Howard Schultz

Thursday December 1, 2016

Howard Schultz, who is stepping down as CEO of Starbucks, speaks at the coffee company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle in March. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Business

Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz Steps Down As CEO

December 1, 2016 • Schultz, who joined the coffee chain more than three decades ago, will become executive chairman to focus on innovation and social impact activities. Starbucks President Kevin Johnson will become CEO.

Wednesday September 18, 2013

No Guns Please, Starbucks Tells Customers

A Starbucks customer — gun on his hip and drink in his hand — watches a rally by gun control advocates, in Seattle in 2010. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

No Guns Please, Starbucks Tells Customers

September 18, 2013 • The coffee giant has been wrongly portrayed, it says, as being a champion of "open carry" laws. Now it's asking customers not to bring weapons to its shops.