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  • Spartan Stores reported that its third quarter net income totaled $4.5 million, up from a loss of $4.1 million during the same period last year. Total sales rose to $624.5 million from $644.1 million last year.


  • Starbucks reported that its net income for the first quarter rose 31 percent to $145 million, from $110 million during the same period a year ago.

    Net revenue rose 24 percent to $1.6 billion.

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