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- Starbucks to close 600 stores in the U.S.
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday that it has drastically increased the number of stores it plans to close and could eliminate as many as 12,000 full- and part-time positions as a result. The company said it now plans to close 600 company-operated stores in the United States, up from its previous plans to close 100 stores.
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- Starbucks has high hopes for its new espresso machine
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  But she's not sure it can. In her opinion, the once-small Seattle coffee company's product is over-roasted and suffers from being mass-produced -- problems no machine can fix. David Schomer, espresso guru and the founder of Espresso Vivace, agrees there's more to good coffee than good technology. "For perfection it is necessary to bring together a perfect blend, perfect equipment, and a very skilled barista," he said. "If any of these broad factors are missing or sub-par, the espresso will suffer accordingly."
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- Starbucks' Saucy Siren Boobs Are Back!
  Posted by Jeff from crosscut.com
  Is the Starbucks mermaid the new Paris Hilton? As mentioned on Crosscut, the quality of Starbucks' new everyday Pike Place blend is the subject of discussion, but so too is the company's "new" iconic, retro logo. In use for at least a few more weeks as part of Starbucks' effort to reconnect consumers with the chain's funky, regional roots, the logo is a version of the company's original. The big news: the saucy siren's boobs are back!
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- Life Changes, With a Latte to Go
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  MICHAEL GATES GILL, who once made about $160,000 a year as an advertising executive and who now earns around $10.50 an hour making coffee at Starbucks, has written a book called “How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else,”
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- Starbucks to source coffee from China
  Posted by Jeff from Reuters
  Starbucks has been working with coffee farmers in China's southwestern Yunnan province to help them meet sourcing standards and has sent coffee shipments to the United States for testing, Starbucks China President Wang Jinlong said at the Reuters China Century Summit on Tuesday.
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- Nike will aid overseas workers - OregonLive.com
  Posted by Jeff from Oregon Live
  You know labor conditions in overseas factories are bad when a Fortune 500 company decides it needs to help workers learn how to form a union. Does this action by Nike mean that Starbucks and Microsoft might let its American workers unionize?
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- Board Accuses Starbucks of Trying to Block Union
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  The National Labor Relations Board has accused Starbucks of breaking the law 30 times in fighting union activity at four of its coffee shops in Manhattan. Microsoft also was accused of union busting this week.
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Newport Starbucks boots Dems
Eek! Imagine, people actually wanting to discuss politics in a coffee shop. What's next?
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6:56 am 7/14/06

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