Shares of Green Mountain plunged as much as 24 percent in after-hours trade, but regained some ground after Starbucks said on a conference call that it would continue to supply Green Mountain with Starbucks-branded single-serve coffee pods called K-cups. Starbucks shares rose 3 percent to $51.87. "With Green Mountain's patents expiring this fall, Starbucks' entry is part of the competitive onslaught hitting Green Mountain," said hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of Green Mountain. Green Mountain did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Starbucks announcement. Single-portion coffee, known as cups, discs or pods, make up only 8 percent of total worldwide coffee sales, according to data supplied by Euromonitor International in January. Still, category bulls say that percentage should grow as more people take advantage of its convenience. Joshua Brown, vice president of investments at
2012-03-13 07:21:46 UTC
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Luminescent nanodots are useful materials for cell imaging, optoelectronics and solar cells; however, highly toxic chemicals are needed to prepare these materials, raising concerns over their safety. Now, scientists from Taiwan have developed a less toxic way to create luminescent carbon nanodots by using waste coffee grounds. Photoluminescent quantum dots (QDs) such as CdS and CdSe are good for imaging and sensing because of their high quantum yields, but toxic cadmium species leaching into biological systems is a big concern. Gold and silver nanodots have also shown potential for use as sensors, but their quantum yields are lower and they are more expensive. The advantage of using carbon nanodots (C-dots) over other types of QDs are that they are biocompatible and have good chemical and photostability. The method developed by Huan-Tsung Chang and co-workers from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, takes advantage of a waste feedstock to produce these potentially useful
2012-03-12 03:36:00 UTC
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Luminescent nanodots are useful materials for cell imaging, optoelectronics and solar cells; however, highly toxic chemicals are needed to prepare these materials, raising concerns over their safety. Now, scientists from Taiwan have developed a less toxic way to create luminescent carbon nanodots by using waste coffee grounds. Photoluminescent quantum dots (QDs) such as CdS and CdSe are good for imaging and sensing because of their high quantum yields, but toxic cadmium species leaching into biological systems is a big concern. Gold and silver nanodots have also shown potential for use as sensors, but their quantum yields are lower and they are more expensive. The advantage of using carbon nanodots (C-dots) over other types of QDs are that they are biocompatible and have good chemical and photostability. The method developed by Huan-Tsung Chang and co-workers from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, takes advantage of a waste feedstock to produce these potentially useful
2012-03-11 04:36:18 UTC
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A new study has found that people who regularly drink coffee don't have an increased risk of diseases like heart disease and cancer, and they also have a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes compared to sporadic drinkers or non-drinkers, Huffington Post reported. "Our results suggest that coffee consumption is not harmful for healthy adults in respect of risk of major chronic disease," said study researcher Anna Floegel, an epidemiologist at the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke.The study included 42,659 people who participated in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Germany study. The researchers had the study participants record how frequently they ate the different foods in their diets (including coffee), and they also collected information on whether the study participants had any chronic diseases. After almost nine years, the researchers found that the people who drank four or more cups of coffee a day were at no
2012-03-09 02:43:23 UTC
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A coffee cart familiar to City Hall workers and Civic Theatre patrons reopened this week in the downtown community concourse, about four months after its former owner said the Occupy San Diego protests caused her to shutter the business. Ocean Beach residents Jenny Garrett, 35, and Adam Bickel, 32, purchased the cart from previous owner Linda Jenson, who shut the business down last Oct. 24. Jenson said she was threatened by demonstrators and followed home. Garrett said the City Attorney's Office signed off on the lease agreement on Tuesday, and she opened "Ja Java" immediately to take advantage of several days of State Bar examinations in Golden Hall. "It's been great," Garrett said. "People are really excited that it's back open." She said she worked for years in commercial real estate and did catering on the side, and helped Jenson at special events. "This is kind of a dream of mine -- to get out of the corporate world," she said.
2012-03-08 02:32:25 UTC
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Want to stave off diabetes? Drink four cups of coffee a day, recommends a new study. Previous researches suggested that drinking coffee cuts diabetes risk but there were conflicting results on whether it protects or promotes chronic diseases such as cancer. Now, a team in Europe claims to have found that moderate consumption of coffee everyday may lower a person's chances of developing type 2 diabetes compared with those drinking it occasionally or not at all. In fact, drinking coffee can cut the risk of developing diabetes by nearly 30 per cent, says the study which has also revealed that the drink does not increase the risk of heart disease or cancer, the 'Daily Mail' reported. For their study, the researchers recruited 42,659 people. The volunteers, who took part in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Germany, were followed up for almost nine years on average. During that time, there were 1,432 cases of
2012-03-07 21:59:12 UTC
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Coffee drinkers have no more risk of getting illnesses such as heart disease or cancer, and are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a German study involving more than 40,000 people over nearly a decade. The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, came in the wake of many previous studies that produced conflicting results, with some tying coffee drinking to an increase in heart disease, cancer, stroke and more. "Our results suggest that coffee consumption is not harmful for healthy adults in respect of risk of major chronic disease," said Anna Floegel, lead author of the study and an epidemiologist at the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke. The researchers collected information at the beginning of the study on coffee drinking habits, diet, exercise and health from more than 42,000 German adults without any chronic conditions. For the next nine years, the team followed up on the participants every two or three
2012-03-07 10:10:20 UTC
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Coffee, joe, java--whatever it's called, the warm brew has been the subject of adoration among its fans and negative press among those who believe that it may have harmful effects. Amid the confusing reports about the risks and benefits of coffee, one thing remains certain: people who feel good also look good. Most experts agree that coffee lovers should continue to consume their favorite beverage in moderation. The information about the coffee benefits and risks has been conflicted for many years. The results of a German study were released on February 29, 2012, revealing that indulging in a daily cup of coffee does not increase the risk of developing cancer, heart disease, or type 2 diabetes. The study followed 42,000 healthy people for nearly 10 years. In the beginning, researchers collected information about each person's diet, exercise, general health, and coffee-drinking habits
2012-03-07 10:09:52 UTC
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THERE is a high demand for coffee seedlings of the improved hybrid varieties in several villages in rural Moshi as the old coffee trees are no longer productive. A random survey by the 'Daily News' here revealed that parchment coffee procured by Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union from Siha, Hai, Moshi and Rombo districts in recent years have sharply declined from 85,000 to 2,000 tonnes a year. A cross-section of village leaders have expressed misgivings over declining income of coffee farmers unless their coffee farms were rejuvenated through introduction of the new coffee varieties which have been developed by Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI) which can produce 18 million seedlings of the improved hybrid varieties a year. "My five-acre coffee farm is, since last year, completely unproductive as the old coffee trees have all dried up," a farmer from Mwasi North village, Mr Severine Fidelis told this newspaper. He added that coffee farming was his only
2012-02-29 23:39:53 UTC
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