Starbucks to Ban Smoking Within 25 Feet of Cafes
Starbucks is expanding its no-smoking policy to outdoor seating areas. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it'll start banning smoking within 25 feet of its cafes on Saturday.
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Apple's Low Tax Rate Not Our Fault, Ireland Says
Ireland says it's not to blame for Apple's low global tax payments and that other countries are responsible for the tax rate paid by the company.
Amazon Just Gave You 500 Coins. Now What?
If you own an Amazon Kindle Fire, then chances are, today you're 500 richer in Amazon Coin. But is it really worth dealing in this new virtual currency?
5 Stocks for Mother's Day
You could spring for flowers, a sappy card and some decorative soaps for Mother's Day. Or you take a less traditional route and give mom a gift that keeps on giving: stocks.
Big Business Is Finally Waking Up to Global Warming
2012 was the second most extreme weather year in U.S. history, and the corporate world is at last starting to realize that climate change could cost it a fortune.
Fast Food's Green Trend: Making Burgers, Lattes Earth-Friendly
Top chains like McDonald's and Starbucks are trying to make fast food more environmentally friendly -- and more profitable.
5 Winners and Losers of the Week in Business
Among the wins and losses in business this week: the well-timed announcement of a bar-raising new cruise ship and a painful computer failure at a major airline.
Lululemon, Take Heart: 3 Companies That Bounced Back
Lululemon took a hit after a fiasco with see-through yoga pants. But it's not the first company to make -- or bounce back from -- a potentially destructive mistake.
Starbucks Buys Coffee Farm in Costa Rica
In addition to creating new coffee varieties, Starbucks says it intends to use the new farm as a basis of research that will help coffee farmers around the world.
Popular Restaurants Have Secret Menu Items
Secret menus. McDonald’s has one. So do Burger King, Subway and most other fast-food chains. These are items that, for various reasons, are not on the regular menu, but can be had if you know what to ask for.
PepsiCo Introduces a Mountain Dew Breakfast Drink
If you don't like coffee or tea, PepsiCo has a new breakfast drink that might perk you up. Kickstart has Mountain Dew flavor but is made with 5 percent juice and Vitamins B and C, along with an extra jolt of caffeine.
Starbucks Changes Direction with Big Drive-Thru Plans
One of the bolder initiatives Starbucks announced during last week's quarterly conference call was that 60 percent of the 1,500 new U.S. locations the barista-tended chain plans to open through the next five years will have drive-thru windows.
Gay Marriage, Good Business: A Financial Argument for Equality
Arguments in favor of gay marriage are typically centered on ideas of justice. But there's also a strong financial case to be made for giving gay and lesbian couples marriage equality, and that case is winning support from major business leaders.
S&P 500 in Longest Winning Streak Since 2004
The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 on Friday for the first time since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, lifted by strong earnings from Procter & Gamble and Starbucks.
Do You Know the Weird History of These Famous Company Names?
When a business has been around for decades, you take what it's called for granted. But many prominent companies nearly ended up with very different names. So, pop quiz: How knowledgeable are you about the original names -- and almost-names -- of businesses you deal with every day?
Starbucks Cups to Come with a Political Message
The world's biggest coffee chain is asking employees at cafes in the Washington, D.C., area to scribble the words "Come Together" on cups for drink orders on Thursday and Friday. CEO Howard Schultz says it's intended as a message to lawmakers about the ongoing "fiscal cliff" negotiations.
5 Winners and Losers of the Week in Business
Companies can make brilliant moves, but there are also times when things don't work out quite as planned. Here's a rundown of this week's biggest winners and blunders in the business world, from Google to Starbucks.
Starbucks Read the Tea Leaves Right on Its Teavana Acquistion
Teavana Holdings' final quarterly report as a standalone public company had strong news on net sales, and so-so news on same-store sales. That puts new owner Starbucks in a sweet spot as it prepares to take the premium tea seller to the next level.
Starbucks Introduces $450 Gift Card Made of Steel
We've heard of high-end credit cards that are made of everything from diamonds to pearls, but leave it to Starbucks to usher in the era of the luxury gift card. The coffee giant will roll out a $450 premium gift card this week.
Starbucks' Big Expansion Plans: Yes, There's Still Room for It to Grow
It may feel like Starbucks shops are everywhere, but apparently there's still plenty of real estate left to conquer. Over the next five years, it will add 3,000 stores in the Americas, 1,500 of them in the U.S. But its global plans are just as ambitious.
Another 1,500 Starbucks Cafes Are Just Around the Corner
Another Starbucks may soon pop up near you. The world's biggest coffee company says it's planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over the next five years. That upbeat expansion plan marks a shift from Starbucks' recent predictions of slower growth.
Wall Street Watch Friday: Starbucks Earnings, Hot and Sweet
Starbucks posted strong quarterly results after Thursday's market close. Revenue climbed 11% for the premium coffee house chain to $3.36 billion, with earnings of 46 cents a share. It's a far cry from a few years ago, when the chain was on the retreat due to the recession.
Starbucks to Allow 'Digital Tipping'
The Seattle-based coffee company says a digital tip function will be added to its mobile payment application starting next summer. A similar option will also be available on Square, a new payment app that Starbucks customers will be able to use starting in November.
Starbucks Single-Serve Verismo Arrives in Stores
Starbucks Corp. is about to turn up the heat on the single-serve coffee market, and someone might get burned. The Verismo will be sold online for $199 starting this week, and in Starbucks cafes beginning next month.
The Latest Big Brand to Plant Roots in India Is...
Amazon.com is bringing its Kindle store to India, underscoring the fact that the world's largest democracy is increasingly the place to be for businesses.
Democrats Are From Starbucks, Republicans Are From Visa
Can you tell a person's political affiliation from where they do their shopping? According to "global neuro-insight firm" Buyology, you can. And Buyology's come up with some peculiar political observations from the world of retail.
Democrats Are From Starbucks, Republicans Are From Visa
Can you tell a person's political affiliation from where they do their shopping? According to "global neuro-insight firm" Buyology, you can. And Buyology's come up with some peculiar political observations from the world of retail.
Walmart-Backed MCX Aims to Dominate Mobile Payments
Will a new mobile payment system backed by the nation's biggest stores render Google Wallet obsolete? The newly formed Merchant Customer Exchange network hopes so.
Coffee Gets Square: Starbucks Switches to Mobile Pay Start-up
Starbucks plans to switch its processing of debit and credit card payments to mobile payments start-up Square, the two companies said Tuesday, in a deal will help establish two-year-old Square as a bona fide player in the industry.