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'Starbucks' backs program to bring jobs back to US soil

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    Small pottery company receives second chance

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probably -- about these days.

If the bottom line was the only motivate someone in China would be doing Bob Davis job they've been taken our dogs off -- It's about time we got back and took a little bit of their -- off.

He works for American -- and Stein in east Liverpool Ohio which once called itself -- pottery capital of America.

Outsourcing and changed them Starbucks came looking for someone in the US to make -- create jobs for the USA program.

-- McClellan at American -- died could not handle the demand without financing.

Traditional banks turned him down.

Starbucks is linked to the opportunity finance network which focuses landing on job creation in port community.

They came in looked -- paperwork said that they couldn't really understand.

You know why we weren't given the -- but they they would be certainly want to make us -- that consolidation --

Eight jobs were created in Starbucks says orders will be coming for the long term.

And here's your finished product between the molding the glazing the -- finishing.

This has been handled about twenty times by the time it reaches store shelves every time someone touches it the labour cost goes up.

Still they can retail it for exactly nine dollars and 95 cents.

Here's the catch if they continued to use cheap overseas labor it'd be about a dollar cheaper from.

This deal is about making a statement while creating American jobs.

Most important when it -- does is that it gets people to pay attention the fact it is possible -- in these in these economic conditions.

But in a town where one in ten or unemployed.

Eight jobs will not turn things around big huge benefit right now is from the attention it's getting for the city.

And it's it's a great morale boost and McClellan holds an example for other lenders could help other small businesses expand.

Any sliver Michael Fox.