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Starbucks plans to kill 50 stores this month, with California and Minnesota taking the hardest hits (eight and seven stores, respectively). Manhattan didn't lose a single Starbucks, but New York City wasn't entirely spared: The Forest Promenade store in Staten Island will be closed by the end of the month. [Crain's]