Business news for Fri, 28 Mar 2008 & with word chain. 12 news.

Starbucks Corp. plans to appeal a San Diego Superior Court ruling last week that ordered the coffee chain to compensate California baristas for tips they shared with shift supervisors.

The department store chain warns of back-to-back monthly sales drops, as neither a new product line nor Oprah helped

Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz says the coffee chain will not pay its California baristas back for tips they shared ...

PLANO, Texas (AP) - J.C. Penney Co., the big middle-market department store chain, warned...

In a move aimed at taking greater control over the supply chain of the 787 Dreamliner, the aircraft manufacturer has bought a 50% share in Global Aeronautica

Reuters - Stocks edged higher on Friday, after a key inflation gauge showed only a small increase in prices, offsetting a weak retail sector that was hurt by a profit warning from a major store chain.

PORTLAND, Maine - Hannaford Bros. Co. says unauthorized software installed on the supermarket chain's internal servers enabled a massive data breach that compromised up to 4.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- J.C. Penney Co. led a broad retreat in the retail sector early Friday. Shares of the department-store chain fell more than 9% after it slashed its first-quarter profit forecast to 50 cents a share, compared with previous guidance of 75 to 80 cents a share. J.C. Penney's dour outlook hurt other department store operators. Shares of Macy's Inc , Nordstrom , and Saks Inc. all declined more than 3%. Overall, the S&P Retail Index dropped 1.9%, or 7 points, to 382.5.

Punch Taverns says it is withdrawing its proposal to merge with troubled pub chain Mitchell & Butlers.

Billionaire Leon Black's investment in Linens 'n Things is showing more ugly stains from the housing meltdown. As shoppers rein in home-related spending amid the crisis, the Clifton, NJ-based chain has been delaying payments to the vendors that...

Health officials have pushed back a deadline for national chain restaurants to put calorie counts on their menus in New York City outlets.

H&M, the sexy Swedish retailer and Fifth Avenue mainstay, posted surging profits on the strength of online sales, new stores and a declining dollar. Profits rose 28% for the quarter for the chain, which has 6 stores in the city.