The Daily Dose

Coffee Futures Fall to Three-Year Low on Inventory Surge

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:46 GMT

In the past 12 months, arabica coffee has tumbled 26 percent, the most among 24 raw materials in the Standard & Poor's GSCI Spot Index. The variety is grown mainly in Latin America and brewed by companies including Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) and Dunkin' ...

These Ridiculous Facts About the Coffee Industry Will Blow Your Mind

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:45 GMT

The infographic details everything from the role of "coffee coyotes" -- middlemen who force farmers to sell coffee at a loss, then sell the product to millers for a high profit -- to the roles that giants like Dunkin Donuts (NASDAQ: DNKN) and Starbucks ...

METAD/Kabu Coffee Quality Laboratory Becomes Africa's First Private Specialty ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:44 GMT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Addis Ababa based METAD/Kabu Coffee Quality Control Laboratory has become the first privately owned African laboratory certified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), the ...

FARMER BROTHERS CO. : The Coffee World Just Got A Little More Exciting

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:43 GMT

... into the French Roast, Mocha Java Blend and Espresso Moderno are purchased through a direct-trade buying program, which - through transparency, traceability and quality premiums - can assist the economic sustainability of coffee-growing communities ...

GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS INC. : Order up: It's All Chills This ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:42 GMT

Available in grocery stores nationwide, these new iced coffee K-Cup® packs from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) (NASDAQ: GMCR) are ready to go when you are; no need to add milk or sugar. Each Sweet & Creamy K-Cup® pack is specially ...

Green Mountain Sells Iced Coffee K-Cups In Grocery Stores

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:41 GMT

Keurig® brewer owners can now get Sweet & Creamy Regular Iced Coffee K-Cup® packs from Donut House Collection® from grocery stores nationwide. These new iced coffee K-Cup® packs from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) are ready to ...

Most Active Options: Ford Motor, Citigroup Inc, Green Mountain Coffee

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:40 GMT

Of the 20 equities seeing the heaviest options volume in recent sessions, three names of notable interest this afternoon are Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NYSE:GMCR). Here is a quick look ...

The Barista Training at ILBA Coffee School Guides Their Students to Success in ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:39 GMT

ILBA Coffee School is dedicated to the specialty coffee industry, specializing in coffee consulting and barista training. The students that attend their coffee school will walk away with the knowledge for opening, the confidence in managing, and the ...

Perk Up Your Portfolio With a Little Caffeine

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:38 GMT

Starbucks and Dunkin' aren't the only names in town, either. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) has been doing well, with strong appreciation in its share price (up 70%+ year to date) due to substantial increases in its EPS (nearly 30%) ...

1 Hot Coffee Stock

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:37 GMT

Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR ) rose sharply on Thursday in the wake of a 42% rise in second-quarter earnings. Green Mountain also announced a partnership with Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ) . Short interest in Green ...

Coffee in short supply downtown

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:36 GMT

“I bought a water, they gave me some coffee crystals and I heated it up in the microwave in the hotel, this is my second cup, so I'm happy,” said the man who scampered off before a reporter could get his name. The caffeine made him extra peppy, perhaps ...

New brew from Malden roaster is “Boston Strong”

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:35 GMT

A Malden-based coffee roaster is unveiling a new blend intended to support victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Sporting the marathon colors of yellow and light blue, “Boston Strong” coffee was unveiled by New England Coffee Roasters on May ...

New coffee shop opens in Torrington; Camels to greet customers during grand ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:34 GMT

Wednesday was slow, as she sold more food than coffee. The shop is opened seven days a week from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Along with coffee, the shop will also sell various pastries and bagels, with sandwich and hot dog bread from Chavez Bakery in Bridgeport ...

Connect at Clatters: Local couple opening new coffee shop June 3 on Second ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:33 GMT

Hamilton's Clatters will offer free wireless Internet service with fresh coffee and pastries in a warm atmosphere. Clatters will serve coffee from Black Coffee Roasting Co. in Missoula, which is 100 percent certified organic coffee. Clatters will also ...

Local coffee shop still thriving

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:32 GMT

Dano Reible, the owner of Jackson Avenue Coffee, pours steamed cream into a mug to make a ÒTonyÕs Heart MurmurÓ at the coffee shop Wednesday. He said the drink also requires white chocolate, hazelnut and extra espresso. Photo: Local coffee shop ...

Denver coffee shop offers work, perks to homeless people

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:31 GMT

When people walk into Purple Door Coffee, they think it's like any other comfortable cafe, with an atmosphere purposefully created, but behind the counter amazing things are happening. The cafe opened in April with a mission “to reclaim and sustain the ...

Wohl Associates Inc. Now Offering Key-Pack Industrial Coffee Equipment for Sale

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:30 GMT

Bohemia, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/23/2013 -- Wohl Associates is now selling a used Key-Pack single tube form/fill/seal machine that can be used for industrial coffee packaging. This is a model V-200-BSP machine and it is equipped with a digital control ...

