By Lisa Gilbert and Kelly Ngo

“There are moments in our lives when we have an opportunity to ignite tremendous positive change—not just in the lives of the customers and communities we serve every day, but in our country.”

Those words, written by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, have never resonated more than they do right now. Shareholders at Starbucks (SBUX) have filed a resolution asking the company to refrain from election-related spending. That means no giving to super PACs, no checks to party committees and no money for trade associations and nonprofits that spend in politics. Schultz would be wise to consider adopting the policy because it represents a real chance to spark some much-needed positive change in the way Washington, D.C., does business.

In 2011, Schultz began researching election spending and was aghast at the ever-escalating price tag to run for office. Frustrated with partisan politics and the debt ceiling fiasco, Schultz called on his fellow CEOs to boycott campaign

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1. Apple (AAPL)
There were some rare signs of life from Apple this week, and thankfully so considering that rival Samsung spent the week building buzz around the launch of its latest iPhone-challenging smartphone.

In a rare occurrence, Apple unleashed an executive to stand up for the company’s products and trash Google’s Android operating system.

"When you take an Android device out of the box, you have to sign up to nine accounts with different vendors to get the experience iOS comes with," Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of world-wide marketing, told the WSJ. "They don't work seamlessly together."

The Daily Ticker’s Henry Blodget noted the potential folly of this Apple flare up on the day Samsung planned to unveil the Galaxy S4.

“The points