Msnbc. Hi there, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg and welcome to your business. Where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. Starbucks has launched a new initiative called create jobs for usa. The program is focused specifically on Small Business owners. The companys donated 5 million in seed money and its soliciting donations from customers and employees. This will help fund Small Companies through a partnership with the opportunity finance network, a group of Community Development Financial Institutions that focus on underserved markets. I sat down with starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz to learn more about the campaign. Thank you so much for joining us today. Im so excited about this opportunity, and i cant wait for you to tell us a little bit more about this. You can see, i got my bracelet. Love it. So tell me how youre going to be helping Small Businesses. And as a result, create jobs. Well, i think before i answer that specifically, can i frame the problem for you . Absolute
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137, paul at 34. what do you make of it? i agree with park. he s clearly and always been kind of the guy to beat and been out there, but it doesn t mean you re not going to have tensions going into this convention that i still don t believe he ll have 1144 when he gets to tampa. he ll have to negotiate that. i don t see how he wins 50 plus percent of the delegates. he got 47 here in illinois, which was tailor-made for him. illinois s a state where he should have had 52, 53% of the vote in which case that when you hit that threshold, you get all the dels under the rules. if you re still winning the way he s winning, it s all proportional. tell me where you get to the number. this thing goes on. newt gingrich is not giving up his battle flag, neither is rick santorum. just hunker down, have popcorn and enjoy. i was going to bring that up. the whole newt gingrich, is it too late for him to get behind santorum to make a difference on the conservative side? no, it s not. i
you re not going to have tensions going into this convention that i still don t believe he ll have 1144 when he gets to tampa. he ll have to negotiate that. i don t see how he wins 50 plus percent of the delegates. he got 47 here in illinois, which was tailor-made for him. illinois s a state where he should have had 52, 53% of the vote in which case that when you hit that threshold, you get all the dels under the rules. if you re still winning the way he s winning, it s all proportional. tell me where you get to the number. this thing goes on. newt gingrich is not giving up his battle flag, neither is rick santorum. just hunker down, have popcorn and enjoy. i was going to bring that up. the whole newt gingrich, is it too late for him to get behind santorum to make a difference on the conservative side? no, it s not. i wouldn t put it the past the way these processes work that there s some back room conversations. that s what i was thinking. as we alluded to with ron