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Starbucks to Close 7,100 US Stores Today

Feb 26, 2008 12:20 PM CST

Starbucks to Close 7,100 US Stores Today

Relax: It's just for 3 hours, and Dunkin' Donuts has 99¢ coffee

(Newser) - Get your afternoon latte early today, because Starbucks—all 7,100 US locations—is closing at 5:30pm for 3 hours of staff training, CNNMoney reports. The company says it hopes baristas will “deepen their passion for coffee” and even “transform the customer experience,” not to speak...

Mickey D's Risks Big
in Java War

Feb 24, 2008 5:58 AM CST

Mickey D's Risks Big in Java War

New coffee line is risky business for Golden Arches, Tribune says

(Newser) - McDonald’s may have Egg McMuffin on its face if it can't out-grind Starbucks with a new line of premium coffees, the Chicago Tribune reports. The new coffee rollout, threatened by a shaky economy, marks one of the company’s riskiest launches ever, according to analysts. As food and labor...

Starbucks Testing $2.50 Cup of Brew

Feb 15, 2008 9:03 AM CST

Starbucks Testing $2.50 Cup of Brew

Slumping company looks to both high-end and low-end products

(Newser) - Struggling with its first major sales slump, Starbucks hopes to lure back customers with a $2.50 cup of luxury coffee. The company hopes to find a high-end niche among serious coffee aficionados with the new brew, made in an $11,000 gizmo similar to a French press, Bloomberg reports....

Saudi Religious Cops Toss US Exec in Pokey

Feb 7, 2008 8:25 AM CST

Saudi Religious Cops Toss US Exec in Pokey

Her crime? Sitting with a male colleague at Starbucks

(Newser) - A 37-year-old American businesswoman says Saudi Arabia's religious police swooped her out of a Riyadh Starbucks and bundled her off to jail, where she was strip searched, humiliated, and bullied into signing confessions, reports the Times of London—all for sharing a table with a male colleague when the Internet...

Fortune Names Top Employers

Feb 3, 2008 5:32 AM CST

Fortune Names Top Employers

Fortune Lists the top 100

(Newser) - Thinking of a career move? Fortune Magazine has released its 100 best employers for 2008 list—and the top 10 are:

Google (Mountain View, CA)
Quicken Loans (Livonia, MI)
Wegmans Food Markets (Rochester, NY)
Edward Jones (St. Louis, MO)
Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)

Bonds Confidence Boosts Stocks

MARKETS

Jan 31, 2008 3:32 PM CST

Bonds Confidence Boosts Stocks

Insurer MBIA says its rating will be just fine

(Newser) - Markets were up sharply today on calming words from bond insurer MBIA, with the Dow closing at 12,650.36, up 207.53. The company said its triple-A rating was not vulnerable and that it was solvent enough to weather the mortgage crisis, MarketWatch reports. The Nasdaq gained 40.86...

Starbucks Cuts Stores, Skips Breakfast

Jan 31, 2008 9:25 AM CST

Starbucks Cuts Stores, Skips Breakfast

Faltering biz drops egg-and-cheese fare to focus on cuppa Joe

(Newser) - The founder and returning head of Starbucks has announced plans to turn the flagging operation around by taking it back to its intimate coffee-house roots, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. CEO Howard Schultz is ditching the chain's profitable morning sandwich line after listening to advice from baristas who complained that the...

Starbucks Tries Out $1 Coffee

Jan 23, 2008 2:50 PM CST

Starbucks Tries Out $1 Coffee

Java giant also trying free refills in Seattle experiment

(Newser) - Starbucks is offering a low-cost option as it experiments with new approaches in the face of fresh competition from McDonald's, the Wall Street Journal reports. While Starbucks made its fortune on extravagantly named $4 offerings, an 8-ounce “short” cup is now available for $1 in the Seattle area, and...

Sia's Real Problems Pleases

NEW RELEASE

Jan 10, 2008 12:13 PM CST

Sia's Real Problems Pleases

First album from songstress in 4 years is a winner

(Newser) - Folk and acid-jazz queen Sia Furler has returned with her first record in four years, and critics are singing the praises of Some People Have Real Problems. The New York Sun’s Bret McCabe pokes fun at Furler for signing with the Starbucks label—provenance of “laid-back background music...

Starbucks' Union-Busting Campaign Before Judge

Jan 10, 2008 3:05 AM CST

Starbucks' Union-Busting Campaign Before Judge

Brewhaha over coffee bosses' plot to stop baristas from organizing

(Newser) - Starbucks bosses trying to stop baristas from union organizing did some internet sleuthing to discover who had graduated from a university labor program—and even had Halloween partygoers snooped on, the Wall Street Journal reports. Starbucks' own emails detailing "our attempts to thwart a potential union situation" by identifying...

