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Offended by the decision of Starbucks chief Howard Schultz to support gay marriage, a Christian organization is seconding the CEO's demand that devout shareholders sell their stock in the ubiquitous coffee chain.
The Treasury Department will begin taking steps this week to delay hitting the government's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. Without doing so, the debt limit would be hit on Dec. 31.
Another Starbucks soon may pop up around the corner, with the world's biggest coffee company planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over the next five years.
Starbucks Corp. will soon be the first national chain to let customers pay with Square's mobile payment application.
Online deals company Groupon Inc. said Monday that it will replace two board members with executives from American Express Co. and accounting firm Deloitte LLP.
If Starbucks chief Howard Schultz wants voters to withhold campaign cash from federal politicians, he may need to start with trying to halt the flow of donations coming from the people who work for him.
As CEOs, Sam Walton, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs possessed common traits. They were tireless workers, demanding bosses and sticklers for detail. They were visionaries, too, who reshaped their respective industries.
Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee company, has unveiled a new logo that drops the words encircling its iconic sea nymph and gives her a few subtle updates.
"If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher return than the 38 percent you got last year, it's a free country," Mr. Schultz said at the shareholder meeting. "You can sell your shares of Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank you very much."
Brewing trouble: Christian group urges stock dump over Starbucks gay marriage support →
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that the company's Washington-area stores would write "Come Together" on customers' coffee cups to encourage lawmakers to reach a long-term budget agreement.
