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A new television advertisement is suggesting that McDonald's food is so bad for people's health that it can lead to premature death. The ad, paid for by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, will begin to air in the Washington, D.C., area this week.

Starbucks posted on-target earnings, with same-store sales growing 9% from a year ago, thanks to 6% more traffic and a 3% increase in the average bill.

There's a lot to be said for reliable dividend paying stocks in any market and if they can offer a smidgen of safety in uncertain equity waters, well, so much the better. In this video, Dan Burrows and Nikhil Hutheesing give their "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" views on Starbucks, Intel and Del Monte.

"Seattle's Best Blood Bank?" asks the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In a bid to create a "reassuring," distinctive brand for its subsidiary, Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks this week unveiled a new logo that has consumers and critics making comparisons to blood, oil and tears. With understated gray...

No, Seattle-based Starbucks won't be adopting a comprehensive recycling plan -- only 11% of shareholders voted for that. The global coffee shop chain, which has been spending much of its marketing money on promoting its "Shared Planet" initiatives lately, believes it's doing enough.

Starbucks reported higher-than-expected earnings of $217.3 million, or 28 cents a share, on revenue of $2.13 billion for its fiscal second quarter of 2010, after luring more customers to its coffee shops even while raising the price of coffee drinks in January.

In the second legal challenge to a Starbucks store's fair treatment last week, a Florida man is suing the Starbucks on Powerline Road west of Boca Raton. Robert Friedman suffers from Tourette's syndrome, a genetic disorder which is characterized by uncontrollable outbursts, often laced with...

He'd worked in the Starbucks in Sherman, Texas -- an hour due north of Dallas -- for seven years, and shift-manager Benjamin Amos wouldn't have been blamed for thinking that his tattoos were a non-issue. It hadn't just been the cultural mainstreaming of tattoos in the past decade; the popularity of...

When it comes to ground coffee, blends of beans are the top sellers in America. Sadly, this means most buyers aren't getting a great cup of java, says Consumer Reports, which tested 37 varieties without finding a single one it could rate "excellent" or "very good."

Starbucks (SBUX) surprised both Wall Street analysts and skeptics like me Wednesday, by releasing first fiscal quarter 2010 results that were better than expected. Led by a 4% comparable-store sales growth, the company recorded 4% higher revenues of $2.72 billion. Earnings came it at $241.5...