Michigan coffee chain set to open first Florida location in Ormond Beach

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:29 GMT

Frank, a native of Michigan, said he often visited Biggby Coffee cafes when he would return to his home state for visits. He said he was not only impressed by the quality of the chain's products and its competitive pricing, which he said is lower than ...

Food for Thought: Learn about roasting coffee

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:28 GMT

Butler will discuss coffee making, from production to roasting, discuss how climate and geographic location affects coffee flavor. Participants also will learn the colors and characteristics of the six different roast stages and taste the differences ...

A grinding battle is brewing, as original Coffee Guy fights Retail Food Group

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:27 GMT

“When I heard of RFG purchasing The Coffee Guy Group in New Zealand I rang Gary Alford to enquire what their intentions were for the business in Australia, he came and met with me and asked for Coffee Guy's financials and all the details of the ...

JUST LOVE COFFEE: New roasters among latest trends

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:26 GMT

The Specialty Coffee Associations 2013 Expo, or the “Event” as it's known in the industry, was held in Boston this year on a chilly and rainy three days in late April – great weather for great coffee. While the city is historically known for a certain ...

The Cupbearer Debuts Coffee and Tea Outfitter Concept

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:25 GMT

Chicago-based Metropolis Coffee, a perennial winner of coffee awards nationally and regionally, will be one of the store's suppliers and is the first location to carry and serve the roaster's beans in Georgia, according to a press release. "The ...

Despite Risks, Brazil Courts the Millisecond Investor

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:24 GMT

But in Brazil — as well as in other developing economies like Chile and Mexico — exchanges are actively courting high-speed traders without much resistance from their regulators. The appeal is that the traders can execute thousands of trades a second ...

Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Eruption: Photos

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:23 GMT

Mexico's 'Smoking Mountain,' Popocatepetl Volcano, is living up to its Aztec name. On May 22, 2013, an explosive column of ash and gas reached higher than a kilometer. Three hours of spasmodic tremors accompanied two volcanotectonic earthquakes of ...

Justice Interrupted in Guatemala

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:22 GMT

Securing justice for victims of the brutal civil war in Guatemala that lasted from 1960 to 1996 was always going to be tough. But the ruling by the country's highest court on Monday to overturn the genocide conviction of the former dictator, Gen ...

Massive Fuel-Depot Fire Breaks out in Brazil

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:21 GMT

Massive Fuel-Depot Fire Breaks out in Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO May 23, 2013 (AP). Share. 0. A massive fire has broken out at a fuel depot in Rio de Janeiro. Television images show bright orange flames leaping scores of feet into the air and thick black ...

Boxes of Cash Seized in Mexico Corruption Probe

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:20 GMT

Arturo Nunez, of the opposition Democratic Revolution Party, has repeatedly accused his predecessor of having left a public debt of millions of dollars and of representing Mexico's corrupt, old-style politics. Local media recently made public an audio ...

Venezuela toilet paper shortage sends ordinary lives around the bend

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:19 GMT

There were shortages in 2003 after the then president, Hugo Chávez, imposed currency controls to prevent capital flowing rapidly out of Venezuela amid widespread distrust in the private sector following a series of land expropriations and corporate ...

El Salvador president presses for beatification of assassinated archbishop in ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:18 GMT

VATICAN CITY — El Salvador's president gave Pope Francis a relic of assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero on Thursday amid mounting indications that the Vatican might soon move to beatify him. President Mauricio Funes flew from El Salvador to Rome ...

A year later, US trade with Colombia grows while anxiety mounts

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:17 GMT

Opponents note that the balance of trade between the countries remains out of whack: The United States imported nearly $25 billion in goods from Colombia last year, while it exported only $16 billion. ... an opinion piece published two weeks ago in The ...

Five thousand cave paintings discovered in Mexico by archaeologists

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:16 GMT

Nearly 5,000 ancient cave paintings have been discovered in Burgos, Mexico. The red, white, black and yellow images depict humans hunting, fishing and gathering, as well as animals such as deer, lizards and centipedes. Click here or on 'view gallery ...

Mexico Peso Falls Amid Growing Concern Fed Will Taper Stimulus

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:15 GMT

The currency depreciated 0.6 percent to 12.4917 per U.S. dollar at 10:14 a.m. in Mexico City, paring its rally this year to 2.9 percent. The peso was the biggest loser among major Latin America currencies as Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday ...

Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:14 GMT

IN MARCH last year the heads of state of Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan met among mangroves in Lamu, a Kenyan town on the Indian Ocean, to launch the construction of a port and oil pipeline together costing $16 billion that would serve all their ...

