Starbucks [SBUX] is closing more local storefronts, in keeping with the continuing economic downturn. The Washington Business Journal reported yesterday that eight more stores are closing in the DC area, including two that I have visited on occasion. This is in line with the continuing additional waves of storefront closings and staff reductions worldwide. N.B. [...]
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A Little Bit: The game developer Free Radical is down… and out. The company door locks were changed so employees were unable to get access to their former work premises. Instead, they were told to report to an offsite location (a hotel meeting room) for a (de)briefing and a “Thanks for all your help, and [...]
A Little Bit: 1UP has an interview with Bill Roper, co-founder of Flagship Studios, the dissolved game development shop behind Hellgate: London. Some discussion is spent on the events that led to the fall, and the terms surrounding the outcome, as well as some of the players in the corporate drama, including Namco Bandai.
