Topic: Howard Schultz

App-driven life: How to pay by phone with Square Wallet

Square Wallet lets you leave your real wallet at home when you go shopping. Square Wallet knows when you're in a store and gives the clerk permission to make a charge to your account. 

Starbucks to open 1,500 new US stores by 2017

Starbucks has ambitious expansion plans in the United States, aiming to open 1,500 new cafes over the next five years. Starbucks is also planning to expand overseas, particularly in China.

Starbucks debuts single-serve brewer, competes with Keurig

Starbucks will start selling the Verisimo, a single-serve brewer, online this week for $199. Announced earlier this year, the Starbucks Verismo comes amid intensifying competition in the piping hot market for single-serve brewers and the coffee pods they use.

Cash, credit, or phone? Starbucks joins Square for mobile payments

Often geared toward local businesses, mobile payment company Square has paired up with Starbucks. How the card-free transaction service could change the way consumers handle money.

New push for Starbucks: U.S. products

A new line of Starbucks U.S. products will raise money for the Create Jobs for USA fund.

Starbucks stock takes hit, but plan looks solid

Starbucks stock falls after the company announced it was going to buy La Boulange bakery chain. But Starbucks stock could benefit by diversifying into food.

Starbucks gets 18 percent boost from global customers

Starbucks increased its net income by 18 percent in its fiscal second quarter as more customers visited Starbucks cafes in most parts of the world.

Starbucks to take on Green Mountain's Keurig with single serving coffee maker

The Seattle-based coffee chain says the Verismo will go on sale online, at high-end specialty stores and at some Starbucks cafes this fall. It's keeping the price of the machine a mystery for now.

Starbucks' new blend – working with community nonprofits

The coffee chain will join with two 'change-making' groups in New York and Los Angeles doing 'heroic work' to address economic, social, and education challenges.

Starbucks to customers: Donate $5, create jobs

Starbucks asks customers to donate money to 'Jobs for USA' campaign. Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks program would fund loans to small firms, community groups that create jobs.

8 best books of April 2011: Amazon editors choose

From post-war England to the streets of contemporary New York, here are the nine books that have caught the eye of editors at online bookseller Amazon.com.

Starbucks logo change: No name. More mermaid. Will it sell more coffee?

Starbucks logo undergoes a redesign that drops its name. Is the coffee giant's mermaid (actually, a siren) strong enough to stand on her own?

Starbucks prices going up, but on which drinks?

Starbucks prices will be going higher, CEO Howard Schultz said. The prices of basic coffee and espresso drinks will stay the same. But Starbucks will hike prices on packaged coffee and large, labor-intensive drinks. Does that mean frappuccinos?

Starbucks adds free Wi-Fi at 6,700 US sites

Starbucks will roll out free Wi-Fi access July 1 and will eventually include a new network of news and entertainment content exclusively for customers.

How a little jam went global

'Stand by Me' YouTube hit started a cascade of interviews, a CD – and next month, a tour.

With Barack Obama, no free lunch for visitors or staff

What's in a (domain) name? Some serious cash.

At least 100 domain names sold for more than $100,000 last year.

What's in a (domain) name? Some serious cash.

At least 100 domain names sold for more than $100,000 last year.

It's a Starbucks world. (We only sip in it.)

A journalist asks: How did a modest Seattle coffeehouse become a global juggernaut?