Patrons sit inside a Starbucks store in downtown Boston Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will close 600 stores in the United States in the next year and cut back the number of new stores it had planned to open. AP Photo logo AP Photo 47 months ago

Patrons sit inside a Starbucks store in downtown Boston Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will close 600 stores in the United States in the next year and cut back the number of new stores it had planned to open.