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To: TobagoJack who wrote (37714)	7/29/2008 10:13:59 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217574

Starbucks will close 61 stores in Australia and keep 23 open, and further reduce its workforce by almost 1,000 positions.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (37714)	7/29/2008 10:23:58 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217574

Not mention access th Hormuz thanks to cooperation with Iran...

To: TobagoJack who wrote (37714)	7/29/2008 10:46:26 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217574

The MER writedowns were pure scamalama from the failure to hint about them when it announced 11 days ago to the way they were presented. The actual writedowns were to 5 or 6 cents on the dollar. Message 24803175 The other thing - mostly missed by the market but its implications are substantial - is that the MER writedown sets the market to which other players should mark because the writedown is an objective measure of value of analogous securities.