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March 29, 2007 - Thursday
They're all crooks anyway
I just sent this message to whoever gets the webmail at Circuit City:
What a heartless decision. My business will go somewhere else. I just read this in an AP story: "The electronics retailer, facing larger competitors and falling sales, said Wednesday that it would lay off about 3,400 store workers -- immediately -- and replace them with lower-paid new hires as soon as possible." Checking with Forbes, I see that CEO Philip J Schoonover makes over two million.
