As we announced on July 1, 2008, Starbucks will close approximately 600 company-operated stores in the U.S. beginning this month and continuing through the first half of FY09. Partners in the stores listed below have been personally notified that their Starbucks store has been slated for closure during this time frame.

Starbucks Corp. has announced it's closing 600 underperforming locations in the United States.

As I said when I first wrote about this lawsuit, it was obviously something that T-Mobile would be willing to settle out of court for. And on Wednesday, AT&T and Starbucks reached a settlement with T-Mobile, which had claimed that the other companies had secretly colluded with each other to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access despite the exclusive contract Starbucks had with T-Mobile.

There are tons of coffee shops and cafes offering free wi-fi, and Starbucks has been feeling a little green with envy over all those people sitting there surfing the web - and buying nothing. Still, on Tuesday, Starbucks began offering free wi-fi, with some limitations.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) today announced the beginning of the rollout of AT&T Wi-Fi service at company-operated Starbucks stores, kicking off a nationwide effort that will continue through 2008.

New home sales fell 8.5% to an annual pace of 526,000, the lowest since October 1991. The median price fell 13.3% from the same time last year and inventories rose to 11 months. While this is not related to Starbucks, there is some connection.

Starbucks and iTunes announced Pick of the Week, a new program offering coffeehouse customers a chance to discover complimentary new music and music videos each week. Pick of the Week featured artists include a great line-up with Carly Simon, Duffy, Counting Crows, Adele, Sia, Hilary McRae and many more.

Starbucks reinvents brewed coffee category and hosts nation's largest coast-to-coast free Starbucks coffee tasting.

A San Diego court ruled against the coffee maker giant Starbucks to pay back $105 million dollars in tips owed to staff across outlets in California. Starbucks' response was quick, stating that it will appear the ruling.

Starbucks will be closing its doors for coffee drinkers early tomorrow morning for few hours as the workers will be getting a bit of learning at the behest of chief Howard Schultz.

Starbucks' website is not the same as the coffee maker used to be before. If you visit Starbuck's website today you will see basically just a message from the founder and come-back CEO Howard Schultz, who is again back to the post of CEO of Starbucks. Schultz in a lengthy message thanks the customers of Starbucks and assures of upcoming opportunities