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	<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Slashes 600 Jobs]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/21/starbucks-slashes-600-job_n_87869.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Starbucks Corp said on Thursday it would eliminate 600 jobs as it works to cut costs and reignite growth.</p>

<p>The coffee seller has been battered in recent months by slower consumer spending, higher milk and labor costs and concerns that it may have saturated its domestic market.</p>

<p>Shares in Starbucks were down 2.3 percent, or 41 cents, to $17.85 on the Nasdaq.</p>

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080221/bs_nm/starbucks_jobs_dc_2?">Keep Reading</a></p>

<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120362397558983703.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">additionally reports</a>: </p>

<blockquote>The Seattle company said that 220 people lost their jobs in the...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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