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February 6, 2010
Miami’s reinvention as a design capital
...of downtown and the extraordinary outburst of creative postmodern energy embodied in the world of the Arquitectonica corporation. The 1982 Atlantis Condo Building, with its swimming-pool-blue grid and cut-outs with pop-up palm trees, exemplifies...that snake up the middle of the road make it the city’s most walkable street even on the hottest of days. Even the Starbucks is in a star deco building.At the top of Lincoln, where the urbanity runs dry, stands an unmissable landmark. A massive... By Edwin Heathcote
January 8, 2008
Schultz to tackle growth after regaining Starbucks helm
...creating its own barista positions. Starbucks, says Mr Schultz, will now slow...company’s “authenticity”. Starbucks would examine “how we engage our...trainee barista in a San Francisco Starbucks outlet in 2005. He recounts a chaotic...is at the heart of its brand. The corporation has already tried to infuse its more... ByJonathan Birchall in New York
January 9, 2008
Starbucks chief retakes helm to tackle growth-related issues
...creating its own barista positions. Starbucks, says Mr Schultz, will now slow growth...the company's "authenticity". Starbucks would examine "how we engage our store...trainee barista in a San Francisco Starbucks outlet in 2005. He recounts a chaotic...is at the heart of its brand. The corporation has already tried to infuse its more... By Jonathan Birchall in New York
December 24, 2009
Facebook chief operating officer joins Disney
...Facebook has 350m members and is firmly established as the world’s largest online social network since overtaking News Corporation’s MySpace last year.“Sheryl has been at the forefront of a technological revolution that’s opened up a world of...children – Club Penguin – which it acquired two years ago.Before joining Facebook, Ms Sandberg, who is also on the Starbucks board, was vice-president of global online sales and operations at Google.She said it was a “tremendous honour... By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles
December 24, 2009
Facebook chief operating officer joins board at Disney
...Facebook has 350m members and is firmly established as the world's largest online social network since overtaking News Corporation's MySpace last year. "Sheryl has been at the forefront of a technological revolution that's opened up a world of...children - Club Penguin - which it acquired two years ago. Before joining Facebook, Ms Sandberg, who is also on the Starbucks board, was vice-president of global online sales and operations at Google. She said it was a "tremendous honour... By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles
August 27, 2007
Mocha and music as Starbucks serves up a record label
...But people need to be aware that Starbucks are not in the music business and never...brand.” Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment, rejects the suggestion...sales.” Mr Lombard, before joining Starbucks in 2004, was president for 12 years...development company Johnson Development Corporation, owned by former basketball player “Magic” Johnson... By Paul Sexton
June 24, 2009
Finke to sell Hollywood news website
...has shaken up news reporting in Hollywood, is to sell her Deadline Hollywood Daily site to Jay Penske's Mail Media Corporation, a digital network backed by Quadrangle, the investment firm. Ms Finke's ability to break scoops and report news...gap left by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. The Wrap, a site backed by Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, was launched this year with the aim of taking on Ms Finke and the industry's trade publications. The internet has... By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles
June 23, 2009
Digital buyer for Hollywood news website
...gossip-hungry Hollywood, has struck a deal to sell her Deadline Hollywood Daily site to Jay Penske’s Mail Media Corporation, a digital network backed by Quadrangle, the investment firm. Ms Finke’s ability to break scoops and report news...the gap left by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. The Wrap, a site backed by Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, and edited by Sharon Waxman, a former New York Times journalist, launched this year with the aim of taking on Ms Finke... By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles
June 24, 2009
Hollywood news website sold to digital network
...gossip-hungry Hollywood, has struck a deal to sell her Deadline Hollywood Daily site to Jay Penske's Mail Media Corporation, a digital network backed by Quadrangle, the investment firm. Ms Finke's ability to break scoops and report news...gap left by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. The Wrap, a site backed by Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, and edited by Sharon Waxman, a former New York Times journalist, launched this year with the aim of taking on Ms... By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles
May 27, 2008
Wall Street dispatch: Crisis queries power to appoint
...behind the recent appointment of Vikram Pandit as the new number one. Investors in stumbling companies such as Yahoo, Starbucks and Dell, which recalled past leaders to the executive suite – a manoeuvre I hereby christen “the Steve Jobs” after...like the influence of a finance minister rises when a country faces economic hardship, so does the power of a CFO in a corporation beset by a financial crisis. The problem is that CFO’s rising status in times of trouble is not matched by a commensurate... ByFrancesco Guerrera in New York