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Life's Work - Dear Valued Worker, You're Fired - NYTimes.com

New York Times, The | 17 hours 31 minutes ago

THE woman was all but led out the door in handcuffs. A security guard by her side, she was told to leave the building immediately. She’d been crying, and her mascara was running, but she wasn’t permitted into the restroom to splash water onto her face, so she walked past her (former) colleagues with raccoon eyes. Her offense? She lost her job, laid off in the wave of dismissals on Wall Street at an investment firm you have been reading about. (She did not want her name or her empl...... (more)


All local Starbucks to stay | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

Florida Today (Melbourne) | 18 hours 50 minutes ago

Local Starbuck's aficionados can sip their coffees a little easier now after the Seattle-based coffee retailer said no Brevard County stores are on the company's 600-store closure list.... (more)


4 area Starbucks locations to close

Sun (Baltimore), The | 21 hours 28 minutes ago

Starbucks Corp. has named all 600 company-owned stores it plans to close in a bid to boost its business and weed out unprofitable locations.... (more)


UPDATE: Enterprise Inns Says Profits Are Under Pressure

Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 4 hours 50 minutes ago

LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. pub group Enterprise Inns PLC (ETI.LN) said Tuesday its profits were coming under pressure as it increases rent concessions and discounts to licensees to help them cope with difficult trading conditions.... (more)


2nd UPDATE: Enterprise Inns Says Profit Under Pressure

Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 4 hours 50 minutes ago

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Enterprise Inns: Trade Beer Sales Continue To Be Subdued

Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 4 hours 50 minutes ago

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3rd UPDATE: Enterprise Inns Pft Under Pressure; Shares Fall

Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 4 hours 50 minutes ago

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U.K. stocks struggle on Vodafone, Enterprise Inns updates - MarketWatch

MarketWatch | 1 day 6 hours 52 minutes ago

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks struggled on Tuesday as results from Vodafone Group and Enterprise Inns showed a deteriorating economy in Britain and Europe hitting everything from phone usage to beer drinking.... (more)


Push begun to keep Starbucks

Sun (Baltimore), The | 1 day 6 hours 57 minutes ago

Now that Starbucks Corp. has disclosed the 600 locations it wants to shutter, a phenomenon is taking hold: the Save Our Starbucks campaign.... (more)


U.K. Stocks Drop, Led By Vodafone; Logica, Enterprise Inns Fall

Bloomberg | 1 day 10 hours 26 minutes ago

By Sarah Thompson July 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks fell, led by Vodafone Group Plc after the world's largest mobile-phone company reduced its full-year sales forecast, citing the slowing economy and lower-than-predicted equipment revenue. ... (more)


Nikkei jumps 3 percent as trading houses and banks gain

International Herald Tribune | 1 day 14 hours 50 minutes ago

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei stock average jumped 3 percent on Tuesday as Itochu Corp and other trading houses climbed on overnight gains in oil, while financials rose on relief major U.S. banks' earnings were not as bad as feared.... (more)


Customers asking Starbucks not to shut their favorite shop - Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), The | 1 day 16 hours 20 minutes ago

Now that Starbucks Corp. has disclosed the 600 locations it wants to shutter, a phenomenon is taking hold: the Save Our Starbucks campaign.... (more)


Despite cajoling, Starbucks to close stores

Boston Globe, The | 1 day 19 hours 43 minutes ago

SEATTLE, Wash.—Despite pleas from loyal coffee drinkers, Starbucks Corp. said it is moving forward with its plans to close 600 of its stores.... (more)




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