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Lack of banking options leads to mobile phone payments in Africa
Ben Johnson May 29, 2013
In some cases, a dearth of infrastructure can actually lead to innovation. No where is this more true than in the developing world.
The companies most popular on expense reports: Delta, Marriott, Starbucks
Kai Ryssdal Apr 23, 2013
Which companies show up the most on business expense reports?
Starbucks wants Congress to 'come together' on fiscal cliff
Jeremy Hobson Dec 26, 2012
The company is asking its employees in the Washington, D.C., area to write the words 'come together' on people's coffee cups, apparently in reference to the fiscal cliff talks.
Starbucks cards get $1,000 bids on eBay
Kai Ryssdal Dec 11, 2012
The Starbucks Steel Card is a limited edition metal card that's like a debit card loaded with $400 worth of coffee and other items. It's selling for far more than face value.
Starbucks volunteers to pay more taxes
Stephen Beard Dec 7, 2012
The company is one of a number of big U.S. businesses accused of not paying a fair share of tax on their British operations.
Starbucks mulls question of where to expand
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Dec 5, 2012
Coffee chain plans to apply lessons from previous expansion effort.
Starbucks to arrive in India next month
Rahul Tandon Sep 28, 2012
What's the Hindi word for Frappuccino? India is set to get its first Starbucks next month in a posh neighborhood in Mumbai.
Groupon enters the mobile payment arena
Queena Kim Sep 19, 2012
If you're not intimately familiar with the term "mobile payments," get ready to start hearing it a lot more. Basically, it means "paying for something with a smartphone." Right now some of the big players are Google and a company called Square. But today there's news Groupon is getting in on it.
Walmart, Target join the mobile payments race
Stacey Vanek Smith Aug 16, 2012
Big retailers join the race to develop payment systems for mobile phones. But will consumers pay with smartphones instead of credit cards?
Major retailers team up for mobile payment plan
Heidi N. Moore Aug 15, 2012
We've got news this morning that a group of major retailers, including Walmart, Target and 7-Eleven, are teaming up to create their own network for mobile payments. It's one more way for stores to draw you closer -- and get a jump on outsiders, like Google.
