The Business » coffee http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness Notes and news from the Oklahoman Business desk Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Bad press release nominee http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2009/11/19/bad-press-release-nominee/ http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2009/11/19/bad-press-release-nominee/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:22:36 +0000 business http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/?p=1490 jargon mug
Perhaps I should initiate a contest for bad news releases similar to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, which annually honors the worst fiction writing. Amazingly, someone got paid to produce the following copy, which was emailed to me and other reporters in hopes that we would write a news story based on this information.

Isilon Systems (NASDAQ:ISLN) is the proven leader in scale-out NAS. Isilon’s clustered storage and data management solutions drive unique business value for customers by maximizing the performance of their mission-critical applications, workflows, and processes. Isilon enables enterprises and research organizations worldwide to manage large and rapidly growing amounts of file-based data in a highly scalable, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective way. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com/.

Can’t we just run stuff up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it?

Don Mecoy
Business Writer

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2009/11/19/bad-press-release-nominee/feed/ 3 Starbucks closings set for Friday http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/12/17/starbucks-closings-set-for-friday/ http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/12/17/starbucks-closings-set-for-friday/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:41:51 +0000 business http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/12/17/starbucks-closings-set-for-friday/ The time has come for several metro-area Starbucks locations to close their doors for good.

Starbucks in July released its plan to close some stores across the U.S.

Regulars of these locations, including two in Edmond, one in Del City and four in Oklahoma City will have to find another shop to satisfy their caffeine fix.

On Friday, four of these stores will shut off their espresso machines and steamers for the last time.  These include:

15th and Santa Fe, Edmond

Danforth and Santa Fe, Edmond

NW 122 and Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City

Broadway Extension and Britton Road, Oklahoma City

 

Is there a silver lining?  A barista at one of the Oklahoma City locations said there were some good deals to be had, while other merchandise will be moved to other stores.  Just in time for Christmas, customers can get mugs from $5, syrups for $3, Christmas ornaments for $4 and 20% off other selected merchandise.  Their Christmas Blend coffee is also on sale.  

 

If you or someone on your gift list is a coffee enthusiast, you may want to check out the deals at your nearest closing Starbucks.  But act quickly, they won’t be there after Friday.

 

 

Metro-area locations to remain open include:

NW 36 and May Avenue

Reno Avenue and Mickey Mantle

Interstate 40 and MacArthur Boulevard

Northwest Expressway and Independence

Northwest Expressway and MacArthur Boulevard

Northwest Expressway and Rockwell Avenue

NW 63 and Western Avenue

May and Grand avenues

I-240 and S Pennsylvania Avenue

SW 89 and Western Avenue

SE 29 and Air Depot

Memorial Road and Pennsylvania Avenue

Memorial Road and MacArthur Boulevard

Memorial Road and Bryant Avenue, Edmond

15th and Broadway, Edmond

Second and Bauman, Edmond

University of Central Oklahoma

Area Target stores

Penn Square Mall

 

-Erica Smith, Copy Editor

esmith@opubco.com

 

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