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December 27, 2008
Starbucks is a victim of its own success
From Prof Robert Thurston. Sir, Your piece on the future of Starbucks...a superb beverage. So coffee lovers should salute Howard Schultz for the level to which he has taken the world; but the niche...cannot meet the growing demand for truly high-end coffee. Robert Thurston,Phillip R. Shriver Professor of History,Miami...
November 14, 2006
Levin questions allies' strategy in Afghanistan
...and the Netherlands, the countries taking the lead in Nato's operations in the south. Asked about the nomination of Robert Gates, the former CIA director, to replace Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary, Mr Levin said he wanted to examine allegations by the former secretary of state George Schultz that Mr Gates manipulated intelligence to suit policy goals. Mr Levin has been one of the leading Senate Democrats calling... By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Daniel Dombey in,Brussels
November 14, 2006
Levin vows to probe ‘abuse’ of renditions
...and the Netherlands, the countries taking the lead in Nato’s operations in the south. Asked about the nomination of Robert Gates, the former CIA director, to replace Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary, Mr Levin said he wanted to examine allegations by George Schultz, former secretary of state, that Mr Gates had manipulated intelligence at the CIA to suit policy goals. “We had enough... By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Daniel Dombey in Brussels
December 27, 2008
Starbucks cannot meet high-end coffee demand
From Prof Robert Thurston. Sir, Your piece on the future of Starbucks...and coffee-makers. So coffee lovers should salute Howard Schultz for the level to which he has taken the world; but the niche...cannot meet the growing demand for truly high-end coffee. Robert Thurston, Phillip R. Shriver Professor of History, Miami...
February 19, 2009
Swearing: the best of a bad job
...s utterances on the economy – to be both realistic and upbeat – than he blew up. Lord Mandelson ripped into Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ chief executive, for his description of the UK economy as being in a “spiral”. “Why should I have...such as Bird’s Custard and Fray Bentos marked a wave of “nostalgia” shopping. Nostalgia is always with us. But as Robert Opie, the founder of the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, says, it peaks in a downturn. Brands in the Depression... By Emma Jacobs
April 16, 2008
Look further afield to fund a good idea
...price. So when the bank asks, just say No - and find another bank or backer. They are out there somewhere. When Howard Schultz was trying to raise $1.25m in 1985 for the enterprise that would become Starbucks, he took a year to do it, and presented...spreads have widened, covenants have tightened and demands for added security have risen substantially. Inevitably, Robert Frost's definition is once again proving correct: "A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather... By Luke Johnson
April 15, 2008
Look further afield to fund a good idea
...price. So when the bank asks, just say no – and find another bank or backer. They are out there somewhere. When Howard Schultz was trying to raise $1.25m in 1985 for the enterprise that would become Starbucks, he took a year to do it, and presented...spreads have widened, covenants have tightened and demands for added security have risen substantially. Inevitably, Robert Frost’s definition is once again proving correct: “A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather... By Luke Johnson
August 16, 2008
Where memory thrives in silence
...Mleczarnia, a former Jewish milk-bar, its smoky recesses stuffed with tables, whispers and old radios. But, oh for Schultz’s Street of Crocodiles! Now, there are dozens of bars – all metal and fake marble interiors, with western music and...same street, there is the huge wooden former tram depot that housed a go-kart track where Polish Formula One sensation Robert Kubica learned his trade. If you stagger out of Singer at dawn on a Thursday, you will see cages full of pigeons being... By James Hopkin
August 16, 2008
Where memory thrives in silence
...Mleczarnia, a former Jewish milk-bar, its smoky recesses stuffed with tables, whispers and old radios. But, oh for Schultz's Street of Crocodiles! Now, there are dozens of bars - all metal and fake marble interiors, with western music and...same street, there is the huge wooden former tram depot that housed a go-kart track where Polish Formula One sensation Robert Kubica learned his trade. If you stagger out of Singer at dawn on a Thursday, you will see cages full of pigeons being... By James Hopkin
March 25, 2005
Christopher Caldwell: Do not dodge moral anguish
...very high. Cutting off her food might be an act of torture. Robert George, the Princeton moral philosopher, warned last week...Why are Americans so eager to believe it? Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, who found fault with her colleagues...ethicists." Thus an interesting line is crossed. In Ms Schultz's view, not only does the citizenry have no standing to... By Christopher Caldwell