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Starbucks is unveiling its “reinvention” technique at Tuesday’s investor day
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in New York City. Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Starbucks is expected to unveil a reinvention plan Tuesday as the coffee giant grapples with changing consumer behavior, outdated store designs and a union push in the United States The strategy is the brainchild of outgoing interim CEO Howard Schultz, who returned…
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US report says corporations are struggling to help voting rights
A handful of large corporations have received poor marks for how they have responded to a variety of voting rights and democracy issues, including the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a new report by a corporate accountability group. Accountable.US, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporate watchdog, publishes its American Democracy Scorecard, which ranks the…
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What Foremost Road and Enterprise Want from Congress: CEO of Goldman Sachs
Pavel Toczynski | The image database | Getty Images The US economy is going through one of the most difficult times I’ve seen in my 40-year career. Inflation, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions – all of these are hitting big companies hard and small companies even harder. And so this week at Goldman Sachs’ 10,000…
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Fundraising points plague GOP heading into halftime
What a difference a few months make. In the spring, it looked like the GOP was poised to make huge gains in the House of Representatives and retake the Senate. Now, as inflation worries, particularly gas prices, recede and post-Dobbs Democratic enthusiasm soars, the GOP is – according to the Washington Post – in complete…
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Every little thing we realized from Disney’s Parks panel at D23 Expo 2022
A masked family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Disney’s theme parks are recovering after the coronavirus pandemic closed their domestic and international locations in 2020. Disney’s Parks, Experiences and Products division is growing in…
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G-7 tries to recruit nations
Two months after agreeing to review price caps on Russian oil sales, the G-7 countries are still trying to win other countries over to their efforts before starting more detailed discussions about the policy’s details, US and European officials said . “The coalition needs to be broader and that is the diplomatic phase [negotiators] received,”…
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The Eight greatest choices to finance small companies
For many small businesses, accessing finance can be a matter of life and death. The stakes are particularly high when you consider that 18.4% of US companies fail within the first year, 49.7% after five years and 65.5% after 10 years, according to a LendingTree analysis of US data Bureau of Labor Statistics. One of…
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Al Franken says SCOTUS is illegitimate as a result of Republicans stole two seats
Al Franken responded to John Roberts, who complained that SCOTUS’ legitimacy was being questioned, by reminding everyone that Republicans had stolen two seats. Video: CNN’s Jim Acosta asked Franken: “Trust in the Supreme Court is at an all-time low. The Chief Justice can say what he likes, seems reluctant to accept this criticism. But it…
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Combined efficiency with advances and lags
The company’s electron rocket carrying the CAPSTONE mission takes off from New Zealand on June 28, 2022. rocket lab The second quarter was a mixed bag for space companies, with some companies making steady progress while others suffered setbacks. Most space stocks, many of which went public through SPAC deals last year, are struggling despite…
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Trump lawsuit in opposition to Hillary Clinton, DNC dismissed over Russia claims
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the opening of the Vital Voices Women’s Embassy, just days after a leak revealed the possibility that the US Supreme Court could hear the landmark abortion-rights decision in May in Washington, US v. Wade might pick it up on 5, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein Reuters A…
