Business
A rolling strike of Starbucks baristas began Friday and grows to include about 300 of the coffee giant’s shops across the U.S.
Baristas at hundreds of Starbucks in California and elsewhere in the U.S. plan to strike in the days before Christmas as plans to negotiate a contract stall.
Opinion
I want to spend my coffee dollars at places that help communities. Through store closures, union busting and reduced seating, Starbucks has abandoned customers like me.
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INDUSTRY UPDATES
Syntiant Corp. in Irvine entered into an agreement to acquire the Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM) business of Knowles Corp. for $150 million on Sept. 18.
Health & Life Science
Irvine-based Inari Medical Inc. will be acquired by Stryker Corp. for $4.8 billion.
The Seattle coffee giant said Brian Niccol, the chairman and CEO of Chipotle, will become Starbucks’ chairman and CEO on Sept. 9.
Irvine-based Mobix Labs Inc. agreed to acquire Spacecraft Components Corp., a Nevada-based aerospace and defense manufacturer of high-precision, mission-critical components for $24 million.
Muriel Evans alleges that a faulty coffee cup lid and the excessive heat from her beverage led to severe burns after a barista spilled coffee into her lap.