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Schultz moved swiftly. On Jan. 30, he announced that Starbucks would close 100 underperforming stores and curtail U.S. store openings to about 1,175 in 2008, down 34% from the prior year. The breakfast sandwiches were toast in North America. To get focused on the long term, it would stop reporting comp-store sales to Wall Street. Then, at the March 19 annual meeting, the company laid out its initiatives to reinvigorate the "coffee experience." Some of the projects had been kicked around, but with Schultz back in the CEO chair, everything started to get done more rapidly. "The rate...
...Perhaps Hillary should have jettisoned Bill before she began her campaign. A Hillary presidency could eclipse Bill's, and that would rub his ego the wrong way. And you can take this to the bank: if Hillary does not get the Democratic presidential nomination, their marriage is toast. Patricia Chlum, Homer Glen...
Perhaps Hillary should have jettisoned Bill before she began her campaign. A Hillary presidency could eclipse Bill's, and that would rub his ego the wrong way. And you can take this to the bank: if Hillary does not get the Democratic presidential nomination, their marriage is toast. Patricia Chlum, HOMER GLEN...
...Bailleul, one of the postal workers he'll be managing. It takes a disoriented Abrams awhile to realize Bailleul's Ch'ti speech isn't the result of a broken jaw - and even longer to acclimate himself to some of the area's unusual customs (such as breakfasting on toast smeared with pungent Maroilles cheese dunked into chicory-cut coffee). But soon Abram identifies the charms behind the quirky habits and speech, and finds himself forced to hide his contentment with the place and its people from his wife - whose anti-Ch'ti bigotry inspires loving appreciation for her husband...
...already were aboard the campaign's jet when their Blackberry phones lit up. Fox News was calling Texas for Clinton. The aides cheered. Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe poured cheap Yellow Tail wine into long-stemmed glasses, and they stood in a clump in the aisle and made a quick toast...