http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/356785_sbuxtip28.html

From the page: “San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett, in her ruling last week, said there was “uncontroverted testimony that Starbucks continues to utilize the distribution of tips from the tip pool to compensate shift supervisors as well as baristas.” Cowett ordered Starbucks to pay thousands of California baristas $86.7 million plus interest for breaking the law.”

but…

“Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz, in a voice-mail message to employees Wednesday night, called last week’s ruling by a California judge “extremely unfair and beyond reason” and said he wanted employees to know the truth.”

and won’t pay back the money.

Manifesto to Avoid a Google Media Monoculture

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/manifesto_to_avoid_a_google_monoculture.php

From the page: “For many decades we had a PC monoculture controlled by Microsoft and, to a lesser degree, by Intel. Today, in the world of online media, that same thing looks like it could happen. But it doesn’t have to be that way. This 4-point manifesto lays out how to avoid a Google media monoculture.”