Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is exploring strategic partnerships for its Chinese operations amid declining demand in major markets, including the U.S. and China. The company confirmed on Thursday that it is assessing options, following a Bloomberg report suggesting Starbucks might sell a stake in its Chinese business to local investors, such as private equity firms. CEO Brian Niccol has emphasized ...

Women’s sports just keeps growing — and getting money. On Thursday, League One Volleyball (LOVB), the American pro league set to debut Jan. 8, announced $100 million in new funding from Atwater Capital, Ares Management and Left Lane Capital, a staggering amount for a new pro league looking to capitalize on the unprecedented rise in interest in women’s sports across ...

Kevin Stefanski couldn’t avoid the conversation this week. There were NFL coaches who were perceived to be on the hot seat before the 2024 season even began. The Cleveland Browns coach, coming off a playoff berth last year, wasn’t necessarily one of them. But now the Browns (2-8) enter Week 12 ‘Thursday Night Football’ against the Pittsburgh Steelers off to ...

It is understandable if, as a casual sports fan, you see Geno Auriemma on TV during a UConn women’s basketball game and think to yourself, “Man, that guy does not look like a good time.”  Auriemma is an iconic figure not just in women’s hoops but all of sports, stalking the sideline with a permanent scowl, famous for sniping at ...

Technically, Feast Week is still three days away, but given some of the star-powered matchups this week in women’s college hoops, those who are craving good basketball are going to get their fill — and then some.  The two biggest games of the week are both taking place in L.A., more proof that Hollywood really does attract the biggest and ...

MARCO ISLAND, FL – – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, the new chair of the Republican Governors Association, says a top mission for GOP governors going forward will be helping President-elect Trump. Kemp highlighted in a Fox News Digital interview that Republican governors spent the past four years ‘pushing back’ on President Biden’s administration. And speaking to the media for the ...

Top Democrats in Vice President Harris’ campaign say their efforts to sway voters simply weren’t enough in the face of a general dissatisfaction with the direction of the country among the electorate. Officials who worked on the campaign offered a post-mortem to the Washington Post on Thursday, saying that former President Trump also took advantage of new media opportunities that ...

As President-elect Donald Trump has aggressively set to work on building his new administration, some have noticed that many of those being selected as his closest advisors are parents with families well above the national average. The current national average for a family in the U.S. is 1.94, which is below the minimum 2.1 required to replace the population. Meanwhile, ...

When Tarik Skubal settled permanently into the Detroit Tigers’ rotation in 2021, Chris Sale was recovering from Tommy John surgery, just beginning a three-year stint in which he’d make just 11 starts and see his career viability wither. Wednesday night, the two dominant left-handers claimed their first Cy Young Awards, a pair of honorees who a couple years ago looked ...

We are less than a month removed from the Los Angeles Dodgers defeating the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series, but teams are already plotting and scheming how they might be able to convince some of the game’s biggest superstars to join their squads in the near future. Last year’s free agent pool featured MVP and Cy Young ...