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Tagged: Starbucks

Political Contributions
6:09 pm
Tue March 19, 2013

Starbucks Shareholders Want Ban On Political Contributions

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Starbucks shareholder Bruce Herbert lobbies for a proposal to ban Starbucks from making political contributions.
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By Deborah Wang

Starbucks holds its annual shareholders' meeting in Seattle on Wednesday. And on the agenda, a proposal from a group of investors that's meant to limit the company's involvement in political campaigns.

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Starbucks Boycott
4:37 pm
Wed April 11, 2012

Starbucks Opponents Take Boycott Attempt Abroad

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The Starbucks store at Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington. The company is being boycotted by an anti-gay group.
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SEATTLE, Wash. -- A group that opposes same-sex marriage is taking its boycott of Starbucks to the other side of the world. The National Organization For Marriage is upset that the Seattle-based coffee chain has come out in favor of legalizing gay marriage in Washington state as well as nationally.

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