Starbucks' Star Is Back
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The company's original visionary returns to the helm.
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LOS ANGELES  - Alan Alda is returning  to series television.
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A comic book hero mounts a comeback in the footsteps of many others.
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Starbucks has upgraded its Wi-Fi offering from a tall to a venti, switching partners from T-Mobile USA to AT&amp;T in a deal that will mean free coffee-shop wireless for millions of U.S. broadband subscribers.The chain&#39;s network of hotspots, the best-known in the U.S., covers more than 7,000 company-owned stores. Users of AT&amp;T Broadband and U-verse DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services will get free access to the networks, and the carrier will soon extend benefits to AT&amp;T Wireless customers as well, according to a news release. AT&amp;T business customers with remote-access subscriptions will be able to buy unlimited, flat-rate access at any Starbucks location.AT&amp;T had 14.2 million lines of DSL in service at the end of last year. Its wireless arm has about 70 million subscribers. T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Germany&#39;s Deutsche Telekom, said it had 28.7 million subscribers at year&#39;s end.Although 3G (third-generation) cellular networks are nearing typical wired broadband speeds, Wi-Fi hotspots in key locations such as airports, hotels and cafes remain an attractive option for people who need high-speed connectivity on the road. T-Mobile has provided the Starbucks networks as part of its national hotspot service for several years, with a variety of paid plans including US$6 for one hour, $9.99 for a day and $29.99 per month with an annual agreement. Prices under AT&amp;T will be slightly lower, including $3.99 for two hours and $19.99 per month.But the deal also opens up a whole new customer base for the hotspots: Starbucks customers with an active Starbucks stored-value card will get two hours of free access per day. All that&#39;s needed to keep a card active is to have money stored on it and to buy something with it at least once a month, said Starbucks spokeswoman Bridget Baker. Starbucks employees will also get free access.AT&amp;T will take over the networks market by market, starting in the next few months and finishing by the end of the year, the companies said. Under a roaming agreement to be implemented by March 31, T-Mobile subscribers will also be able to use the AT&amp;T Starbucks networks, Baker said.The deal significantly expands AT&amp;T&#39;s network of hotspots, giving it 17,000 U.S. sites (about 70,000 worldwide) and adding a popular Web-surfing location to its lineup, which today includes McDonald&#39;s restaurants, Barnes &amp; Noble bookstores and some hotels and airports. It builds on an existing relationship in which AT&amp;T has provided back-end networks for Starbucks stores for more than 10 years, Baker said. The carrier will provide Starbucks an enterprise-class network with increased bandwidth and redundancy, according to the release.The prospect of high-speed access at Starbucks should help AT&amp;T attract new DSL customers and hold onto existing ones, telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan wrote in a commentary on the deal.&quot;The customer wins because they get to take advantage of money saving bundles, and AT&amp;T win&#39;s because it keeps customers happy which means hanging on to the customer in an increasingly competitive marketplace, and Starbucks win&#39;s because it expands their digital entertainment platform and gives customers more reasons to spend time in the stores,&quot; Kagan wrote.
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Starbucks Corp.  will raise U.S. prices on coffee, lattes and other drinks by about 9 cents a cup next week to help offset soaring costs on commodities such as milk and energy, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Starbucks said that its founder and chairman, Howard Schultz, will replace Jim Donald as chief executive and lead a major restructuring initiative.
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ATLANTA -- Starbucks Corp. , the world's largest coffee-shop chain, plans to more than triple its number of stores to 40,000 worldwide, 10,000 more than the previous target.
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Zina Garrison will return for her fourth season as captain of the U.S. Fed Cup women's tennis team, the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) announced on Wednesday.
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The pop star is making his comeback with a star-studded remake of his hit album Thriller.
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Starbucks Corp  is testing  $1 coffee and free refills in its Seattle outlets as the global  gourmet coffee chain grapples with slower consumer spending and  rising competition from fast-food rivals.
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Just when you thought Starbucks could go anywhere -- think again.
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Felix &quot;Tito&quot; Trinidad is back, and back with a vengeance. Trinidad, the Puerto Rican icon and former three-division champion, came out of a 29-month retirement and destroyed
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NEW YORK, October 13  - Starbucks Corporation (SBUX.NAS) has named its North American unit head, Jim Donald, as the company&#39;s new President and CEO from March 31 next year.
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Hemant Birje will be back in the role that made him famous.
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Puerto Rican middleweight Felix Trinidad has returned to the ring in spectacular fashion beating Ricardo Mayorga in his comeback fight at Madison Square Garden.
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Starbucks Corp. SBUX.O on  Wednesday reported a 31 percent increase in first-quarter net   income, on strong sales of holiday products like Christmas  Blend coffee beans, and raised its earnings forecast for the  year.
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Plus, Coke loses some fizz, PeopleSoft sort of says no, and has Starbucks' value peaked?