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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Finding the Silver Lining Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Finding the Silver Lining Finally, one good result of our ever-deepening recession. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Starbucks Corp, battered by slower store traffic and restructuring charges, reported Wednesday its quarterly net profit dropped 69% and announced plans to shut down 300 more coffee shops. For the quarter ended Dec. 28, Starbucks reported net income of $64.3 million, or 9 cents a share, which included charges to shut down stores and lay off workers. A year ago, the coffee-shop chain earned $208.1 million, or 28 cents a share. Sales slipped 6% to $2.6 billion. Sales at U.S. stores open at least one year -- a measure of retailer health -- dropped 10%. Starbucks said it will close 200 U.S. stores and 100 overseas, bring its announced store closures to more than 900. Starbucks shares closed Wednesday at $9.65, up more than 5%. Any similar news about Wal-Mart, yet? And no, this isn't actually good news, no matter how much you (or I) hate various corporate shithole stores. Sure, their profit-grubbing executives could and probably should be boiled in pits of tar and/or pitch, and the job cuts are all about keeping up the profits and stock prices, but the ones getting laid off are the regular workers who keep the economy going. As always in times of trouble, it's the most vulnerable who suffer, while the rich merely retrench, and instruct their government lackeys to be sure they're first in line for official handouts. (Which is why the Republicans were on board with massive bailout/gifts to the rich, white, paper-shuffling vultures of the financial industry, while showing no interest in preserving the millions of good blue collar union jobs Ford, GM, and Chrysler create. Labels: economics Posted by: Flux # 4:52 PM Comments: Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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