Rev. Dr. William Charles Fryda, Missionary In Kenya, Suspended After ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:13 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) An American missionary priest who is entangled in a dispute with the country's top Catholic cleric and a group of nuns in Kenya over the ownership of two mission hospitals has been suspended from the priesthood by his order ...

Congo, Rwanda Must Commit to Peace for World Bank's $1 Billion

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:12 GMT

As of March, about 1.6 million people were displaced in North and South Kivu provinces, which border Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda, according to the UN Humanitarian Agency. Last year, Congo and UN experts accused Rwanda and Uganda of ...

Uganda Police Siege Enters Fourth Day as Forces Snub Court

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:11 GMT

Uganda's police continued a siege at the offices of the Daily Monitor, the East African nation's biggest independent daily newspaper, for a fourth day as the authorities snubbed a court order to remove the cordon. The publication's offices in the ...

No elections without credible reforms, Zimbabwe CSOs urge AU

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:10 GMT

ETHIOPIA – Zimbabwe Civil society organisations who are on a regional advocacy blitzkrieg in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia have urged the African Union (AU) to exert pressure on Zimbabwe to implement critical and credible reforms before the watershed elections ...

Polio Outbreak In Kenya: A Threat To Global Eradication

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:09 GMT

"Last time we saw polio in this region, it caused infections in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and even Yemen." Eventually the virus spread as far as Indonesia and paralyzed more than 700 children. A few weeks ago, Somalia recorded its first wild polio case ...

Kenya: Witnesses Describe Kisumu Killings by Police

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:08 GMT

Kisumu, the capital until 2012 of what was Nyanza province in western Kenya, was under heavy security leading up to the March 4 elections and the Supreme Court decision. Kisumu county is considered a stronghold of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, ...

MTN Uganda unveils third Uganda Cranes campaign

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:07 GMT

MTN Uganda, the number one sponsor of the Uganda's National team, the Uganda Cranes, has launched a new campaign to drive love, affection and passion for the Uganda Cranes. It's the third campaign that MTN Uganda is launching a campaign like this ...

Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:06 GMT

(AP) — The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man ...

Zambia risks breadbasket dream with subsidy cuts

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:05 GMT

Farm subsidies are common worldwide but the fate of maize subsidies in poor nations such as Zambia and neighbouring Malawi, where they have also lifted harvests, largely depends on donor aid and the state of government finance. In Zambia, where the ...

As Myanmar Reforms, Indonesia Offers Some Lessons

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:04 GMT

About the time of Suharto's fall, an Asian financial crisis hit, triggered by the collapse of neighboring Thailand's currency. This also hit Indonesia, which was faced by demands for local autonomy, Jakarta responded by devolving authority over nearly ...

Vietnam War-era films unearthed: man attempts to reunite families with their films

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:03 GMT

The films were sent to New Mexico Air national guardsmen stationed in Vietnam. Art Sena was one of those airmen, and recalls seeing his family's message, all those years ago. He worked with the Air Guard to track down the films, and then got in touch ...

Nissan Plans March 2014 Start to Datsun Brand India Sales

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:02 GMT

Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn revived the brand, phased out in 1981, to widen Yokohama-based Nissan's appeal to customers in countries such as India, Russia and Indonesia. In India, Datsun will compete against local market leader Maruti Suzuki ...

India and China

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:01 GMT

“A FEW clouds in the sky cannot shut out the brilliant rays of our friendship”: on his first foreign trip as China's prime minister, Li Keqiang was determined to make his visit to Delhi, India's capital, a success. On May 21st, bouncing with energy and ...

EBay Names Former Microsoft Executive Its New India Head

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:00 GMT

The country's mobile-telecom market is the second largest in the world with nearly 900 million subscribers, according to sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Indian consumers are also buying more smartphones which can browse the ...

Students are the victims and culprits of India's broken higher education system

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:26 GMT

“Nationalist” is a term I have heard as a self-description as they defend Mother India from the bigoted, criticizing foreigner. They focus on me rather than the problem. I have had people de-friend me on Facebook and walk out on meals because I ...

Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:59 GMT

(Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested several opposition politicians and activists on Thursday, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a series of opposition protest rallies ...

India has potential to grow at 10% over next 2 decades: Jim O'Neill, Goldman ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:58 GMT

But if I had to pick three, I would say introduce proper inflation targeting, so there is a very clear accountable and democratic target for India's 1.2 billion people. Number two, do more of a basic education for young children in order to make sure ...

Peacemaking in the Philippines

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:57 GMT

It may not look much—and it certainly did not cost much—but it might play a vital role in the political future of the Philippines. For this is the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute, the place where rugged, gun-toting guerrilla fighters ...

Religious Award Sparks Indonesia Protest

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:56 GMT

JAKARTA — Leading religious figures in Indonesia have come out against a U.S.-based interfaith group's plan to award President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's support for religious freedom. They said it sends the wrong message about a country where ...