Bill Ackman, who flamed out on Herbalife, now targeting Starbucks
Noted "activist" investor sees room for growth for the coffee chain, especially in China
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Starbucks plans layoffs as sales growth slows
Battling a slump in sales growth, the coffee chain said it's making "significant changes" to its staff
Curious but defiant, Italians react to country's first Starbucks
"This is for tourists. Come on. It's for tourists," one Milan resident said
Italians react to first Starbucks location
Since its start in Seattle in the early 1970s, the Starbucks coffee chain has opened shops all over the country and the world, including European nations where coffee culture was already well established. One place they dared not tread was Italy, the coffee-centric land that helped founder Howard Schultz shape the chain's character in the first place. That changed this week. Seth Doane reports.
Howard Schultz: "Perhaps" I'll run for office
Starbucks will open its first location in Italy Friday. Former CEO Howard Schultz made headlines this summer when he announced he's stepping down as chairman after 36 years with the company. Schultz joins "CBS This Morning" from the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Milan for his final interview representing Starbucks. Asked about whether he'll run for office, Schultz said the world is "hungry for the idealism of America."
Starbucks' Howard Schultz says he has "great aspirations," may run for office
"I've got great aspirations for what I can do in the future to try and help those people who are being left behind," Schultz said
Coca-Cola buys Costa Coffee, British cafe chain, for $5.1 billion
The soda giant is taking aim at Starbucks by buying Britain's biggest coffee company
As companies vow to banish plastic straws, are balloons next?
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Starbucks, Alibaba to create coffee delivery service in China
The venture will start next month in Beijing and Shanghai, and expand to 30 Chinese cities by year-end
Starbucks, others must pay workers for off clock work, court rules
California hourly workers score legal win after ruling that employers must pay them for tasks they do before punching in
Starbucks employee saves girl's photoshoot
A girl with cerebral palsy planned to have her senior portraits taken outside, but when a storm rolled in to Fountain, Colorado, a Starbucks employee saved the photoshoot
Starbucks announces first deaf-friendly "Signing Store"
The cafe will feature an entire staff of employees fluent in American Sign Language, art by a deaf artist and other unique features.
Starbucks to open first U.S. "Signing Store" in the fall
The cafe will feature an entire staff of employees fluent in American Sign Language, art by a deaf artist and other unique features
Marriott ending plastic straw use in all it hotels
The giant lodging company says it will eliminate about 1 billion straws and 250 million stirrers by July 2019
Starbucks' flavored drinks lose Kosher certification
A top Kosher certification company has dropped Starbucks drinks with syrups, sauces, toppings and powders
CVS fires employees who called police on black customer
Pharmacy chain says two former managers are no longer with the company after internal probe of incident
Businesses ramp up plastic straw bans
Starbucks is the latest business to ban single-use plastic straws as part of an effort to prevent ocean pollution.
Starbucks to stop using plastic straws
Starbucks says it will phase out plastic straws from its stores around the world in response to environmental concerns about plastic pollution.
Hyatt joins Starbucks, others in banning plastic straws
Hotel chain throws its weight behind budding environmental campaign to protect the world's oceans from plastic refuse
Starbucks plans to stop offering plastic straws by 2020
Citing the environmental threat to oceans, the coffee chain says all plastic straws will be gone within two years
Starbucks fires Philly employee accused of mocking stuttering customer
Starbucks says Philadelphia employee's behavior did not reflect the experience customers should have
Iguanas face off in Starbucks parking lot
Two women going on a coffee run in Boca Raton, Florida, were shocked to see two iguanas dueling in the Starbucks parking lot
Darden-owned restaurant calls cops on black sorority
A Bahama Breeze Island Grille in Cleveland is accused of racial profiling during gathering of African-American women
Starbucks to close 150 stores as sales growth cools
The coffee chain is battling slower sales growth amid a scandal over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores
Trade war chances finally get Wall Street's attention
Complacency among investors is fading fast as the U.S.-China trade disputes get ever-more threatening
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