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After closing hundreds of stores and taking other actions, coffee giant Starbucks (SBUX) may have turned the corner. The Seattle company expects 2010 to show "modestly positive comparable-store sales" after eight straight quarters of falling same-store sales. Investors were jolted awake Nov. 5 when Starbucks reported better-than-expected earnings and raised guidance for the coming year. Some analysts thought it was being too conservative; they

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