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Starbucks profits fall 97 percent

01:44 PM PST on Monday, November 10, 2008

Associated Press

SEATTLE -- Starbucks says its profit dropped 97 percent in its fourth quarter mainly because of the costs of closing underperforming stores and also falling sales in the U.S.

Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. says profit fell to $5.4 million, or a penny a share, from $158.5 million, or 21 cents per share, a year earlier.

The coffee retailer says it earned 10 cents per share when the costs from closing stores in the U.S. and Australia are excluded.

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Thomson Reuters says analysts expected profit of 13 cents per share and revenue of $2.58 billion.

Revenue rose 3 percent to $2.52 billion from $2.44 billion. Same-store sales dropped 8 percent in the U.S.

Starbucks expects adjusted profit between 71 cents and 90 cents per share depending on sales. Analysts see 87 cents per share.

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