffee lineup with its lightest roast to date in a move aimed at wooing more customers and capturing a bigger share of the U.S. coffee market.

Starbucks profit-sharing to boost U.S. non-profits

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Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will share profits from two of its U.S. coffee shops with non-profit groups in New York City and Los Angeles to help offset expected government funding cuts to programs for children and education.
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Insight: Will Buffett, Schultz Debt Plans Be Shunned?

Warren Buffett and Howard Schultz want to change the conversation about how to fix the United States' economic woes. But their solutions - more taxes on the rich and a boycott on political donations - risk falling on deaf ears among fellow business leaders.
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Starbucks CEO urges halt to U.S. political donations

Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz is winning support for his call to withhold political contributions from U.S. lawmakers until they strike a fair, bipartisan deal on the country's debt, revenue and spending.
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Starbucks reorganizes for international growth

Starbucks Corp unveiled a reorganization on Monday that Chief Executive Howard Schultz hopes will help the coffee chain reach its goal of one day getting half of its revenue from abroad.
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Starbucks CEO promises huge grocery growth

Starbucks Corp wants to make sales of its coffee and other products in the grocery aisle rival its traditional cafe business, according to Chief Executive Howard Schultz.
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Starbucks says raising bagged coffee prices

Starbucks Coffee Co said on Friday it would raise the price of its packaged coffee by an average of 12 percent after its Chief Executive Howard Schultz once again blamed speculators for pushing coffee prices higher.
Starbucks + Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Starbucks, Green Mountain Sign Single Serve Coffee Deal

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is taking on the fast-growing single serve market, by teaming with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) that holds a dominant share of the U.S. market at about 80 percent owing to several patents surrounding its K-cup.

Starbucks CEO invests in Groupon, gets board seat

Daily deals website Groupon said on Thursday that Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz had joined its board of directors and that his venture capital firm had taken a stake in the company.

Starbucks signs pact to enter India

Starbucks Corp unveiled a deal that sets the stage for the world's largest coffee company to bring its iconic cafes to India, where Western-style coffee shops are increasingly popular.
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Starbucks inks pact to enter India, source beans

Starbucks Corp , the world's largest coffee chain, unveiled a tie-up on Thursday that could bring its iconic cafes to Asia's third-largest economy, where western-style coffee shops are increasingly popular.
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Starbucks cuts name, coffee from logo

Starbucks Corp , the world's biggest coffee chain, dropped both its name and the word coffee from its 40-year old logo, prompting cries of outrage from people who said they were loyal customers.
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Starbucks disappoints as costs rise

Starbucks Corp's 2010 and 2011 earnings forecasts came in at the lower end of Wall Street's lofty expectations with commodity costs expected to rise next year, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.
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Starbucks profit signals recovery

Starbucks Corp , McDonald's Corp and other U.S. restaurant chains reported quarterly results showing the turnaround already priced into restaurant stocks is finally at hand.
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Starbucks profits signal recovery

Starbucks Corp , McDonald's Corp and other U.S. restaurant chains reported quarterly results showing the turnaround already priced into restaurant stocks is finally at hand.

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