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Employees at Branford Starbucks Vote to Unionize
Employees at a Starbucks location in Branford filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize on Tuesday. The North Main Street location is the third Starbucks in Connecticut to unionize. Vernon and West Hartford stores previously unionized. Now, Branford joins a list of nearly 300 Starbucks locations and more than 7,000 baristas organizing “better working conditions and…
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Pumpkin Spice Lattes Are Back, But They'll Cost You
Starbucks brought back its signature pumpkin spice lattes on Tuesday, but they’ll cost about 50 cents more this year thanks to inflation.
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Workers at West Hartford Starbucks Vote to Unionize
Workers at the Corbin’s Corner Starbucks in West Hartford moved one step closer to becoming the first location in the state to unionize.
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Walgreens Shares Fall as Pandemic Demand Slows and Health-Care Investments Ramp Up
Walgreens, which saw strong sales during the winter quarter, maintained its outlook for the year.
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Businesses Oppose Florida's ‘Don't Say Gay' Ban on Discussion of LGBTQ Issues in Public Schools
The Florida measure rocketed to the forefront of national politics in recent months, drawing criticism from the LGBTQ community, Democrats and the White House.
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Covid Upended the Labor Market, and Now These Workers Are Using Their Leverage to Push for Unions
Warehouse and store employees seeking union membership feel they have no seat at the table, and they’ve put companies on notice.
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The Abrupt Starbucks CEO Change Reveals a Big Topic Boards Struggle With
Changes in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with rising stakeholder activism is reshaping CEO succession planning for boards of directors.
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Second Starbucks Location in Mesa, Arizona, Votes to Unionize
The growing union push will be one of the challenges that incoming interim CEO Howard Schultz will have to tackle when he assumes the role on April 4.
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What to Watch Today: Stock Futures Drop, a Day After Wall Street Had Resumed Its Upswing
U.S. stock futures dropped Wednesday, one day after Wall Street rebounded from Monday’s Fed-driven decline.
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Seattle Starbucks Location Unanimously Votes in Favor of Unionizing, a First in the Company's Hometown
The Seattle location is the seventh company-owned Starbucks cafe to vote in favor of unionizing under Workers United.
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Kroger Is a Safety Stock That Can Withstand Inflation, Jim Cramer Says
“We’ve got the worst inflation in decades, which is bad news for the whole industry except Kroger,” the “Mad Money” host said Monday.
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Honeywell and Trane Back Start-Up Making Low-Carbon Alternative to Concrete
Nexii is manufacturing fire and water resilient wall panels for commercial and residential buildings with no carbon emissions.
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Wendy's Prepares to Overtake Burger King in Breakfast, Two Years After Its Nationwide Launch
Wendy’s launched its breakfast menu nationwide in early March 2020, just before pandemic lockdowns shuttered dining rooms.
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Impossible Foods Taps Chobani Executive as New CEO, Founder Pat Brown Steps Down
Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown is stepping down as CEO, and Chobani’s departing operating chief, Peter McGuinness, will lead the plant-based meat company.
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Why Russian People Need Tech Companies to Stay, Not Withdraw: It's Terrifying ‘How Dark That Place Could Become'
Though some Ukrainian officials have called for tech platforms to cut ties with Russia, internet freedom advocates say that could have unintended consequences.
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Starbucks Is Searching for Its Next CEO. Here's Who Could Be in the Running
Whoever takes the reins will inherit a business still recovering from the pandemic, particularly in China, and facing a swelling effort by baristas to unionize.
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Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Midday: Alibaba, AeroVironment, Boeing and More
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.
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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson Is Retiring, and Howard Schultz Is Returning as Interim Chief
Starbucks hopes to find a permanent successor for Johnson by this fall.
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Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Midday: American Airlines, Starbucks, Peloton and More
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.
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Starbucks, Volvo Launch a Pilot EV Charging Network at Coffee Giant's Stores
Volvo will install fast chargers at Starbucks locations along a 1,350-mile route from the Denver area to the coffee company’s Seattle headquarters.