Starbucks Founder Back
in CEO Saddle

Jan 7, 2008 7:45 PM CST

Starbucks Founder Back in CEO Saddle

Will pare back coffee giant after sales stall and stocks tumble

(Newser) - Starbucks reacted to slow sales and new competition today by bringing back founder Howard Schultz as CEO, replacing folksy chief exec Jim Donald. "We must address the challenges we face and we know what has to be done," Schultz said. Schultz vows to reignite sales by trimming back...

New McD's Menu Muscles
In on Starbucks

Jan 7, 2008 11:15 AM CST

New McD's Menu Muscles In on Starbucks

Fast-food giant adds baristas, fancy coffee, $1B in sales

(Newser) - You’ll be able to get cappuccinos, lattes, and frappes from a certified barista beneath the Golden Arches this fall, reports the Wall Street Journal, as McDonald's takes on Starbucks. It’s the fast-food behemoth's biggest menu addition in 30 years, and the company expects it to bring in $1...

Starbucks Patrons Spread the Cheer

Dec 21, 2007 5:02 PM CST

Starbucks Patrons Spread the Cheer

Pay-it-forward treat proves contagious at Washington store

(Newser) - In what's being hailed as a true display of holiday goodwill, customers at a Starbucks in Marysville, Wash., have been "paying ahead"—paying for the next car in the drive-through order—in a “chain of cheer” more than 800 lattes long. The Seattle Times reports that the...

Dow Up After Roller-Coaster Day

MARKETS

Nov 16, 2007 3:44 PM CST

Dow Up After Roller-Coaster Day

Bad news doesn't halt rally; markets end week up

(Newser) - The major indexes closed up today after erratic trading as bad news on industrial production and new negative forecasts failed to halt an end-of-week rally. The Dow gained 66.74 to 13,176.79, the Nasdaq climbed 18.73 to 2,637.24, and the S&P 500 closed at...

Starbucks Reports First
Dip in Customers

Nov 15, 2007 9:51 PM CST

Starbucks Reports First Dip in Customers

Customer traffic down at coffee-shop giant's US stores for the first time

(Newser) - Starbucks reported its first-ever decline in US customer visits today, reports Bloomberg. The coffee juggernaut lowered its profit and sales forecast, and shares of its stock fell 8.3%. The profit revision suggests that Starbucks is losing customers to McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts, where a cup of coffee may cost...

Citizens Make Own Galaxy
Far, Far Away

Oct 2, 2007 5:09 PM CDT

Citizens Make Own Galaxy Far, Far Away

New York Jedi teaches lightsaber; ‘skill and confidence’ emerge

(Newser) - One unemployed theater techie is giving Industrial Light & Magic a run for its money, bringing lightsaber skills to a Manhattan dance studio and “high personal ethics” to everyday geeks. New York Jedi braintrust Master Flynn teaches swordplay, along with meditation and yoga techniques, to men bearing replicas of...

Hear Cool Tune, Click, Own It

Oct 1, 2007 3:27 PM CDT

Hear Cool Tune, Click, Own It

Starbucks offers instant iTunes downloads for impulse buyers who like what they hear

(Newser) - Ever hear a song in a coffee shop, and reminded yourself to look it up later? Starbucks is taking the “later” out of the equation, allowing latte-sippers in New York, Seattle, and soon other cities, to log on and buy whatever they’re hearing instantly off iTunes. It’s...

Joni Wows
With Shine

Sep 25, 2007 6:25 PM CDT

Joni Wows With Shine

Mitchell’s first new work in a decade is ‘biting, sartorial and poetic’

(Newser) - Joni Mitchell has dropped new material for the first time in 10 years, and Shine is wowing critics. It “isn’t a coffee table record,” raves AllMusic, in awarding it 4 of 5 stars; “it won’t attract record execs looking for a resurrection." That’s...

Apple Issues Warning on Hacked iPhones

Sep 25, 2007 7:28 AM CDT

Apple Issues Warning on Hacked iPhones

Unlocked phones will be 'irreparably damaged' by upgrade

(Newser) - IPhones that have been unlocked to work on cellular networks other than AT&T may be damaged "irreparably" by an iPhone software update being released this week, Apple warned yesterday. What's worse, the company says the unlocking also voids the warranty, so users would have to pay for replacements...

Starbucks Serving Free iTunes

Sep 24, 2007 4:19 AM CDT

Starbucks Serving Free iTunes

Customers will scoop up as many as 50 million free downloads

(Newser) - For more than a month beginning next week Starbucks will offer customers free iTunes downloads of songs by major artists like Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The freebie marks a new partnership between the coffee giant and Apple, Inc. Company executives expect Starbucks will give away...