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Starbucks Hopes To Spur US Job Creation With New Fund

Chief executive Howard Schultz has announced the creation of a nationwide fund to help stimulate job creation across the US. Starbucks’ “Create Jobs for the USA” fund, set up in partnership with Opportunity Finance Network, was unveiled on Monday and will be seeded by a US$5m donation from the Starbucks Foundation.

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