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[35] Max Po: Starbucks and America’s First Taste of the Greater Depression (Karmabanque Radio)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:13:47 GMT

Max writes about the save Starbucks campaigns happening in America. Really. Incredibly, and again, Forex traders can’t help but chuckle at this, these citizens are not mobilizing to restore habeas corpus, or to restore the rule of law as it applies to America’s spying telephone companies, or restore the checks and balances of the Republic [...]

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The nine affected Starbucks stores (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:35:16 GMT

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Starbucks is a future indicator of the economy part 2 (C H E S S N O I D)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:19:47 GMT

Awhile back I wrote a blog post called Starbucks is a future indicator of the economy. That was back in November 2007 before the stock market tanked in January 2008. Here is what MSNBC states: The world’s biggest coffee shop chain reported a 35 per cent rise in fourth-quarter earnings, with net income for the quarter [...]

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Coffee break- Starbucks is a happy place once more (jkOnTheRun)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:54:58 GMT

I mentioned a while back how depressing Starbucks stores have become since the coffee giant has announced they were closing 600 stores soon. The employees I have been interfacing with have not been as chipper as in the past, no doubt with worry playing a factor since Starbucks had not...

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The List Of Starbucks To Close Down (CAFFEINATED POLITICS)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:07:58 GMT

What would the world do without coffee? We will, thankfully, never have to find out. But there will be a few less places to drink java after Starbucks closes many stores. I am not overly surprised to see that the University Avenue location of Starbucks in Madison is slated to close. I found it one [...]

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Starbucks to close 12 outlets in state (Baltimore Sun)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Starbucks Corp. said yesterday that it would close 12 of its Maryland coffee shops, including four Baltimore area locations, as a decline in customer traffic led to the company's recent decision to close 600 stores nationwide.Underperforming Starbucks stores in Annapolis, Pikesville and two in Baltimore are among those the coffee giant will shutter between now and March 2009. This month,...

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Starbucks releases list of stores to close (Slashfood)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:49:46 GMT

Filed under: Coffee , Coffee shops , Food News As Shayna (and every major media outlet) noted a couple weeks ago, Starbucks is going to be closing just over 600 stores (616 to be exact) over the next year. Yesterday, they announced which stores, across 44 states and the District of Columbia, are going to get the axe. California, Florida, New York and Texas are losing the highest number of stores....

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Starbucks Closings In Baltimore/DC Area (Mobtown Shank)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:07:27 GMT

Starbucks has released its list of 600 locations it will be closing. In Baltimore: 7588 HARBORPLACE 301 S LIGHT ST BALTIMORE MD 10600 BELVEDERE 5911 YORK RD BALTIMORE MD In Maryland: 11265 PARK PLACE 2 PARK PLACE ANNAPOLIS MD 11799...

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City Room: Fewer Starbucks in Manhattan (New York Times)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:48:20 GMT

Eleven of the 600 stores Starbucks plans to close by mid-2009 are in New York City. At some of the affected stores in Manhattan, employees expressed anxiety, but customers did not seem fazed.

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600 StarBucks closing down - list available (Miles to go ...)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

StarBucks announced few days ago that they'll close 600 stores in the US. It's more real now as they announced the complete list . Luckily none of my stores are affected - at least this round :) Technorati: starbucks economy

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Starbucks fans mourn the loss of 'their' store (San Diego Union)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:19:01 GMT

There was something steaming at the downtown Starbucks at First and Market yesterday, and it wasn't just the nonfat double lattes. “This is a bad thing. A lot of us want to start a petition,” said Rick Sharpe, 49, a customer at the downtown Starbucks who, like numerous other regulars, was angered by news of its imminent closure.

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"Cities, Customers Launch 'Save Our Starbucks' Efforts" (The News Buckit)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:38:00 GMT

Why? In towns as small as Bloomfield, N.M., and metropolises as large as New York, customers and city officials are starting to write letters, place phone calls, circulate petitions and otherwise plead with the coffee giant to change its mind. "Now that it's going away, we're devastated," said Kate Walker, a facilities manager for SunGard Financial Systems, a software company, who recently

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Campaign to save your Starbucks (SBUX - BloggingStocks)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:51:00 GMT

Filed under: Starbucks (SBUX) MyFoxKansasCity reports that many people are not taking the closure of their local Starbucks (NYSE: SBUX) sitting down. If your local Starbucks is among the 600 being shuttered around the U.S., perhaps you would like to join the movement. MyFox lists four Starbucks there that are closing. And it reports that people are already using e-mail...

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Starbucks to shut 9 Phila.-area sites (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Latte-lovers shuddered yesterday to hear Starbucks was closing nine of its 115 cafés in the Philadelphia area among 600 nationwide. But, really, there was no need to panic.

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Starbucks names stores it's closing, including 4 in Utah (Deseret Morning News)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:19:30 GMT

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Tennessee Starbucks Closings Do Not Include Nashville Stores (Enclave)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:35:00 GMT

Here's the list of Tennessee Starbucks closings via Consumerist : appling & us 70 7610 us hwy 70 bartlett hwy 58 & hwy 153 4503 hwy 58 chattanooga nonconnah pkwy & houston levee 4630 merchant pk cir collierville hwy 51 & lanny bridges 1625 hwy 51 s covington i-40 & pine ridge 1796 roane state hwy harriman highland & baltimore 112 e baltimore st jackson strawberry plains & i-40 7228 region lane...

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Daytona Beach: Free Starbucks coffee leads to officer's firing (Florida Sun Sentinel)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

An internal affairs report says a city police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused.

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Midtown buzz kill as Starbucks close (NY Daily News)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:41:31 GMT

Word that Starbucks was closing 11 New York locations - including six in midtown - elicited over-caffeinated reactions Friday from angry regulars.

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Starbucks closures heavy in Calif, Fla (Raw Story)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:45:12 GMT

LOS ANGELES - California, Florida and Texas, the U.S. states with the most Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) stores, will see the most shuttered as the coffee chain axes more than 600 underperforming outlets in the coming year...

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Starbucks Moving Jobs To China? :: ChinaVentureNews (Chinalyst - China blogs in English)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:21:00 GMT

Bloomberg pointed out the irony this week: Starbucks may be shutting down stores in the U.S., but it is investing more heavily in China at the same time. Starbucks is closing 600 U.S. outlets and giving 12,000 U.S. employees the axe. U.S operations doubled in just four years, but economic hard times had hit the gourmet coffee industry hard in the U.S. In China though, according to Bloomberg,...

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