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  July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Starbucks Corp. will close 600 U.S. coffee shops and eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs, the
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  Starbucks gained as much as 7.2 percent in late Nasdaq trading after saying the reductions amount to 7 percent of its workforce worldwide. The cuts
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Starbucks going BANKRUPT! Tim Hortons to rule the U.S.!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If I&#39;m not mistaken, Starbucks doesn&#39;t franchise, they own all their stores.
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			<description><![CDATA[ I thought the a franshisee was protected from having another Starbucks within a certain distant so they do not compete with one another. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Looks like Starbucks is going through the same thing that McDonalds went through in the 80s. They focused to much on expansion and not enough on existing
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  See, here&#39;s the problem. Anybody who thinks cinnamon, hazelnut, butter pecan, or any other loonball flavo(u)r belongs in coffee, let alone tastes
  &quot;good&quot; should not only have thier opinion ignored but should probably be slaughtered and shoved up a vegetarians ass.
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<br>
I&#39;m starting to think I liked you better when you were m.i.a. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">El Bingo Gringo wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  I love the ocatagonal logo DI!
  <br>
  <br>
  LOST RULES!!!
  <br>
  <br>
  Btw, Country Style &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Tim Hortons&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Starbucks burnt coffee weenie crap
  <br>
  <br>
  paffft
</blockquote>

<p>agreed.</p>

<p>Country Style had an old school, simple coffee that was fairly smooth. It was a nice brew. I had one near me from 1987 to 2001. I was a big fan.
<br></p>I have only heard... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">dannystultz wrote:</strong>
  <hr>

  <blockquote>
    <br>
    <strong class="quote-title">Penelope McBagpipe wrote:</strong>
    <br>
    <hr>

    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    Second Cup is the place to go. Their cinnamon hazelnut is beyond good.
    <br>
  </blockquote>
  <br>
  <br>
  Second Cup is great. I always get the Butter Pecan Latte.
</blockquote>

<p> </p>
<br>
<br>
See, here&#39;s the problem. Anybody who... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I prefer Second Cup to Tim Hortons as well. I don&#39;t get the Tim&#39;s love. There was on in my neighborhood in Toronto where people were lined up out the
damn door every morning. And yeah, their coffee tastes burned. I had a friend in high school that lived right next door to a Tim Hortons and their house always
smelled like donuts ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <h2 class="title">New Starbucks Opens In Rest Room Of Existing Starbucks</h2>

<p class="meta">June 27, 1998 | <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theonion.com/content/index/3320">Issue 33•20</a></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAMBRIDGE, MA-</span>Starbucks, the nation&#39;s largest coffee-shop chain, continued its rapid expansion Tuesday, opening
its newest location in the men&#39;s room of an existing Starbucks.</p>

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  <img... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m pretty sure anyone who goes to Starbucks just for a regular coffee is an idiot to begin with. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m glad that you specified you were talking about coffee, because up until then I assumed it was Michael Clark Duncan keeping you perky.
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			<description><![CDATA[ I went to a TIm Hortons when I was in Detoit...it was okay, I guess....stopped me from shaking due to caffeine withdrawal so I guess that&#39;s good...
<br>
<br>
still....the thought of a Dunkin Donuts extra large black (coffee) is what gives me the energy to get out of bed in the morning.... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I have two Starbucks with five minutes of my home, and four within five minutes off my office. They&#39;re like the cockroaches of coffee shops. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Penelope McBagpipe wrote:</strong>
  <hr>

  <br>
  <br>
  Second Cup is the place to go. Their cinnamon hazelnut is beyond good.
</blockquote>

<p> </p>Second Cup is great.  I always get the Butter Pecan Latte. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  There is a place in California or New York where they have built 2 Starbucks right across the street from each other, how stupid
</blockquote>
<br>
Back when there was a Barnes and Noble in Astor Place, you could look down from the window of the second floor Starbucks and see two more Starbucks.
<br>
<br>
There&#39;s a brilliant joke in &#39;Best of Show&#39; about how two characters meet at Starbucks. &quot;We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks but we
saw each other... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Thanks.
<br>
Guess I won&#39;t be going to Hortons anytime soon. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">StatelyWayneManor wrote:</strong>
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  I&#39;m guessing Hortons is Canookian?
</blockquote>

<p> Mostly, yeah. But there are a bunch in Ohio and Michigan.</p>

<p><br></p> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Down with Starbfucks; up with Walfarts ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Magdalyn wrote:</strong>
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  Tim Horton&#39;s isn&#39;t THAT good.  
</blockquote>  
<br>
I couldn&#39;t agree more.  Half the time the coffee has a weird burnt taste.
<br>
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Second Cup is the place to go.  Their cinnamon hazelnut is beyond good. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Jeebus I hope they close up the two Starbucks coffee shops over here in my city in Philipeepsieland.
<br>
<br>
Cordillera Coffee &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Starbucks
<br>
Le Fondue &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Starbucks
<br>
Picarre &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Starbucks
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Ionic Cafe &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Starbucks ]]></description>

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  <p>July 1 (Bloomberg) -- <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=SBUX%3AUS">Starbucks Corp.</a> will close 600 U.S. coffee shops and eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs, the
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