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Starbucks brewed up a venti serving of cheer with its most recent earnings. Fourth-quarter net income was $150 million, or $0.20 per share, a far cry from the year-ago net income of $5.4 million, or $0.01 per share.

Filed under: Starbucks On Thursday afternoon, coffee king Starbucks will report third-quarter earnings.

Stocks in New York closed higher and three popular indexes rebounded in the afternoon.

U.S. stock market futures turned lower Friday after the latest jobs figures showed the U.S. unemployment rate had moved above 10% for the first time in 26 years.

After remodeling stores in Seattle, Tokyo and Paris Disney Village with its new, community-focused design , Starbucks has taken those ideas to the U.K., where The Times of London reports that the first of 100 "individualized" Starbucks opens in Central London today .

Is your business ready to take the plunge into social media? John Moore says don't do it unless you are confident about your business, your product and services.

Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Friday evening.

Starbucks Corp. reports its results for the third quarter Thursday afternoon. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday as investors braced for the all-important monthly payrolls figures and unemployment rate, due at 8:30 a.m. EST.

Starbucks is backing away from its long-held dislike of fast food to partner nationally with Subway.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Friday's session are those of American International Group Inc., Blackstone Group LP, and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc.

But it was the company's hefty cost-cutting that boosted its profit in its fiscal fourth quarter.

T. Mark Stover, a nationally known dog trainer whose clients have included the Mariner's Ichiro Suzuki and Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, is missing and presumed slain, and his ex-wife's boyfriend has been charged in connection with his slaying, say investigators with the Skagit County Sheriff's Office.

Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 21c on revenue of $2.39B. The consensus range is 19c-22c for EPS, and revenue of $2.32B-$2.51B, according to First Call.

Filed under: Internet , Starbucks , Best Buy , Media World , Technology Company attitudes toward social media sites vary.

On a sunny fall Saturday, friends and neighbors gathered at Bobby Kendall's place to help him build a 2-foot barrier of sandbags around his suburban Seattle home.

While it is no surprise that many Beijingers have taken to coffee since foreign companies arrived on the scene nearly 10 years ago, customers are hanging out at cafes not for the coffee - but the environment.

Filed under: Time Warner , Starbucks Starbucks closed at $19.38. SBUX is scheduled to report Q4 EPS after the market close on November 5. SBUX November option implied volatility is at 48, December is at 42; verses its 26-week average of 47 contracts, according to Track Data.

Starbucks Dumping 10%-Off 'Gold' Loyalty Program Nov. 2, 2009, 10:30 PM 505 Starbucks is dropping its year-old "Gold" loyalty program, which provided members a 10% across-the-board in-store discount.

Ten years after protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Conference, questions over their effectiveness remain.