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training stories: 25 news summaries

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Rivals Earn as Starbucks Learns

Rival coffee chains target customers as Starbucks takes training break

Feb 27, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks customers and competition alike got to know each other yesterday as the java giant closed for a 3-hour training break for all employee, reports the AP. "Free-market economy, baby! You've got to take advantage of what the competition throws at you," said one former Starbucks devotee swilling... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • training • Dunkin' Donuts • espresso

Starbucks to Close 7,100 US Stores Today

Relax: It's just for 3 hours, and Dunkin' Donuts has 99¢ coffee

Feb 26, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Get your afternoon latte early today, because Starbucks—all 7,100 US locations—is closing at 5:30pm for 3 hours of staff training, CNNMoney reports. The company says it hopes baristas will  “deepen their passion for coffee” and even “transform the customer experience,” not to speak... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • training • Dunkin' Donuts • espresso

New Role for US Troops in Iraq

Plan would boost soldiers' role training Iraqis as some troops withdraw

Nov 23, 07 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - US combat brigades in Iraq may soon be given an expanded role in training and supporting Iraqis, reports the New York Times. Under the plan, not yet finalized, a quarter of US troops would be withdrawn next July but others would stay behind to help transfer more of the security... More »

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Iraq • David Petraeus • troop withdrawal • surge • training • Sunni insurgents • combat brigades

You Go to War With the Army You Need

Not the Army you have, says an active-duty Army officer

Apr 27, 07 8:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - "America's generals have failed to prepare our armed forces for war and advise civilian authorities on the application of force to achieve the aims of policy," says Lt. Col. Paul Yingling. In an extraordinary article in Armed Forces Journal Yingling blames the military for not properly advising the... More »

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Iraq • Congress • insurgents • Paul Yingling • US Army • training • Iraq war

Iraq Is Breaking the Army

Inadequate training, gear, hobbles troops

Apr 6, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The U.S. Army is stretched so thin in Iraq and Afghanistan that it's sending ill-prepared and ill-equipped young people into harm’s way, Time reports. And the surge in troops is only deepening the crisis: Two of the five new brigades bound for the Middle East will skip vital... More »

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Iraq • John Abizaid • troop surge • US troops • US Army • soldier • training • Iraq war

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