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Starbucks says it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, a response to President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations. Howard Schultz, the coffee retailer's chairman and CEO, said in a letter to employees Sunday that the hiring would apply to stores worldwide and the effort would start in the United States where the focus would be on hiring immigrants "who have served with U.S. troops as interpreters and support personnel."
President-elect also said that Beijing should show faith in trade practices for him to commit to 'One China' policy Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has hinted at lifting sanctions against Russia and said he was not committed to the longstanding 'One-China' policy. The incoming President, who is scheduled to take office on January 20, suggested he would be open to lifting sanctions against Russia if Moscow proved helpful in battling terrorists and reaching other goals important to the US.
Twenty-five members of Congress have signed a letter arguing that if a milk product says it comes from soybeans, almonds or rice, then it should not be labeled as milk. Reps.
Got milk? Twenty-five bipartisan members of Congress said if it's from soybeans, almond or rice, it should not be labeled as milk. Democratic Vermont Rep. Peter Welch and Republican Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, leading the charge against "fake milk," signed a letter along with other Congressional members, asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate and take action against manufacturers of "milk" that doesn't come from cows.
Got milk? Twenty-five bipartisan members of Congress say if it's from soybeans, almond or rice, it should not be labeled as milk. Democratic Vermont Rep. Peter Welch and Republican Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, leading the charge against "fake milk," signed a letter along with other Congressional members, asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate and take action against manufacturers of "milk" that doesn't come from cows.
A group of more than 20 U.S. legislators sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration demanding it require the makers of soy milk, almond milk and rice milk to drop "milk" from the label of anything that doesn't come directly from an animal. In the latest salvo in a nearly two-decades-old fight over what should and shouldn't be called milk, a group of more than 20 U.S. legislators sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration demanding it require the makers of soy milk, almond milk and rice milk to drop "milk" from the label of anything that doesn't come directly from an animal.
As the end of the year approaches, just-drinks looks back at the stories that made the headlines in 2016 across the global drinks industry. Here, editor Olly Wehring picks out the highs and the lows for the beer category.
The setting was idyllic: the Belmond La Samanna resort on the French side of St. Martin. It's a Caribbean retreat with beach cabanas, tennis courts, and $1,000-a-night rooms.
In the week of an unlikely meeting between Al Gore and US president-elect Donald Trump, Jane Anson talks to Spain's Miguel Torres Snr about the influence of Gore on his own battle against climate change in wine. 'We don't know what is going to happen in politics over the next few years, but we do know that the pattern of global warming is not going away.
Middle-Market Woes Inspire Starbucks's Bet on Luxury Coffee - As core clientele loses spending power, chain readies push into realm of $12-a-cup java - About 25 years ago, Starbucks Corp. decided to become a public company on the bold idea that customers across the country would pay more than $1 for a cup of coffee.
Activists celebrate the decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the current route for the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota. Activists celebrate the decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the current route for the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota.
Annie Mabus smashed a bottle of sparkling wine from a Denver vineyard against the Navy's newest attack submarine Saturday, christening it the USS Colorado as the vessel joined a fleet expected to number more than 300 ships by 2019. The 377-foot-long Colorado is the 15th in the Virginia class of attack submarines, each costing $2.7 billion.
We all need things to read other than articles where liberals and the left yell at each other over the election, depressing election post-mortems, and pieces describing the horrors to come. So how about some good reading on the colonial booze trade? In 1713, because of the lobbying of the powerful brandy producers frantic at having lost the British market during the War of Spanish Succession, a law was passed in France making it illegal to either produce or import distilled alcohol made from anything but wine, a law that stayed in effect for most of the eighteenth century.
Justin McCartney of Hampton, Va., holds up a cup with the words "Come Together" written on it outside a Starbucks cafe in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Starbucks is using its coffee cups to jump into the political fray in Washington.
Voters have more decisions to make on Election Day than who will be the next president of the United States. Denton County Elections Administration recently published the full list of items on local ballots for Nov. 8, a total of 57 active contests.
As Americans reflect and pay tribute every year on September 11, an unusual ad often resurfaces - a Budweiser commercial that aired just one time. In 2002, the beer brand debuted a one-minute commercial showing the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales traveling to New York City and bowing before the lower Manhattan skyline as a sign of respect.
Kentucky is the home of thoroughbred horse racing, well-regarded bourbon and politicians fighting over some of the most vexing problems facing U.S. public pensions. Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo called 100 adjourned members of the state House of Representatives back to Frankfort on Tuesday to discuss pension investment losses, more than $171 million of fees paid to money managers and potentially budget-decimating shortfalls.
Food sources of calcium, including milk, cheese, ricotta, yoghurt, sardines, kale, broccoli, spinach, soy beans, kidney beans, lentils and figs . If you take a calcium supplement to stave off osteoporosis , you might want to consider eating more yogurt and spinach instead.