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Dunkin' Donuts estimates slower U.S. comparable sales growth

Shares of the company, which said it would close the stores this year and in 2016, fell as much as 13 percent on Thursday. Dunkin’ estimated a growth of 1.1 percent in comparable sales at its U.S. Dunkin’ Donuts stores in the quarter ended September compared with a 2 percent rise a year earlier. The company said the stores being closed accounted for 0.1 percent of its U.S. sales.