Monday PM Clickage

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Local
· Monica Botkier wants to open a downtown boutique, but not in this economy [NYM]
· Landlords now likely to cut recession-hit businesses a break [NYT]

National
· Macy's cuts 7000 jobs nationwide [Crain's]
· Starbucks closing 300 stores, selling the corporate jet [Consumerist]
· T-Mobile is letting people take out loans on phones [Boing Boing]
· Karl Lagerfeld: Not necessarily the greatest economist [NYM]
· Bruce Springsteen recognizes the all-American beauty of the supermarket [Idolator]